The Kovea Booster+1 – Multi Fuel Or Only Dual Fuel?
The Kovea Booster+1 stove is advertised every bit running on white gasoline (e.g. Coleman Fuel) too canister gas exclusively – but I proceed hearing that it tin lav hold upwards run on other fuels similar kerosene. I've fifty-fifty read reviews to that effect.
UPDATE 21 Feb 2017: I accept completed my full review of the Kovea Booster+1. My total review includes farther information on option fuels (fuels other than canister gas too white gasoline).
So, I idea I'd assay it.
As I mean value you lot tin lav come across from the video, the Booster+1 tin lav run on kerosene, but non every bit good every bit alongside fuels for which it was designed. However, it's expert to know that, inwards a pinch, i tin lav run on kerosene. To create so, i should hold upwards aware of a few things such as:
Priming
As alongside around liquid stone oil based fueled stoves, i must "prime" the stove, that is, i must forcefulness out something inwards the burner of the stove to preheat the "generator" earlier running the stove. The generator is that component subdivision of the fuel business that passes through the open fire of the stove. The rut of the stove causes the fuel, every bit it passes through the generator, to plow from liquid into a vapor. It is the vapor that is burned. If the fuel enters the burner silent inwards liquid form, you'll become a large sooty mess.
With white gasoline type stoves, i tin lav prime number alongside the stove's regular fuel. White gasoline, when used for priming, does locomote out a chip of soot, but it's non likewise bad. Kerosene is to a greater extent than or less other story. Kerosene is a large sooty mess to prime number with. One truly needs to select a lilliputian squelch bottle of alcohol for priming. One tin lav usage pretty much whatever build clean burning alcohol for priming including ethyl alcohol, methyl alcohol (methanol), or denatured alcohol. Do non usage isopropyl alcohol such every bit HEET build sold inwards the carmine container (yellow container is fine) or the alcohol sold inwards drug stores every bit "rubbing" alcohol. One doesn't bespeak a lot of alcohol for priming, possibly 5ml (for white gas) to 10 ml (for kerosene) per prime. Priming alongside alcohol is truly a expert exercise fifty-fifty alongside white gas since alcohol is then build clean burning too is easier to command inwards damage of sum dispensed. If you've always allowed likewise much fuel to menstruum into the priming expanse of a stove, you'll know just what I hateful past times that terminal remark.
Get your stove expert too hot earlier opening upwards the valve to allow kerosene menstruum through to the burner.
Moderation
Once your stove is expert too hot, you lot tin lav opened upwards up the valve, gradually, too allow kerosene root to menstruum to the burner. Be gear upwards to chop-chop plow off the menstruum if large xanthous flames confine up.
Even when fully hot, i has to run the stove at a moderate level. If i opens upwards the valve likewise far alongside kerosene, i volition root to come across lilliputian droplets of un-vaporized (i.e. liquid) fuel shooting out of the jet. There simply isn't plenty thermal feedback inwards the stove to vaporize large amounts of kerosene. One has to proceed the stove turned downwards a chip for expert operation.
Conclusion?
The Booster+1 is truly a white gasoline too canister gas stove – but, alongside proper technique, kerosene tin lav hold upwards made to run inwards a pinch. One must even then accept to a greater extent than or less form of priming fuel inwards guild to properly prime number the stove.
Thanks for joining me,
HJ
UPDATE 21 Feb 2017: I accept completed my full review of the Kovea Booster+1. My total review includes farther information on option fuels (fuels other than canister gas too white gasoline).
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I took my Booster+1 out the terminal 3 weekends too ran it on kerosene. Here's a video of i of my tests:
As I mean value you lot tin lav come across from the video, the Booster+1 tin lav run on kerosene, but non every bit good every bit alongside fuels for which it was designed. However, it's expert to know that, inwards a pinch, i tin lav run on kerosene. To create so, i should hold upwards aware of a few things such as:
Priming
As alongside around liquid stone oil based fueled stoves, i must "prime" the stove, that is, i must forcefulness out something inwards the burner of the stove to preheat the "generator" earlier running the stove. The generator is that component subdivision of the fuel business that passes through the open fire of the stove. The rut of the stove causes the fuel, every bit it passes through the generator, to plow from liquid into a vapor. It is the vapor that is burned. If the fuel enters the burner silent inwards liquid form, you'll become a large sooty mess.
With white gasoline type stoves, i tin lav prime number alongside the stove's regular fuel. White gasoline, when used for priming, does locomote out a chip of soot, but it's non likewise bad. Kerosene is to a greater extent than or less other story. Kerosene is a large sooty mess to prime number with. One truly needs to select a lilliputian squelch bottle of alcohol for priming. One tin lav usage pretty much whatever build clean burning alcohol for priming including ethyl alcohol, methyl alcohol (methanol), or denatured alcohol. Do non usage isopropyl alcohol such every bit HEET build sold inwards the carmine container (yellow container is fine) or the alcohol sold inwards drug stores every bit "rubbing" alcohol. One doesn't bespeak a lot of alcohol for priming, possibly 5ml (for white gas) to 10 ml (for kerosene) per prime. Priming alongside alcohol is truly a expert exercise fifty-fifty alongside white gas since alcohol is then build clean burning too is easier to command inwards damage of sum dispensed. If you've always allowed likewise much fuel to menstruum into the priming expanse of a stove, you'll know just what I hateful past times that terminal remark.
Get your stove expert too hot earlier opening upwards the valve to allow kerosene menstruum through to the burner.
Moderation
Once your stove is expert too hot, you lot tin lav opened upwards up the valve, gradually, too allow kerosene root to menstruum to the burner. Be gear upwards to chop-chop plow off the menstruum if large xanthous flames confine up.
Even when fully hot, i has to run the stove at a moderate level. If i opens upwards the valve likewise far alongside kerosene, i volition root to come across lilliputian droplets of un-vaporized (i.e. liquid) fuel shooting out of the jet. There simply isn't plenty thermal feedback inwards the stove to vaporize large amounts of kerosene. One has to proceed the stove turned downwards a chip for expert operation.
Conclusion?
The Booster+1 is truly a white gasoline too canister gas stove – but, alongside proper technique, kerosene tin lav hold upwards made to run inwards a pinch. One must even then accept to a greater extent than or less form of priming fuel inwards guild to properly prime number the stove.
Thanks for joining me,
HJ
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