The Search for the Perfect Fuel Bottle (and it isn't Trangia!) 

While I don't use fluid stoves myself I can certainly appreciate the humour provided throughout this very entertaining (and educational) video 👍

😂 brilliant! Very entertaining. I really appreciate this as I too dropped through the floor at the price of the Trangia bottle and have tried several bottles, to no avail.😊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

I ordered a bunch of cheap metal alcohol flasks on Amazon and I use those. 2-3 will fit perfectly in a small Molle pouch

Three words: Fiji Water bottle. Smallest height to volume ratio. The 500ml takes up barely any more space than the 300ml Trangia fuel bottle.

Thoroughly enjoyed the tongue in cheek commentary, thanks for a great video. I often use a Kilrock (KK20 for the nerds amongst us) descaled bottle. Never yet has it leaked on me, has a bright yellow safety cap and is very robust, it’s usual content is mainly formic acid. Regards Broadlander

Just had a quick look - loadsa places for Trangia 300m bottle delivered to your door for £14. They are bomb proof I never have to worry about splits, cracks, leaks, and I get a very mesured pour. For shoter trips those smal or 100m or 200ml Nalgene bottles. But for ultimate peace of mind - Trangia.

Great observations. I spent years using recycled bottles for meths but after many leaks and spills grudgingly forked out for some Trangia fuel bottles . After 20 years they are still going strong. They deliver a measured amount of fuel, don't get lost because of the bright red colour and resist damage despite my misuse. On reflection probably worth the £1.20 a year although to be fair the travel listerene bottle has worked for me on short day trips.

I have been using one of the small travels bottles with standard screw-on cap for the last 4 years with no issues. For larger amounts of fuel, I have a lemon juice bottle (not the lemon shaped variety) with the shaker insert removed.

I use an old 500ml sigg water bottle as a fuel bottle, it's got the relevant symbol stickers on it as well as sandpaper band as identification in the darkness of my pack (used to be able to strike matches on it too, that long ago) used a panda pop bottle for meths in the scouts too 😮

Really good and sensible video, with a dash of ironic humour.👌

I have started eyeing the 8oz Ensure nutritional drink bottles here recently. Those bottles seem to be made of pretty heavy-duty plastic and have a nice fitting cap on them and since I drink one of the nutritional drinks everyday I would have plenty of them to use. I am always looking for cost effective stuff to repurpose to save money if it will do the job I need it to do.

I use herbicide concentrate containers for the stove meths for longer trips. I like the form factor of those containers (about 90mm Wx 30Dx140T for the 250ml) for packing. Yates make 200ml, 250ml and 500ml at least here in Australia. They have a childproof screwtop and are embossed "NOT TO BE TAKEN". Best of all, they have a clear 5,10,15 and 20ml graduated measuring tube that clips onto the bottle. I haven't had one leak while being carried or after being dropped. I also use them for long-term storage. For overnighters, I carry alcohol fuel in a 120ml isopropyl alcohol hand sanitiser bottle. They come in a huge range of shapes and sizes and the screw-on lids are usually interchangeable with other containers, so you choose between a flip cap or a full childproof screwtop. In the past i've tried glue containers with a long neck. They invariably leaked or burst. I even tried those foil pouch type waterbottles which are like an upsized version of those that some juices and yogurts come in. They reacted with methylated spirit, bubbled and leaked.

I use isopropyl alcohol bottles. By design they hit all the marks needed for carrying stove fuel. 475ml or 16 ounces lasts for many days.

Great video! Loved the humour and very informative. Also a alcohol stove user myself and use bioethanol. I only use meths if i'm desperate and haven't got any bioethanol. I use a methylated spirit container for my bioethanol. 500ml and it has the safety cap. I usally keep my fuel bottle in a large sandwich type bag in case it does leak one day.

I love your energy lol 😆

I typically use a small 45ml wide mouthed snap-close wide container (or take a couple, according to my hike duration. They’re easy to fill, have good stability, are completely fuel-tight, fit inside my cook kits (either a 550ml cup set or a GSI Ketal 2, again, according to hike duration) and generally stowable without much risk of losing the contents. New subscriber day! 🖐🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

If you use cling film around the threads of the top of the bottle where the screw cap screws on it will seal it without leakage,

Enjoyed the humour in this video. I use a Zoflora concentrated multipurpose disinfectant bottle for my fuel. They come in different sizes to suit your needs, easily distinguishable from other bottles and also have a raised warning triangle on them.

someone gave me a metal trangia bottle 25 years ago. It's still going strong.

Trangia bottles are bomb proof. Also have Swedish mess kit bottle which is compact and flat design to put near body to keep fuel warm as needed. Nalgene bottles are also good( the small ones) Lars from Oz!

vape juice bottles are my go too

Great video, entertaining and informative I'm really lucky with this. The good lady suffers quite badly with psoriasis and the only thing she can use to keep it at bay when she washes her hair is T-Gel Shampoo is stupidly expensive (but she pays for that) and the bottles are indestructible, so I get a regular supply of excellent quality free fuel bottles 😁

Methylated Spirit is available in 250ml bottles. = Solved for that quantity. New Thermo Scientific 125ml Nalgene Narrow Mouth Bottle HDPE, Screw Cap, pk/9 £6 eBay, leak proof = another volume covered, but bought not from recycling. All the best with the search.

Well its more like 10£ for the biggest trangia, but ok we get your point

I always used siggs back in the 80s but then they got popular as drinks bottles and they are a bit heavy. I still use a metal fuel bottle for my peteol stoves. I managed to get a small and large trangia bottle on offer years ago. They are bomboroof. I tried a vargo. It leaked. I also have used the bottles the fuel comes in. Best is the French alcool bottles. Worst is the flat style meths bottles as too simolar to a whosky flask😂

I'll stick with my trangia fuel bottle and I will have worries

Maybe a Elmers glue bottle

I have that style fuel bottle,liter half for moter cycle emergency

I wrap one strip of Red electrical tape around ALL my fuel bottles. I’m the same as you I’m always searching for good bottles. Isopropyl alcohol bottles are great, some old cold medicine bottles, small mouthwash bottles. Hard to find good heavy duty bottles & l don’t like safety caps. I’ve had some old fuel bottles get brittle & crack. I keep my fuel bottles in a outside pocket of my pack away from everything in case they leak. The best fuel in Canada is Methyl Hydrate & very poisonous ☠️ so I don’t want it all over my cook kit if something happens.

I recall some guy on RU-vid recommending pva glue bottles. Reckon that's the go. BTW, anyone suggesting aluminium water bottles, don't. Alcohol seems to just eat aluminium.

Use 80% alcohol hand gel- fuel and hand gel in one. 50ml perfect to boil 500ML water.

@#theharduphiker don't want to seem as I am promoting anything but I get the best fuel bottles from "outdoor gear essentials" they are made for fuel, they do different sizes for different trips , and are as cheap if not cheaper than those bottles.. olso you don't have to clean them out before use... take care out there. Sorry !!!! I liked the video by the way . Like your humour.. have subscribed.

el cheapo .... LOL !