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Military Trangia and the mini Trangia. What's the difference? How about cracking?

Hiram Cook
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In this video I try to answer a couple of questions I've been getting since I did the videos on my opinion of whether or not letting a Trangia burn-out is bad for it. bigcoptic3 was the latest of many to ask pretty much the same question, "could you please show the difference between the military size trangia and smaller size shown in the video?" Several others asked if the military Trangia will crack from burn-out. I thank bigcoptic3 and others (you know who you are) for their comments and questions, and I thank you for watching my videos, Hiram Specs on the "Full-size" Military Trangia Weight: 175.5 grams = 6.19 oz Height: 1.86 inches Diameter (Body): 3.27 inches Diameter (Jets): 1.86 inches Number of jets: 23 Fuel Capacity: 4.46 fl oz (approx 2/3 full) Fuel Type: Only Use Denatured Alcohol or Methanol Material : brass Specs on the Mini Trangia Weight (with simmer ring): 112.5 grams = 3.97 oz Weight (w/o simmer ring): 89.0 grams = 3.14  …...more
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Military Trangia and the mini Trangia. What's the difference? How about cracking?
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In this video I try to answer a couple of questions I've been getting since I did the videos on my opinion of whether or not letting a Trangia burn-out is bad for it. bigcoptic3 was the latest of many to ask pretty much the same question, "could you please show the difference between the military size trangia and smaller size shown in the video?" Several others asked if the military Trangia will crack from burn-out. I thank bigcoptic3 and others (you know who you are) for their comments and questions, and I thank you for watching my videos, Hiram Specs on the "Full-size" Military Trangia Weight: 175.5 grams = 6.19 oz Height: 1.86 inches Diameter (Body): 3.27 inches Diameter (Jets): 1.86 inches Number of jets: 23 Fuel Capacity: 4.46 fl oz (approx 2/3 full) Fuel Type: Only Use Denatured Alcohol or Methanol Material : brass Specs on the Mini Trangia Weight (with simmer ring): 112.5 grams = 3.97 oz Weight (w/o simmer ring): 89.0 grams = 3.14 oz Height: 1.65 inches Diameter (Body): 2.71 inches Diameter (Jets): 1.83 inches Number of jets: 24 Fuel Capacity: 2.98 fl oz (approx 2/3 full) Fuel Type: Only Use Denatured Alcohol or Methanol Material : brass A Tale of Two Trangias - The Best of Times - Part 1 - Mini Trangia with the Folding Firebox Amount of water: 2 cup(s) Water temp at start: 60° Time to boil: 8 minute(s) 18 second(s) A Tale of Two Trangias - The Best of Times - Part 2 - "Full-sized" Trangia with the Folding Firebox Amount of water: 2 cup(s) Water temp at start: 60° Time to boil: 13 minute(s) 18 second(s) Links to videos I've done comparing the different sized Trangia burners (Uploaded: May 25, 2012): "A Tale of Two Trangias"    • A Tale of Two Trangias   "A Tale of Two Trangias - The Best of Times"    • A Tale of Two Trangias - The Best of ...   In the following video I compare the Swedish Army Trangia to the East German Army Mess Kit: "Swedish Army Trangia vs East German Army Mess Kit - Reloaded"    • Swedish Army Trangia vs East German A...   Hammock Fight by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-.... Permissions beyond the scope of this license are available at http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-....

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Hiram Cook

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