TrangiaMini Windshield with Spirit Burn , Black

The picture on the product page is misleading. It shows the mini Trangia cook kit. This product is the Trangia Spirit burner and the mini windscreen/pot stand ONLY. I understood that when I ordered the product, so I have no issues giving it five stars.The burner is the original, time tested Trangia Spirit burner. It is a bit smaller than the military burner that can be found at some surplus stores. That is a good thing, since all the aftermarket pot stands and whatever are designed for this burner, not the military one. While the Trangia burner is not ultralight and not the most efficient stove out there, it is very tough and carries its own fuel; enough for an overnighter at the least if I'm doing simple hiking grub (for two).In addition to the included Trangia windscreen, I have used the Spirit burner with the Esbit pocket stove (designed for either Esbit fuel tablets or a Spirit burner), Vargo Hexagon woodstove and more recently with the Emberlit Fire Ant woodstove. The Esbit pocket stove works GREAT and is very compact (folds flat). For the Vargo woodstove I recommend elevating the Spirit burner for a better burn. I use the screw lid for this. If you're worried about heat, remove the o-ring from the lid first. The Fire Ant is an ultralight woodstove first and a fuel tab/alcohol stand second. But if you don't care that your burner weighs much more than your snazzy new ultralight wood burning pot stand, have a ball.I like the windscreen/pot stand because it is stupid simple and also very rugged. I have two very narrow cookpots: a Snow Peak Mini Solo cookset and a single wall Snow Peak 600 mug. Neither is very stable on the mini windscreen. So I grabbed some pliers and bent the top 1/2" of the peaks inward. Through some amazing miracle I got them level. That made the windscreen the most stable stand I have for my Snow Peak stuff. Bending the windscreen peaks reduced the distance from the top of the burner to the bottom of my cookpot. I'm sure that made the burner less efficient, but not by enough for me to care.Bending down the points of the windscreen also made it less likely to snag on stuff. Although the windscreen does not fit inside either cookpot, it fits nicely (and snag free) in the mesh stuff sack on top of the Mini Solo cookset. My trail kitchen and most of my food for an overnighter fits inside the cookset, so I'm happy with how it packs.Warning: bending the pot stand peaks any more than 1/2" will make it difficult to insert or remove the burner. You would probably feel stupid. Or blame me. Either way that would be bad. So try this at your own risk, and only if you're sold on using a narrow cookpot. And bend as little as you need to make your narrow cookset stable.I rate the windscreen highly, and I like it. But it is not perfect. For starters, the windscreen is too small to effectively use the simmer ring. It will still snuff out the burner just fine though. And while it provides enough wind protection for mild weather, in windy conditions you'll need to carry a separate windscreen or take some other measure to protect your cooking area from wind. Lastly, the windshield does not collapse. Since it houses the Spirit burner that's not a big loss of space -- but there are plenty of more compact options on the market. None of that really bothers me, but your mileage may vary.Bottom line, this is a tried and true alcohol burner paired with a simple windscreen/pot stand. The mini Trangia is about as uncomplicated as trail cooking can get. I recommend this compact little set.

This is a super efficient, super effective stove. I have a larger Trangia multi-piece cook set packed away in my camping supplies somewhere, so I just wanted to get this because it's simple, small, and I can keep it in my kitchen cupboards for occasional use.THERMAL RUNAWAY: Doing my first test today, this burns MUCH HOTTER than my other Trangia setup. I think the close-fitting aluminum windshield amplifies the heat somehow, it managed to do a thermal runaway on me. Flames were coming out of the burner, extending well past the brass edges and onto the aluminum. I could not use my hands to drop the lid on to snuff it out, because the flames were leaping so high, both over the top of the setup and past the aluminum posts as well. Tongs solved that problem, I simply grabbed a pair to drop the closed simmer lid onto the flames. However, the flames were still burning, both around the outside of the brass ring, and even leaping high through the tiny hole in the flame adjuster/simmer lid! I then had to blow it out with a puff of breath, but at least it was contained to the point I COULD blow it out. There would be no way to approach this fire without tongs, you'd have to just let it burn itself out without them. But the flames were leaping too near the kitchen cupboards above, so I wanted them out faster. After letting it cool a bit, I lifted the simmer ring off, and found the alcohol itself was still boiling! That's some serious heat. Not sure if it's supposed to do that, lol.TIME TO BOIL: That said, I am still pleased with its performance. Using a 3 qt. Circulon pot (dark anodized aluminum - standard kitchenware, NOT thin camping pots,) it boiled 2 cups of water in less than 10 minutes. How much time it took exactly I am not sure, because when I first removed the glass lid on the pot it was already at a hard boil.BALANCE: One thing to note, the first pot I used had one long handle. The handle made it unbalanced, and tipped the entire setup over, including the aluminum shield. I had to use a pot with two small handles, not one long handle, so it would remain balanced and not tip. Here's a link to the one I used, the Circulon Momentum 3 qt. pot: https://www.amazon.com/Circulon-Momentum-Hard-Anodized-Non-Stick-Covered/dp/B010M1ETHG/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1505596028&sr=8-5&keywords=circulon+3+quartALCOHOL CONSUMPTION: I measured into the Trangia burner 1/4 cup of 190 proof Everclear (2 oz.) Measuring the alcohol coming back out, it used a bit less than 1/4 of it, or a bit less than 1/2 ounce.FINISH: All of the edges of the brass and aluminum were super sharp, sharper than my older Trangia, so I had to spend a bit of time with sandpaper to make it easier to handle. And like ALL Trangia burners, the simmer ring's revolving lid was way too tight, so I had to spent a bit of time gently bending it about to make it move more smoothly.All in all, a nice bit of kit! I will definitely be keeping and using this, but it's not for children, or those who are prone to wander off and leave an unwatched pot. But if you're careful, I think you will be very pleased!ONE LAST NOTE: Place this unit on a surface that you won't care if it mars, like your wooden cutting board, or inside a cast iron frypan. I feel fortunate it didn't melt my formica countertop. If I realized it got that hot and flaming, I would definitely have placed it elsewhere! Another minute and it may have melted the countertop. Keep tongs nearby, and enjoy!

Works extremely well and it’s quite durable. This is a high quality stove that will last for many years.

I bought this specifically for the burner as I had been using a very similar set with an 'off-brand' burner and I wondered what the difference was. Like the other set, the windshield is tragically problematic. It's just slightly too small for me to use any of my small camping pots on. With my larger pots, it seemed like the flames coming off the trangia in this setup were unusually high and various twigs and things on the ground were getting scorched. I think the open configuration let too much oxygen into the combustion in even a light breeze. It works, but it's worrisome.The burner itself is great, especially when used in a Clikstand or a full-sized Trangia cook set. For a solo hiker, I like using it with the Esbit folding wind screen and a 1L kettle. That's enough water to rehydrate a meal and have a warm drink afterwards.