Trangia Westwind Alcohol Stove Stand Review

This review is for the simple and lightweight Liberty Mountain Westwind Trangia stove stand. This three piece aluminum stand packs flat and weighs 2.8 ozs. The stand connects together quickly and securely. It holds the Trangia burner and most pots securely. The three point contact with the ground means it will be stable even on rough surfaces.

This stand is shown often with the Trangia burner set in the top section. However a tip I saw online a while back suggested using it upside down (I have been told it was YouTube user "TheBeebopper" that first suggested it).

This tip has you put the Trangia burner on the ground first and then set the stand over it. In this video I test it both ways to see how much of a difference it makes. And yes, it does make a big difference!

For a price around $20 you get the Trangia burner and the stand. This will give you a cook system around 6-7ozs. very inexpensively to use with your own pans. I like this little stand as an inexpensive and lightweight hiking stove and have used it many times on multi-night and day hikes for hot drinks and food on the trail.

You can find this stand listed in my Amazon store as well as larger Trangia systems for more elaborate cooking needs:

http://www.crawlingroad.com/store

The Trangia stove (in various configurations) is a simple and reliable system that I've been using for over a decade. It won't let you down!

Thanks for watching and your support!

Category:

Education

Tags:

• trangia
• trangia stove
• westwind stand
• trangia westwind
• liberty mountain westwind
• alcohol hiking stove
• trangia hiking stove
• alcohol stove
• survival
• bushcraft

[markshmily]

Is that the Snow Peak cup?

How do you like it? I was checking some out on Campmor the other day.

[CrawlingRoad]

@markshmily It is fine, but I prefer a wider bottom pan because it uses much less fuel to reach boiling. It's more efficient.

[TheBeebopper]

@C-R- I've no doubt about the burner, as you say, there is only a requirement to prevent sinking in deep snow. I've taken a further look and thought about the general stability, I see that the potstand can be pushed into the soil(that gap again), so dealing with sloping ground. When dealing with lighting the burner in the wind, use your pot lid over the burner until it jets. These stands were in the possesion of British army personnel and were used on windy hillsides, as is.

[CrawlingRoad]

@TheBeebopper The Trangia works fine in the cold, as long as the alcohol in it is above freezing from my experience. I just put it in my jacket as I'm getting my stuff ready for lunch and it lights easily. Once lit the temp doesn't seem to matter. I would not put it directly on snow for the main reason that it gets hot and will sink! I would put it on something insulated that can resist the heat. The burner gets much too hot to put it on foam mat for instance. I suspect it would melt.

[TheBeebopper]

@CrawlingRoad It's that on Hiram's channel there has been a suggestion that the Trangia burner has difficulty with cold ground. The problem I believe is more in the mind, but addressing the fear by insulating the base of the burner with cork sheet (you would't need to stick the coasters for an initial test) could bring advantage in economy in boiling and simmer. I'd also be intrested in a comparison in economy of burn as this does not appear to have been adddressed elsewhere.

[tecstrat]

Cool tip! I have this stove, never thought of flipping the stand upside down. The wind can def rob heat, wind screen is a must in all but ideal conditions.

[SlinkingTiger]

Looks to work very well and is affordable. Thanks for sharing!

[CrawlingRoad]

@TheBeebopper I annotated the video on burning water. Although I've drank water before that tasted like it could be burned.

I may play with it some, but I think I'm at the point of "good enough" with these stoves. I use the Clikstand mostly and it works for my needs. The inverted Westwind though is a really good deal. The cook times are quite good. I may just compare the two indoors and post a video.

[TheBeebopper]

@CrawlingRoad Share your knowledge, how did you manage to burn water, apparently so easily? The spreading of such knowledge will give us a freedom leading to untold riches denied to us by the wicked.

I also wonder if that stand can be improved by raising the burner so as to close the gap above its lip. If you wouldn't mind, could you do another test with the same mug with a cork coaster or two underneath. :-) Ideally, one has a pot into which the stand acts as a centre divider

[CrawlingRoad]

@TheBeebopper Thanks Beebopper.