Cheap Greenheat

[steve a]

Seems like all the Greenheat has gone from around here, I visited three Safeways and all I could find was a gap on the shelf in the BBQ section.
They must of had some because the sign said 48p, Sainburys have the large bottle at £1.98 so it might be one of those and a small tin to pour the contents into. Has anyone used the large bottles and if so are they liable to leak ?.

[jakunen]

Could be interesting experiment. Not got much experience with it myself...

(Taz has posted in the sharpening thread under edged kit.)

[Gary]

Greenheat in tins isnt all that - but in the sachets it works like HEXI BLOCKS BUT WITHOUT THE SMELL AND TAR. Like hexi they probably wont be to every ones taste but I think their spot on, and as pointed out as well as a source to heat your brew they can also be used for fire lighting. Not the fastest thing in the world I agree but then 'the craft' isnt about speed either and as I use self heating meals these days I dont need to carry a stove or more spare fuel and all the other baggage that goes without so they suit me down to the ground.

Just my humble opinion!.

[hobbitboy]

Aaahhh...I see! Thanks for clearing that up :-)

[Gary]

I cant find the old greenheat thread where I mentioned using the stuff with a swedish mess kit instead of the triangia so I've have to use this one instead.

As I pointed out then it works well but I was doubtful about it in cold conditions - well I have been running an experiment and the results are good.

I frozen 6 sachets in the freezer, removing one everyday for a week to see if it deteriated in the cold and am pleased to say they didnt - only problem I had was todays sachet was so iced up the the ice melted and put out the first flame! But once relighted it was ok.

Top tip I did find was that they worked better after a little rewarm in the pocket, a few seconds from freezer to garden.

Anyway - not scientific and would be interesting to see if an ambient temperature effected this test but hey it amused me!

[sargey]

calorie output and heatwise the greenheat stuff isn't brilliant. you can't et enough of it into an upside-down pepsi can burner to make it worthwhile. it is much nicer than hexy/esbit blocks, from the point of view of leaving all the black scum behind, the greenheat scum is, well, green!

the big bottles seem pretty robust and unlikely to leak.

i will have a go with my homemade trangia using a boot polish tin lid as a greenheat holder. using an entire sachet for every brew does seem a little excessive.

cheers, and.

[Great Pebble]

Got 13 boxes today at Shore Rd, Belfast. All they had.
Was in the Downpatrick store yesterday and couldn't find any, but I was in a rush.

[Les Marshall]

I may be wrong, but from my air movement days with the brylcream boys, I'm sure that IATA may have something to say about how to move this type of fuel by air. I have not seen the product you are talking about, but there shoul be some sort of indication on it re transport?

[Metala Cabinet]

Saw a few boxes of sachets for 48 pence at Tunbridge Wells Safeways this morning if anyone's interested.

[Great Pebble]

Strictly, you shouldn't have anything flammable or explosive in your hold baggage at all. However as I've pointed out to folks at airport security in the past, a Sigg bottle full of meths is in all likelyhood a lot safer than a bottle of duty free brandy... I've never lost any yet.

There's a few things like that overlooked in the air transport world. For instance, I believe a passenger must to the letter of the law be able to walk something like 300ft. unassisted. Try enforcing that one.

[SquirrelBoy]

Let us know how you get on Nigel - I havent tried the ali set with greenheat so it would be good to know.

Also one tip - I usually build a small twig base, like a mini temperate fire lay, and place the windshield over this

Well my findings are:

Swedish Army Trangia Ali Set
1 sachet of Greenheat
1/2 pint of cold tap water in the smaller pot (equal to a mug of tea)
Temperate fire lay of about 2cm in height (to raise sachet nearer pot and as Gary says, insulate it from the ground)

Time taken to a good rolling boil 11min 30sec
This might be improved on by raising the platform higher so the flame could be a little nearer the pot. There was about 7min of usefull life left in the sachet - easliy enough for a brew or some simple cooking e.g noodles/pasta

Just for fun I timed the meths burner:

Time taken to a good rolling boil 7min 30sec
This was from a cold start, only its second light and about half full of fuel.

So IMHO the Greenheat sachets are pretty good stuff. It saves you the trouble of carrying meths (with the attatched risk of spillage in your pack) and the burner. It has quite a pleasent smell, unlike hexamine which I believe is also toxic and is harder to light. Another small bonus is that it dosent leave gunk on the bottom of the pan - so pretty clean. Just the stuff for a potter in the woods or a lightweight weekend away :biggthump

[Chopper]

Sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings, but after trying two branches of Safeways/Morrisons and finding them out of stock, I phoned their customer services and was told that the reason that they were selling this so cheap is that Morrisons have discontinued it, and there is definatly no more in stock anywere.


Does anyone know who the manufactures are??????????????

[Gary]

Its manufactered by Greenheat! Web search will bring them up but I dont think they sell direct.

[Chopper]

I was just curious as I was in B&Q and bought a bottle of "fire starting gel" (one of their own brands) and although it works really well, I wondered if it was the same stuff.

Its white in colour.

What colour is Greenheat?

[rapidboy]

Is green :wink:

[Mikey P]

Try Blacks Outdoor shops too. There's a sale on at the moment and I got one of the little tin greenheat picnic cookers for 1.99.

Will go quite nicely in my brew kit in the boot of the car.

[Tony]

It's liquid Kryptonite :rolmao: