crusader mk2 cookset bcb / how to use on a slope and my add-ons

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this video is a review and a little test on the mark 2 crusader cooker set. the test is a water boil to make tea, and its done on a slope as well. i am well pleased with this cooker set.
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@A14b19 Месяц назад

The use of pegs on stove is the most brilliant idea ever never thought of it😮 great programme

@Andy-walkaboutnutty Месяц назад

@A14b19 thanks. I do like to test things properly in realistic conditions, and it definitely needs pinning down because it's more tall than wide. A few pegs goes a long way in a rugged landscape. I'm glad you've got something from the video.

@cooper19673 Месяц назад

always love seeing a crusader being used. made my own lid from an old quality street lid.

@Andy-walkaboutnutty Месяц назад

@cooper19673 I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Your lid you made can't have been as bad as mine 🙂

@bushcraftbasics2036 Месяц назад

It is a good system. Like your tent peg idea.

@Andy-walkaboutnutty Месяц назад

@bushcraftbasics2036 thanks for that. When it fell over in the video, I only realised later that it truly needs to be pinned down more often than people might think.

@lesdavidson9594 Месяц назад

Thank you for showcasing the lids that I make....best regards. Les

@Andy-walkaboutnutty Месяц назад

@lesdavidson9594 that's OK. It goes well with the whole system, and you did an excellent job 💯👍

@samuelnewitt6978 Месяц назад

My better half bought me the set a couple of years ago as a present (after some next-level hinting). I use it with a TBS trangia and it's worked great in all sorts of conditions. The water bottle stank for a while but has settled fine. Good kit, really well made

@Andy-walkaboutnutty Месяц назад

@samuelnewitt6978 my thoughts exactly Samuel 💯. That's why I made a video on it to put my own point across. Also, to own and use it as well. It's worthy of space in my rucksack.

@patdunne3277 Месяц назад

Man that music intro is class!! New Sub👍

@Andy-walkaboutnutty Месяц назад

@patdunne3277 thanks. My thoughts, heart, and soul go into choosing the right sounds for the moves. I'm glad you enjoyed the vibes.

@stealthandysteath1069 Месяц назад

Morning mi friend. Always being meaning to get this one. But never did 🤣🤣. Nice one

@Andy-walkaboutnutty Месяц назад

@stealthandysteath1069 you'll probably buy one. I've said the same things, and I end up buying stuff. I'm not disappointed with this setup, but it needs pinning down because it's more tall than wide. The wilderness just ain't flat.

@davidleonard1813 Месяц назад

Its a nice looking bit of kit but its soooo big. I use Australian bottles ( same as US ) a stailess cups canteen for cooking. And an alloy stove that fits over the cup. Trania fits underneath it perfect cooking height. I do have an osprey pouch, bottle Mk1 cup and plastic drinking cup. I use both on the lil US stove that fits on the nato stainless cup or will also fit over a french alloy cup. I have an old hexi with the top holder for the MK1 cup. A tip there is you can use those Redhead fire starter silver foil wrapped blocks in place of a hexi tab too

@Andy-walkaboutnutty Месяц назад

@davidleonard1813 Thanks for the tip, david. It would be interesting to see a video of your cooking system with the different brands used and put together. It sounds different than anything on RU-vid. Tell the world what's possible. If you're not used to talking and making videos, just do loads of takes, over loads of days, and let ideas develop. I'm always interested in mixing brands to make the kit better than the manufactured stuff.

@davidleonard1813 Месяц назад

@Andy-walkaboutnutty it's all surplus gear. I'd have to learn how to operate the vid feature on my phone first though🤣. But you are right I have a few stove options mix of this and that. I'll make it a goal to learn how to fully utilise my phone lol

@Andy-walkaboutnutty Месяц назад

@davidleonard1813 of you can't work it out, get the micro SD card from your phone and put it in an SD card holder or housing, that then fits into a laptop Take a look at the laptop sockets. There's a long skinny one. You can transfer the video clips over, and maybe there's a built-in video editor in the laptop. If not, you could just install one. I use movavi video editor, but it's got more on it than I need, so when it's finished, I might change it. Try it. It's fun and satisfying to make videos and putting across your own ideas.

@lesdavidson9594 Месяц назад

I do lids for the other mug as well...

@davidleonard1813 Месяц назад

I made a poorly made lid like that. Out of a bit of stainless the knobs went through from an old bbq. Penned the edges over with a tack hammer. To flimsy as I carry it for a NATO bottle in similar to a US 1 quart bottle and cover. It bent. I since repurposed an old alluminum sign. About 5mm thick no handle its set on flick off lol

@Andy-walkaboutnutty Месяц назад

@davidleonard1813 it is probably better than my effort. 🙂

@davidleonard1813 Месяц назад

@Andy-walkaboutnutty mate it's a good start a mess tin. Easy pliable. As you intend tho throw it out, may as well have a go see hat you can do penning the edges over. I cut a piece of 7 ply as a template hole self tapping screw for lid later, secure it bash away have a go. And btw psst do you want to buy some Hexi, it's the best hexamine on the market, it's made in China it's street name is China white bro, we can do a hexi deal in a carpark or an alley but keep stumm it's a Class A cooking fuel🤣🤣🤣

@xyzxyz8911 Месяц назад

The Mark 2 stove stand is very useful for the Trangia. The Mark 2 canteen cup is crap in my opinion, the bottom is not flat, so while cooking there is always food left in the small space between the bottom and the walls of the cup, makes cleaning difficult. The Mark 2 stove stand and the Mark 1 canteen cup are a very useful mix! The good thing though with the Mark 2 canteen cup is that you can fill in the content of a 800ml food tin (in Germany we use 400 and 800ml food tins) in full. Also, the Pathfinder steel canteen fits in the Mark 2 canteen cup perfectly. The Mark 2 stove stand/cooker fits onto both the Pathfinder steel canteen and the Keith canteen upside down. That allows you to store the whole set also in a Helikon Tex canteen pouch/kit bag.

@Andy-walkaboutnutty Месяц назад

@@xyzxyz8911 I have the keith canteen, I'm presuming you mean the titanium one. I'll have to try that one. Thanks for the information 💯 👍

@thirdwatch9939 Месяц назад

O hey now. Thanks for the observations.

@gwpattrick Месяц назад

Noticed that, too. The pathfinder lid fits good on the aluminum cup. There is gap but no big deal. I made one.

@A14b19 Месяц назад

I had some old rations to throw away. Beef stock mushrooms soup coffee tea powder, that sort of stuff put it in my crusader mk2 with hot water todissolve and throw in garden some time later . Forgot . Throw it away to discover the bottom inside of cup had been eaten away showing aluminium and corrosion!!! Shit it had eaten the ally I stabilised it ,oils it on heat .can not believe it wonder why .. good cooker though but I fave my old USA mug made for Europe army Belgium or something 1964 new 50p 30 years ago it’s comfortable I drank tea nearly always in it at home 😊

@Andy-walkaboutnutty Месяц назад

@A14b19 omg, I don't like the sound of that. The alloy being corroded from some old food. On the opposite side, it sounds like you've got a good old companion in your old cup.

@mikel6517 Месяц назад

Tried this and found not as bomb proof as the crusader mk1. Very easy to bend. The mug with the plastic rim was the rolls Royce, everyone wanted those. I think 1980s survival aids sold them

@Andy-walkaboutnutty Месяц назад

@mikel6517 The mk1 is sold as a rock. For me, these days, I'm thinking more about the weight I carry and have to accept that I have to down grade a little on the robustness of things.

@mikel6517 Месяц назад

True and I am the same but the first time I used this new version it bend so to put in the bin and I bend it so easily in my hands. Nowadays I use the crusader Mk 1 or a Dutch mug. Nice and light 3 x 6 inch nails with a metal base plate tobacco tin size. But again the other mug with the plastic rim mine was stolen when in the army, great bit of kit apart from the weight. You could use that other lid for a baseplate with 3 or 4 holes in instead of throwing it

@Andy-walkaboutnutty Месяц назад

@mikel6517 I think everyone had that thought when going from the mk1 to mk2. I didn't say it, but I had the mk2 cooker only a few years ago, and I bent the top piece between the notches, and it cracked off. I binned it in the end but kept the little cup inside. I made a video on how to use the 27 series trangia with fuel tablets and incorporated the cup with that cooker. The mk2 cooker did seem a tiny bit stronger than then. But maybe I'm not so brutal as I was with gear these days.