Vargo Triad Alcohol Stove

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As you can’t exactly haul your barbecue up a pass or rely on wood fires every night, you need a lightweight and simply maintained camp stove for all your backwoods adventures. Made of solid titanium and fillable with Denatured alcohol, the Vargo Triad Alcohol Stove makes boiling a pot of water almost as easy outside as in your kitchen Read More

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satanas

Dec 12, 2018

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On the plus side it's very light and compact and looks cool. However, IMHO it's almost worthless as a stove, since: 1. Fiddly to light 2. Very low output for the first few minutes 3. Short burn time 4. No simmer control 5. Legs don't extend outwards enough to be stable except on a dead level, hard surface 6. Legs are too far out to be stable with a Vargo Bot, which falls off easily 7. Wind is a problem IME, a Trangia burner, whilst heavier, is much more efficient/hotter, simmers, can carry fuel, and there are various stands that make it much more stable, on the ground and for supporting pots. If you're in a hurry and/or it's cold, a Jetboil is a similar volume as the Bot + Triad and is much faster and more stable, plus windproof. I really wanted to like this, but don't. :-(

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cabin85laurel

Dec 8, 2018

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Pros: -the legs work better than I thought -works reasonably well as a stove, decent balance between boil time and efficiency -super lightweight -super durable -super compact -flame width strikes a nice balance between narrow and wide pot use -can use esbit (but then again who uses esbit anyways?) Cons: -long bloom time (they should have included a primer pan) -you must fill this thing all the way to the top for it to work well, it will never bloom otherwise. If you just fill it to the bottom lip it will take 15 minutes to bloom on a 20-25 minute burn. If you fill it to the very top it will bloom in 2-3 minutes and burn for 25 minutes with high heat. This requires 1.6 oz of fuel and will bring 3-4 cups of water to a boil. This design does not work as well as other designs when you want to heat a small amount of water with a small amount of fuel. You can snuff it and drain the leftover fuel out to reuse but there will always be a bit of fuel lost when doing this. -not as stable as other pot stands -no simmer control -cannot store fuel internally

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kramkajs

Oct 18, 2018

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This is a viable alcohol stove for one or two people who will use the stove primarily to boil water rather than fry, stew, sautee, simmer, etc. There is no flame adjustment. I have another alcohol stove of the same weight and similar cost that brought water to a boil about 1 minute faster. I controlled the volume (2 cups), starting water temperature (71.1f), and the size and shape of the pot (I used the same pot at same temperature for all trials), the ambient temperature, and wind (all trials conducted inside). The Triad boiled water in 9:18. The other stove took just under 8:00.
The Triad collapses to a smaller size than my other alcohol stove. It's fold out legs and/or pot supports allow the Triad to be anchored in soil, making it more stable than stoves of similar circumferences that just sit on the ground. The stove can also use fuel tabs and pastes by flipping the stove over and placing the fuel in the provided recess.
Vargo recommends denatured alcohol over HEET. I haven't tested that.

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Gbat

Oct 18, 2018

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I absolutely love my new Vargo Triad.!!! The five star upmarket version of my Pepsi or tuna can stove. The design with the legs that dig into the ground, the fold out pot holder and the fact that it is so easy to drain unused fuel back into the bottle. Even though more fuel is required to prime it (30mls approx), most of it goes back into the bottle when cold, using same amount as can stove. I have thrown out the Pepsi and the tuna can. This one is a winner, much safer for clumsy klutz me, making it more fuel efficient.

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