Trangia, as I said. I've never knocked it over, either, but that doesn't mean I'm not concerned about the consequences if I do. I also have a petrol stove, and like Loganenator I'm concerned about it exploding even though I've never seen one explode.

My NION stove just came yesterday and it is much smaller then I expected, I thought it was going to be made out of an old coke can, but instead it was made out of the smaller v8 cans! Everything is great! the stove boiled water in no time flat...I recommend them now! It is really high quality workmanship! I will take it through its paces on my next backpacking trip in August. If you want pictures and I review just ask!

Definitely submit pics and a review... I'm always looking to add things to my gear.

We ALWAYS want pics and reviews...

Well, I got out my stack of stoves from a recent Sportsmans Guide order. Ten stoves, alcohol bottles and windbreak stands, listed as new, but no mess kit, from the Swedish surplus. Also, the stoves turned out to be Svea instead of Trangia (some say they've gotten Trangia). And these stoves have obviously seen some use, although the stands and bottles could almost be new.



I decided to break out the Brasso (thanks to a suggestion here) and clean up the stoves. It lightens and shines quickly, but the stains that are on them are really stubborn, and it takes a lot of elbow grease to get them to fade (some haven't gone away yet).


As I was cleaning it up, I noticed a hairline crack.


And then I started looking closely at all of them, and noticed most have at least that size of crack, others with a more spiderwebbed crack.


Are these par for the course? I'm not upset at the stains on the stoves, because that's not a functional problem, but are these cracks a problem? Would anyone else be concerned by these? I was going to call Sportsman's Guide immediately, but thought I'd try for some feedback from the experts first.

Thanks all

Dave

Forgot to add that out of 9 (one's in my wife's car, and I haven't had a chance to check yet), all but two had at least one hairline crack, and a couple had those spiderweb cracks in several places around the circumference.

I would be less than happy with the conditions of those stoves...

That is putting it mildly...

I just examined the two Svea I had in arm's reach. Neither had cracks. The Sportsman's Guide is a pretty honest outfit, I'd give them a call and discuss options with them.

-Blast

OK, finally got time to call - they're going to replace the faulty stoves once they come off backorder (in September).

Now the hunt for the actual mess kits to fit the stands.


Dave