Modern technical achievements, new comfortableand practical devices for tourism and recreation in natural conditions offer travelers the world's leading manufacturers. One of the most popular devices for lighting a fire, heating a tent and a variety of needs is a tourist gas burner. How to choose the best device for the trip? Consider the features of this device.
Invention to help the tourist
The tourist burner was born during the Second World War.
Sweden is considered the birthplace of this device - fromlocal manufacturer Primus received the first models for soldiers and trench needs. The tourist option was developed later, in the 1950s, thanks to the emergence of special gas cylinders.
In the space of the former Soviet Union, thesemarching inventions began to occur only in the 1990s. Earlier in our country used burners on gasoline (primus). But the advantages of gas devices were so obvious that they ousted gasoline models and became a real hit.
Types of burners
The burner tourist in its functionality is designed for cooking hot food in natural conditions.
Today, manufacturers offer the following device designs:
- Separate:attached to the cylinder with a special hose. This is a sustainable option that allows the cylinder to warm up with its own fire. A very convenient version in frost conditions, when you have to turn over the container to use the remaining gas. But the bulkiness and difficulties with the hose repel many buyers.
- Twisted on top of the balloon.This option is practical, workable and cheap. The problem is sustainability, and the fact that it is difficult to put large containers of food on it. We have to buy a cylinder with a wide base, but there are no problems with the work of the hose. Also these models are cheap and compact.
- No-Hose:cylinder is used in a horizontal position. The low cost of a gas tank, unfortunately, indicates the risk of damage - the cylinder may crack in a backpack or at the junction with the burner itself (collet connection). Its size is limited, therefore, taking into account all the drawbacks, it is a rare specimen in the tourist reserve.
- Integrated heating systems products.A very convenient option that allows you to screw the dishes with food on top of the heating device. The existing radiator ring at the bottom of the tank evenly distributes the fire, protecting it from wind and fading. This feature saves cooking time and reduces gas consumption.
This miniature device can replace a fire in a situation where it rains and all preparations take place in a tent.
The advantages of these devices
The tourist gas burner has simply become an indispensable device due to its cheapness and the constant availability of filling cylinders in stores. Its inherent advantages are:
- ease of use - at the stationary plate level;
- no warming problem - it does not need it;
- ease in the process of starting: just turn the ignition key, connecting the gas cylinder, or pour gasoline;
- safety in use - modern models are extremely simple and equipped with the necessary insurance (although there may be problems with an inverted balloon and fire turned off - an explosion is likely);
- ample opportunities of use - from cooking in a tent and warming up;
- small weight, compact size - fit inany backpack. Some models weigh only 80-150 grams and fold to the size of the palm, and sometimes less. Sometimes a saucepan is attached to the appliance, which can be screwed on top (volume up to 1 liter). Large containers can also be heated on the appliance, but the advantages of the integrated pan are lost. On average, water can boil for 3-5 minutes.
disadvantages
The established torch gas on a cylindertourist has a number of significant drawbacks, which, of course, are compensated by the above advantages. The disadvantages of these tourist "lighters" are such moments:
- Poor performance in cold air temperatures and extreme cold. This is due to the state of the gas, which at minus 30 degrees Celsius requires heating the cylinder. Here burner with hose will help out.
- Low power in petrol models - their analogueslead on the level of heat. But sometimes it is good: excessive power is poorly controlled and does not save gas. The power depends on the size - the larger the displacement of the device, the better the heat.
- Empty cylinder has to be taken with you, evenif the end of the trip is still far away. First, to throw it away is to harm the ecology, secondly, it can be refilled, and buying a new one every time is too expensive. Exit: buy a balloon at the place of arrival or take a different type of burner with you.
Fuel differences
The difference in fuel can sometimes playsignificant role in the use of such a device. The best models are multi-fuel tourist burners. The ability to vary the types of fuel and save money at the gas station, not to depend on the shortage of one or another resource is literally expensive - these devices are the most expensive.
Somewhat outdated tourist gasoline burners are still often used - after all, gasoline is quite affordable for anyone who wants to buy it.
Basically, the market for such devices is represented by gas appliances due to their cheapness and availability of cylinders.
Basically, they make a choice between gas and gasoline, based on what the temperature of the medium will be when using the device and how convenient the transportation will be.
Modern manufacturers
Today there is quite a large selectionvarious brands of manufacturers of such a popular technical device, as a tourist gas burner. How to choose the most reliable and decent manufacturer to not freeze in the taiga or in the country?
Devices differ dramatically as a levelproduction and quality, and the type of filling. The leaders of this market are the Chinese and Koreans. The most famous brands such as Coleman, Campingaz, Primus, as well as JetBoil and Kovea.
The best officially and universally areJetBoil, Coleman, Primus. A great combination of quality and low cost is distinguished by the Korean company Kovea, whose tourist burner is very popular in the entire CIS and Russia.
Customer Reviews
Modern consumers are often dividedimpressions about the purchased product. Not an exception and tourist burners. Reviews of these devices can be found very different - from laudatory and satisfied to angry and dissatisfied. Such a device is recognized as the most indispensable and convenient source of heating in a hike, which is used to solve a number of problems, from raw material processing to fire ignition. The difference in reviews relates only to the quality of the devices and claims to the manufacturers. Mostly praise gas burners because of their democracy. Most of the criticism goes to bulky models, but sometimes large devices combine in themselves both the balloon and the attached pan, which can be put into each other. This option is well suited for a tourist group of several people.
The choice of heating
How to choose a tourist burner that does notlet you down in a responsible moment and provide all the necessary conditions for comfort in a hike? In the first place should be such basic tasks as the reliable provision of tourist space with heat and fire supply.
The choice is determined by the place to go.traveler, traveling conditions, average temperatures predicted and the availability of the necessary fuel. In general, the burner can be considered the subject of basic necessities, which by default should be in the backpack of any prudent tourist.
