expedition kitchens

[lloydy]

Right, for the syncro i'm gonna go down one of two routes. Cheapest i think will be an expedition fold away type kitchen thing like this
http://www.stimsondesigns.com/index2.ph ... xplorerkit
Any opinions/links to better ones appreciated.
The other route is to try and find a late westy interior (might have to be attached to a van) and cherry pick the parts i want. But that will probably involve removing the multivan interior, which as mine is a genuine one, i'm loathe to cut holes in the van for water tanks, fridge ect. Decisions, Decisions.
Does anyone have any other (better) ideas

[silverbullet]

300 sovs for an alloy toolbox, a 10 quid calorgaz stove, a bit of rubber mat and a water tank?
If it was a ton for the box on its own it would still be dear
All this stuff is grossly overpriced imho...

[ELVIS]

Ali Zarges box/case a la Camel Toephy

[lughole]

300 sovs for an alloy toolbox, a 10 quid calorgaz stove, a bit of rubber mat and a water tank?
If it was a ton for the box on its own it would still be dear
All this stuff is grossly overpriced imho...

quite right, it is neat but for freeundrered quid, you could make a smart DIY kit with a stanley box, plastic water butt and a swanky MSR stove that runs any fuel.

msr
http://cascadedesigns.com/en/msr/stoves ... te/product
stanly toolboxes
http://www.beachaudio.com/Stanley/02080 ... ontent=atr
this one even has a cutlery devider so as not to mix ones ladel with ones tongs en safari !
and have money left for these...
http://cascadedesigns.com/en/msr/cookwa ... em/product
mmmm.....

[syncropaddy]

I have some Zarges Alloy boxes and they must be the most over engineered item I have ever seen. Amazingly tough, light and waterproof .....

>>CLICKY<<

Just had a good look around that Stimson site. Some interesting stuff and ideas there but its a pity he 'biged' himself up with his 'Arctic Russia Endurance Run'. My son did all that and more, on his own, in a 7 year old Passat in the middle of winter!

[silverbullet]

I've never heard of Zarges before but now I've seen that, I do recognise them. We used to have an ex-DERA tenant upstairs - you should have seen the looks when he first arrived in a Bedford 4 tonner mobile OP and the lads unloaded in green overalls!
Zarges could be the way to go and as for MSR gear - it's the mutt's plums

[lloydy]

I'm liking the MSR stuff, esp. this http://cascadedesigns.com/en/msr/cookwa ... em/product might well buy that
The petrol stoves are nice, but they only seem to do one burner types. But coleman do a two burner petrol stove that folds into a case http://www.surplusandoutdoors.com/shop/ ... 10142.html
For some reason it does appeal to me to be LPG free.
The zarges cases are great, and has given me an idea to pop down to a army surplus store and see if they have anything similar.
Cheers for the ideas, keep them coming!

[syncrosimon]

That MSR flex 4 system is just what we are looking for, would like to see one in the flesh. £85 online at the mo is expensive, but then it should last many years as MSR dont generally skimp on the quality.

With Campingaz being so freely available in Europe, and one bottle lasting ages we have never had a problem with gas.

Petrol stoves are excellent but are not as maintenance free as gaz.

[lloydy]

That £85 is the cheapest i could find, most sites are over £100.
As for petrol, i just like the idea, being able to store a jerry can on the roof and i really don't like LPG. Ideally a diesel stove would be good, but at a grand and the need to flue it. I can't see the point for a camper.

[dwayne]

Ideally a diesel stove would be good, but at a grand and the need to flue it. I can't see the point for a camper.

I have 2 of the msr dragonfly multi fuel usage a stunning piece of simple engineering , I used petrol , diesel and paint thinners to run it on , just a case of 20 seconds to change the jet for differing fuels , lightweight extremely portable I backpacked with the 2 of them hooked up to the bottles all the time and in 10 years of travelling never once spilt fuel in the pack , great flame control from a light simmer to a roaring jet blast , I even melted some lead in the top bit once to make some lead fishing shot ( forgot about that till this thread ) melted lead tipped in a bucket of water gives perfect pellets to cut with a sharp knife .

http://cascadedesigns.com/en/msr/stoves ... ly/product

E D I T : just found this http://www.fieldandtrek.com/msr-dragonfly-stove-788041 £78 bargain really is I paid the full price 10 years ago and they were worth every penny

[lloydy]

Didn't notice that one burnt diesel. Now if they did a two burner version of that, i'd get the credit card out now! A good google search will now be carried out.
Cheers for that

[dwayne]

ok here you go then , piece of plywood / metal sheet fix 2 x 3" sprung metal clips to hold the bottles and something like small cable clips that nail to the wall to hold the cookers in place , hmmm given myself a few ideas here

[lughole]

Zarges Alloy boxes !!!! me likey, likey, likey!!!
nice post syncropaddy, never heard of them before now, im in germany at the mo so im bringing them home!!!

[jebiga41]

Just had a good look around that Stimson site. Some interesting stuff and ideas there but its a pity he 'biged' himself up with his 'Arctic Russia Endurance Run'. My son did all that and more, on his own, in a 7 year old Passat in the middle of winter!

Just read his sahara endurance run we drove those pistes around merzouga and lots of the anti atlas in a locally rented 205 did get bottomed out on a few rocks but just pushed it off must go there in the Syncro, actually on second thoughts maybe the adventure cube

[jebiga41]

The multivan kitchen unit that is designed to fit in behind the driver ?????