I guess you could use the spirit burner as a "bedouin cooker" ( a can with sand and gasolin) BUT I HAVEN'T TRIED IT, ITS ON YOUR RISK!

Fill it with sand and pour gasolin in the sand.

I go with Optimus...
 

Hi:

For the short weekend jaunts where getting gas and extreme cold aren't a problem I use the Optimus Crux Burner with the Optimus Terra Solo Cookset. Its good for boiling water or cooking small amounts of BASIC food like noodles, pasta and rice and of course heating up precooked foods & sauces.

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But for extended periods of time where gas is unlikely to be available or if its gonna be cold my petrol option would be the Optimus Nova Plus with the Optimus Terra Cookset.

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I like this cookset because it allows you to do all the things the smaller water boiler gas option offers but with this I can cook proper fresh food from scratch. I do like the Trangia wind shields and these can be purchased separately and the Opitmus Nova Plus can be converted to use with the Trangia system. But there are some good, cheap, lightweight folding wind shields available too.

Of dourse you could go hardcore AKA Dave Lomax Style, and forgo a cooker totally and just eat cold rations... :biggrin3:

xXx

Some 25 years ago I had exactly this type of burner, it was a Russian-made. Now I use two: Primus Multifuel and Primus Omnifuel. Omnifuel works on diesel too.