Primus Nova+ Optimus multifuel

[dontpunchgrandpa]

@hitachi088 good aint cheap and cheap aint good. very happy with it, worth every penny IMO. buy once, cry once.

[thevortech1000]

nice video thanks

[levaky]

Where did you buy the stove? I'm looking all over europe and prices are quite high... I noticed you got it real cheam in Oregon. Was it an internet shop? What shop/web address?

Thanks, Matej

[ROCKsquareANORACK]

@levaky I do not remember the name of the online store, I remember it was a hiking outdoor gear store , but NOT REI as they do not mail abroad, It was a big online outdoor store in Oregon USA, they mailed to the UK and even with the postage it cost about £70 seventy pounds sterling , I was supposed to pay some taxes at the post office but they never asked me for any import tax It was definitely an online lightweight hiking store

[kristeryt]

Best clip!!

[kristeryt]

Best most informativ and no nonsense productvideo I´ve seen! (and there are some pretty seasoned lads out there!)

Krister

Sweden

[troswe]

I like Swedish stuff

[nhraim]

hey this was not boring, thank you so much and I wish you have a great trip (maybe you`re back by now)... or I hope you had a nice one.

cheers

[SpeciAngler]

Nice video, thinking about buying either the Optimus Nova or Primus Omnifuel. What puts me off the MSR stoves is the plastic pump where as the other two stove mentioned have alloy pumps.

What fuel you burning in the video.

[ROCKsquareANORACK]

Glad to hear you got a great deal, incidentally mine came all the way to the UK by post from Oregon and still cost less than in the UK

[dontpunchgrandpa]

...comparatively i know they both can run on virtually anything but the MSR's lack the simmer ability (with the dragonfly being the exception) and some dont have the purge ability or compact quite as well for storage. but my main concerns are dependability and versatility between the two, such as cleaning issues, ruggedness etc. any input would be much appreciated as those are the choices ive narrowed down to for my trip in the high sierras this winter. thanks!

PS great vid!. cheers!

[dontpunchgrandpa]

for anyone reading this, whats your opinion on this vs. say an MSR: XGK EX, dragonfly, or whisperlite?

[ROCKsquareANORACK]

buy the optimus nova +

[bencinurts]

@ROCKsquareANORACK i own this nova+ and the MSR XGK EX, they are both great stoves, but i must say the nova+ is a wee bit nicer only because of the adjustable flame.. the EX may have a little more power.. both great stoves.

[anas0ahmad]

huhuhu all this Container to make cup of tea

what will u do if u want to make a party

nice vedio !!!

[Hopingtosurvive]

I have owned an optimus nova stove for several years now and find it to be just awesome. I have never had a problem with it, it packs down small, and will burn anything but yak dung. If you need a burn anything liquid fuel stove then this is the one. Be careful using unleaded gas. It should only be used as a last resort. Very, very toxic. Well done video!

[navneet123]

Nice Vedio......thanks for posting.....

I am planning to buy an Optimus Nova, I am confuced beteween Optimus Nova and Nova+.

Could you suggest me which would be buttter buy? I would not have Coleman fule available in my country, so I would mostely use Kerosene, maby be gasoline at times?

Would appereciate you suggestion...

[ROCKsquareANORACK]

I have been running this one on gasoline (petrol) since coming back from the states. It runs much hotter and cleaner on gasoline than the coleman fuel. but it will run on just about anything.. I dont think there is a lot of difference between nova and nova +. What I do know is that this is a really good product and I would recommend it

[navneet123]

Thanks 4r ur reply, I felt the same. Not much differance in the price as well... I will go for Nova+, but will be using mostely gasoline and Kerosene...

[ROCKsquareANORACK]

thanks for watching I hope you enjoy using it

I am off tomorow to Seattle, and Olympic national park

[navneet123]

Wow, thats awsome....enyoy ur trip.,

[Hopingtosurvive]

I have owned an Optimus Nova Stove for several years and I can only say that if you are going to own one multifuel stove then this is the one. I have never had a problem with mine and you can even clean the multifuel jet while you are cooking. Just wave the cleaning wand under the stove and it is done. Very, Very good stove.

[digitalhawkeye]

FYI, titanium cookware absorbs heat the worst, so it would take longer to boil water, though it is the most durable and light. Generally speaking, steel heats fastest, then aluminium, then titanium.

Also, good video, I've been thinking about buying this stove, good to see it in action a bit.

[f0sters1]

Fantastic Video, I'm of to do the west highland way soon and the only thing keeping me sane at the mo is your video, your enthusiasm rocks :-)

[edwardwhite70]

The name also sounds positive. I don't know if I'd buy a stove called a Pessimus....it could put a cloud over the mood of the camping trip. "It's probably going to rain....I'll get blisters....a raccoon is going to eat all my food....I'll get poison ivy."

The Optimus name just has a positive feel to it. I like the sound of it!

Dads are pretty smart sometimes!

[ROCKsquareANORACK]

thats what they call Lateral thinking

[edwardwhite70]

I just got the book "The Backpacker's Handbook" by Chris Townsend and this is the stove he recommends as the best stove. He was a Svea 123 guy for years, and then the Whisperlite internationale, and now the Nova+ as the go to stove he takes for long trips.

Hey...good choice!

[ROCKsquareANORACK]

great minds think alike

actually as a kid my dad always had an optimus primus an old brass thing that took parafin and had meths to get it warm it was brilliant prob still got it somewhere

my dad said it was the best so it must have been

sop when I saw this new one on line I though I got to get that

and I had it imported from Oregon and it only cost me about 70 quid as opposed to about 120 quid in the UK and I never even paid any import tax on it

[wolfinside]

They also make and adaptor for the Optimus Nova+ that lets you use it with a Trangia set. So you could have the best of both worlds.

[wolfinside]

Very nice video, I think I need to get a stove like that one, great piece of "kit". Thanks!

[ROCKsquareANORACK]

try and avoid Coleman fuel, it leaves a sticky red residue that can block the jet. I found cheap unleaded petrol (or gasoline) burns really hot and clean

[edwardwhite70]

How does it simmer? Do you think it would throttle down enough for pancakes or scrambled eggs? I have fun enough not burning things as it is! Scraping the burnt residue off the pot's bottom is something I'd rather not have to do after dark. Besides, everyone would razz me for burning yet another meal. ( I killed a Rice a Roni many years ago and it still comes up in conversation...they NEVER forget!) It looks pretty compact and manageable as well as light.! Thanks for the review!

[ROCKsquareANORACK]

ahh simmer is tricky, but not impossible with practice, having said that first time I used it (in Yosemite) I managed to burn my new REI Ti pot and New REI TI cup and get porridge stuck to the bottom of my pot, so practice basically.

but I guess if you took pans and things for scrambled eggs and pancakes you would prob be ok

I only take minimal kit

[edwardwhite70]

Can you answer one question from a dumb American's point of view? What exactly is porridge? I'm guessing oatmeal..our favorite breakfast camping treat. Porridge sounds so Dickensonian, so to speak, from a state sider's ears. I've always heard the term in literature and have always had it in my head what that exotic concoction would taste like. They never made it seem particularily yummy. The adjective was usually "cold"

I'll bet yours has some nice butter and spices in it...cinnamon perhaps?

[edwardwhite70]

Well, the fry pan only goes on a trip when I have more than one person going...THEY get to carry it!

hahaha!

[TonyandClyde]

Smart girl! I have the 82 (Nova) burner and took it out Christmas Eve to test. Temp was -23°C in a tarp tent. It performed flawlessly using Coleman fuel. You might not use the stove too much any more, but next time try preheating with alcohol. It helps keep the stove clean.

[ROCKsquareANORACK]

thanks for that i will

[willdsorviverboy]

were can u buy it

[ROCKsquareANORACK]

in the Uk i saw it in a camping shop in birmingham i had this one imported from oreogon you can get it on line

[apx5777]

This looks really good. I've got a trangia28 with multi fuel, but this one looks more compact and easier to setup.

[ROCKsquareANORACK]

its very good

i use unleaded petrol since i came home from usa

its burns hotter and cleaner

its very good and available now in the Uk though i had this one imported from the USA

[toecutter1978]

Thank you for the video. I am looking to purchase a new stove, I use a military alcohol stove. I was getting tired of haveing to hump a huge amount of fuel to heat my grub. Does the magnetic wand work well?

[ROCKsquareANORACK]

this stove is excellent and the celaning wand works well but i feel that part is over engeneered and just a copy of msr

i used this stove for three months in usa recently

the only thing i will say is DO NOT USE coleman fule as it has an additive and this will gum up the needle

i had to field strip the stove and talked to a hiker who warmned me it was coleman fuel that was to blame

i use white gas

the stove is excellent will send you the other videos of the stove in the field as i post

sara

[ROCKsquareANORACK]

actually i have been using unleaded petrol since i got home from the states

because it costs 2 dollars a litre compared to 20 dollars a litre for withe gas

it also burs much hotter and cleaned than coleman fuel#

so verdict is gasoline is a really good fule on this stove burns much cleaner and hotter

[aimusleh]

Wow, thanks for the detailed review, is it really that loud though? I was thinking of getting one to replace my Trangia-28, but I don't know about the noise.

[ROCKsquareANORACK]

dont worry about the noise

i took it all over usa for three months its been excellent

[darkbolton]

Nice Vid. I have just brought one of these myself. Only tested it with paraffin/kerosene from the local DIY store so far and it performed pretty well.

[stevewoodhead]

What were you sing as fuel?

[ROCKsquareANORACK]

well it is multifuel but i used the coleman fule gasoline i guess petrol the approved fuel they seel in cans at camping supply shops

[stevewoodhead]

I've just read my message and can't believe how bad my writing was! I'm sure you-tube must have changed it, I can't think why I would have typed 'you sing' instead of using! I defiantly wasn't drunk at the time ha-ha well I guess you worked out what I was asking anyway, thanks for the info.

[ROCKsquareANORACK]

ahh you have one of those dyslexic keyboards just like the one i use

the keys are too small the fingers are too big and we watch the video and try and type

multitasking sucks

sara

[ROCKsquareANORACK]

hey thanks for watching

i think its a nice little cooker

when i was young my dad always had the old style primus cooker and swore by it

i think this new syatem is the bees knees

sara

[unplugged85]

Wow...I like the idea of the adjustment at the bottle. I have the same one and the flow adjustment is at the end of a metal pipe as the base of the stove....Its HOT!..acutally I think i still have a burn mark on my finger from it :P

enjoy

[ROCKsquareANORACK]

hey thanks its greatimport from oreogon

[lebammabel]

Good video. And tea tastes much better when prepared in garden.

[ROCKsquareANORACK]

hey thanks yes

and i bet the tea tastes even better when its prepared in kings canyon or sequoia

heres hoping

[stuartstrong]

Great Video, and I thought I was the only person who tried out their new cooker in the garden.

My swiss army stove takes at least 6 minutes to come to the boil using meths.

[maco10810]

nice compact heat source : )

[ROCKsquareANORACK]

yeah a nice little cooker