A neat kit for some redundant cooking, heat, and light (lots of pics)

goldenspurholderx2 · September 24, 2009, 01:07

This is a kit that I picked up from Petromax, the complete inventory is HERE. I figured if my omni-fuel stove, kerosene heater, or solar lantern ever went down this kit would cover the bases. Maybe not as good as the items it is replacing (except the lantern part) but make due in a pinch.

After you get through 2 cardboard boxes and a little padding this is how you get it:

Unpacked and layed out minus the instructional DVD:

The interior had a lot of wasted space with this 2" thick pad on the bottom:

goldenspurholderx2 · September 24, 2009, 01:37

To make better use of some of the wasted space I added two vehicle first aid kit boxes:

The empty one will soon house all of the tools needed to completely break down the lantern, and the other one will have more spare parts with the mantles being stuffed into areas elsewhere.

The two first aid boxes and the foot pump neatly filling the bottom with enough room for the reflector:

Putting one of those old military "puss pads" to use:

Even managed to make a padded case for a spare globe that wouldn't fit before I made better use of space. The 48 spare mantles will find thier way into there freeing more room for spare parts.

All packed up again minus 1 bungee, plus a side reflector, a spare globe, 24 mantles, and room to put some wrenches and more spare parts.

I watched part of the instuctional DVD. To make a comparison the paper manual is like the owners manual to your car, the DVD is like the C****** manual. Too bad you will most likely need the C****** manual when there isn't a DVD player for a thousand miles that works. Everything looks good, I won't be able to get more familiar with it 'till next week.

C****** means C H I L T O N manual, like for cars, WTF?

**indy_Muaddib** · September 24, 2009, 06:47

cant say h i l t o n because of an old spam filter

nice setup but wow what a pricetag

Tuscan Raider · September 24, 2009, 08:42

Good idea with the sleeping pad for protection.
Wonder what food tastes like after cooking with JP5 or 8?

I agree with indy, spendy.

goldenspurholderx2 · September 24, 2009, 09:13

Yeah, I did a few days of O.T. to get that one, but it is still cheaper than buying exact back-ups for everything it is meant to fill in for in an emergency. Next week I plan on trying it out. I've used my omni-fuel with JP-8 straight from the Bradley's fuel/water separator (after draining the water of course) with no I'll effects besides a dirty jet in the stove. Then again those were times in my life when standards were lower for what passed as good food.

Deltaten · September 24, 2009, 10:19

Yes... spendy; but really.....

Take the going price for a similar/equivalent lantern [if there is one?] and add all the metalwork to mfgr the additional parts. Throw in a cheap foot pump and all the extra mantles and stuff.
Now add the cost of a decent field box and ALL yer time to put it together...even at minimum wage....

See??

Nice deal there Dave

good packing job, too .

Will we ever be ready or have enuff stuff?

September 24, 2009, 01:07	#1
goldenspurholderx2 Registered FALaholic #: 18600 Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: colorado springs, co Posts: 1,818	A neat kit for some redundant cooking, heat, and light (lots of pics) This is a kit that I picked up from Petromax, the complete inventory is HERE. I figured if my omni-fuel stove, kerosene heater, or solar lantern ever went down this kit would cover the bases. Maybe not as good as the items it is replacing (except the lantern part) but make due in a pinch. After you get through 2 cardboard boxes and a little padding this is how you get it: Unpacked and layed out minus the instructional DVD: The interior had a lot of wasted space with this 2" thick pad on the bottom: __________________ http://militarysignatures.com/signatures/member1822.png

September 24, 2009, 01:37	#2
goldenspurholderx2 Registered FALaholic #: 18600 Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: colorado springs, co Posts: 1,818	To make better use of some of the wasted space I added two vehicle first aid kit boxes: The empty one will soon house all of the tools needed to completely break down the lantern, and the other one will have more spare parts with the mantles being stuffed into areas elsewhere. The two first aid boxes and the foot pump neatly filling the bottom with enough room for the reflector: Putting one of those old military "puss pads" to use: Even managed to make a padded case for a spare globe that wouldn't fit before I made better use of space. The 48 spare mantles will find thier way into there freeing more room for spare parts. All packed up again minus 1 bungee, plus a side reflector, a spare globe, 24 mantles, and room to put some wrenches and more spare parts. I watched part of the instuctional DVD. To make a comparison the paper manual is like the owners manual to your car, the DVD is like the C**** manual. Too bad you will most likely need the C** manual when there isn't a DVD player for a thousand miles that works. Everything looks good, I won't be able to get more familiar with it 'till next week. C**** means C H I L T O N manual, like for cars, WTF? __________________ http://militarysignatures.com/signatures/member1822.png

September 24, 2009, 06:47	#3
indy_Muaddib Curio & Relic Bronze Contributor FALaholic #: 17581 Join Date: May 2005 Location: Tampa FL Posts: 3,046	cant say h i l t o n because of an old spam filter nice setup but wow what a pricetag __________________ All government, in its essence, is a conspiracy against the superior man: its one permanent object is to oppress him and cripple him. If it be aristocratic in organization, then it seeks to protect the man who is superior only in law against the man who is superior in fact; if it be democratic, then it seeks to protect the man who is inferior in every way against both. One of its primary functions is to regiment men by force, to make them as much alike as possible and as dependent upon one another as possible, to search out and combat originality among them. All it can see in an original idea is potential change, and hence an invasion of its prerogatives. The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself, without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane and intolerable, and so, if he is romantic, he tries to change it. And even if he is not romantic personally he is very apt to spread discontent among those who are. -H.L. Mencken 1919 Were not that lucky.

September 24, 2009, 08:42	#4
Tuscan Raider Registered FALaholic #: 19668 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Pacific Northwest Posts: 2,943	Good idea with the sleeping pad for protection. Wonder what food tastes like after cooking with JP5 or 8? I agree with indy, spendy. __________________ "An eye for an eye makes us all blind." Ghandi "We, here in America, hold in our hands the hopes of the world, the fate of the coming years; and shame and disgrace will be ours if in our eyes the light of high resolve is dimmed, if we trail in the dust the golden hopes of men." Theodore Roosevelt Address at Carnegie Hall March 30, 1912

September 24, 2009, 09:13	#5
goldenspurholderx2 Registered FALaholic #: 18600 Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: colorado springs, co Posts: 1,818	Yeah, I did a few days of O.T. to get that one, but it is still cheaper than buying exact back-ups for everything it is meant to fill in for in an emergency. Next week I plan on trying it out. I've used my omni-fuel with JP-8 straight from the Bradley's fuel/water separator (after draining the water of course) with no I'll effects besides a dirty jet in the stove. Then again those were times in my life when standards were lower for what passed as good food. __________________ http://militarysignatures.com/signatures/member1822.png

September 24, 2009, 10:19	#6
Deltaten Registered FALaholic #: 124 Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Lancaster, PA USA Posts: 8,499	Yes... spendy; but really..... Take the going price for a similar/equivalent lantern [if there is one?] and add all the metalwork to mfgr the additional parts. Throw in a cheap foot pump and all the extra mantles and stuff. Now add the cost of a decent field box and ALL yer time to put it together...even at minimum wage.... See?? Nice deal there Dave good packing job, too . Will we ever be ready or have enuff stuff? __________________ All or Nothing! Senator McCarthy was right! and as always......FYB!

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