Weight on a family bike trip won’t matter
That easy to say when you don't have to carry it all!
That easy to say when you don’t have to carry it all!
🤣 Yep family bike trip for us = slow and using old kiddy trailer for luggage or just staying in a YHA so basically cheating.
Edit: fulfil the new stove itch cheaply with a BRS 3000 😉
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/394481561574?hash=item5bd8eeefe6:g:mOMAAOSw~llgQI4q&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAAwIlAYVAAxBqjtsz8dPFRqE4RJOezUCajkHyUp4888XK8EHNckjWfT8%2FGWjIydIcHUnnGOn%2FZQ8ItCWbHgq3n%2BcWzxpxUVb5XDHXGKK1kzOhIfwn0kqKUbkm0SVEDPs3hnTS9tFEfxwI6cOejvw6qUySNy3P9VCebbqbPZCSmg70wBxGFoTw0CHRt%2FfmJAqtt05ZidH4paZHHoo6MIDf2sHCX%2BDaD5D48npr1nyBsrA9TEnEGFhqEBFKrDOqmsUTO2Q%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR7bxjeGzYg
Inevitable really. I’m only surprised nobody recommended one twice the price.
https://jetboil.johnsonoutdoors.com/us/shop/stoves-systems/genesis-basecamp-system
About £310ish
That easy to say when you don’t have to carry it all!
Tell me about it. We did a 2 day Isle of white tour in a premier Inn and the first day was only 50-60k but one of the hardest days cycling of my life. One chunky 18moth old on the back and towing a 6 year old 90% of the time on a follow me tandem, plus luggage on the front rack. I am going to have to weight until the elder will ride on her own more to do that again.
Another Brukit fan here, if you're not cooking on it as such. But Pot Noodles are always a good standby 😉
I use a Jetboil for any trips requiring just hot water. The time difference between having to brew twice on a Jetboil over one big brew on another stove is minimal and more than made up for in other conveniences. As Tj says, the fuel efficiency is a surprisingly useful feature.
Usually I am the one carrying the weight......
Last weekends venture. Normally its a crooozer twin trailer out the back. - I have a 28:38 double. On my cutthroat for a reason
Kraku user here. Perfect for bikepacking. Very fast. Been using it for several years.
It does benefit from a windshield, also made by alpkit.
I'd also consider the koro.
Jetboil style are far too big and bulky imo.
Brs3000 linked above is same as alpkit kraku but a third of the price.
I have one, with a wind shield it's decent!
I have an msr whisperlite but I don't think I'd recommend it for UK camping for cooking water. Expensive, heavy, bulky.
I've got a msr pocket rocket and I think it's great. I use it with a gas bottle holder to make it more secure.
If you use it with a windshield then it's a lot more efficient. I bought a silly expensive ti shield that always threatens to slice my finger. With hindsight cut up a disposable baking tray/bbq tray.
I take a small bottle for a multi day trip and I never run out so a bigger bottle should be fine.
On the king Alfred's way, I once shared an msr pocket rocket with a friend and he had one job, bring a gas bottle but the one he brought was empty. I couldn't find a replacement bottle anywhere. A whisper lite will run on anything. Everything has a pro and a con.
You can always test how much gas you need by weighing the bottle before and after and then make sure you take enough gas bottles with you.
Petrol is energy dense. Even a small MSR bottle oulasts a few gas canisters IME. I don't usually carry a stove in Summer - a coffee filter and sterilising tablets make surface water safe to drink. In Winter and in glacial terrain a thirty-five year old MSR XKG converts a lot of ice into water or makes dodgy water safe, and saves carrying water.
have an msr whisperlite but I don’t think I’d recommend it for UK camping for cooking water. Expensive, heavy, bulky
Anything's going to be more expensive than a stove he already owns....
