Trying out an old Coleman Camping stove.
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This week Im renting a lean-to in Baxter State park Maine. Im bringing a lot of gear and testing it out.
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use could spray paint that and clean the burners up nice for abotu 20 bucks. that would make it look little nice and nice vid. i had one of those and it didnt work. but it was 50 years old but great vidoe
i have the same one in my shed. i dont know if it works. havent used it for along time..
Very realistic – this stove looks like ours…rusty and old!
Yeah wouldnt recommend cooking inside with this stove. Propanes a bit expensive this runs on white gas/coleman fluid. Honestly ive never been in a Hurricane, a few years ago we had some micro bursts and a Tornado which is very rare where I live. Power was out for 3 days I did all my cooking on a fire outback (this was before I had any stoves).
It’s a Coleman Camp fuel (White Gas) stove, not alchohol.
I have the smae model of stove, very reliable even if old, and the flame is yellow because the generator (Metal tube over the main burner) isn’t hot enough yet to completely vaporize the fuel. Nothing to worry about
They’re great stoves,and last for ever
ditto on the no alcohol comment maybe thats why they keep burning houses down USE COLEMAN FUEL ONLY (unless it is dualfuel compatible which allows you to use gasoline also).
DO NOT USE Alcohol!!!
The reason your flame is yellow is due to dirt in the fuel and generator. It helps to filter your furl through a felt filter funnel. Always drain the tank dry after use to avoid rust in your fuel tank. Your generator can be cleaned by soaling it in carb cleaner for a while. Try it and the old cooker will run like a top. Cheers!
Thanks for the comment. Ill have to clean the fuel tank, when I first opened it there was gas inside like jelly that was over 20 years old. And when I went camping it was left outside in the rain for 2 days. Great tip ill try that out and hopefully ill have a nice blue green flame again.
The yellow flame is probably not due to dirt it’s due to it being cold. The vids on here where the stoves fire up blue probably live in Florida. Believe me, they never fire up like that over in the freezing, damp UK! After a minute or so they run fine.
I agree, I see nothing abnormal about this light up. Wait a couple minutes for it to get warm and it turns nice and blue. He puts on the second burner too soon…
You should take better care of your stove.
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hey great vid but were the right burner was a little high on the old stoves once there going you take the pump and keep pumping it until there is more blue flame and it gose down then you can control how high you want it.
Thanks for the tip buddy, ill have to try that next time I use it.
i have the same stove it last forever
I’ve found it’s easier pressurising the tank before inserting it into the sove.
Does anyone know how long the coleman’s “white fuel” will stay usable in it’s own container?
Thanks for the help.
if you keep the coleman fuel out of direct sunlight and keeping it airtight shut, it will last a long time, i got a coleman fuel can for more than 6 years, and still fresh, long you keep it airtight shut so no moisture get in the can, it will stay fresh a long time, make sure the coleman stove, lantern, etc is completly empty before storing it over the winter storage to prevent corrosion buildups
i got 3 coleman stoves, 1 pure white fuel, 1 unleaded fuel, and 1 propane stove, and they all work fantastic
i have a can that is 15 years old and is still good
Thanks for the vid. These old stoves are workhorses. They don’t make them like that anymore.
I found an early 80′s stove like this at a local surplus store, a real classic. The owner was kind of a jerk but only charged me $45 and said “that’s as is…no promise it works..” man this thing is greeeeat. It works perfect and looks good at the same time!
i just got a old coleman 411a stove and a 1950 coleman 242b lantren yesterday both for only $35 the lantren worked but i haven’t tried the stove yet
I’ll have to look in to getting one of these…sounds like they are worth it..Thanks!