The best way to avoid the soot is to use alcohol (methanol or ethanol) without impurities. Methylated spirits are methylated! Stay away from Isopropyl alcohol as well.
"Methylated spirits" is an old name for Methanol. it doesnt mean anything. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methanol pure methanol doesnt leave any soot on the pans, it is what i use and never had any problem in years of using it.
10% water? shit yeah - been diluting metho for decades if only to prevent carbon build up on the kettle, pans and pots - all aluminium. Excellent presentation 🙂 Just purchased a pair
@@bushgearreview I had not thought of using the water to drop the temperature to help with simmer. Not often but every now and then that will be realy handy
I am going to make a separate bottle up with 10% water and label it 'frying'. The more i use the Goshawk and its little windstand, the more i want to use it. Starting to favour it over the Trangia,
No soot when I use HEET. Adding water produced a more orange “cooler” flame.
Denatured alcohol doesnt leave anything on my pots. Been using it for years
The best way to avoid the soot is to use alcohol (methanol or ethanol) without impurities. Methylated spirits are methylated! Stay away from Isopropyl alcohol as well.
Methanol might no longer be added to commercial alcohol these days
"Methylated spirits" is an old name for Methanol. it doesnt mean anything.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methanol
pure methanol doesnt leave any soot on the pans, it is what i use and never had any problem in years of using it.
10% water? shit yeah - been diluting metho for decades if only to prevent carbon build up on the kettle, pans and pots - all aluminium. Excellent presentation 🙂 Just purchased a pair
Great experiment 🔬. As you said, a little bit of water can reduce the heat and make it cook a bit slower, interesting.
An alternate way around, when you don't have a simmer ring, lol.
@@bushgearreview , absolutely. Great to know.
Interesting experiment.
Something that I have been meaning to do for so long.
@@bushgearreview I had not thought of using the water to drop the temperature to help with simmer. Not often but every now and then that will be realy handy
I am going to make a separate bottle up with 10% water and label it 'frying'. The more i use the Goshawk and its little windstand, the more i want to use it. Starting to favour it over the Trangia,
There is a small warning note on the bottle saying not suitable for spirit burners. What else can we use.
Good observation, I never even saw that lol. Probably there to protect themselves legally in case someone does something silly.
Why did you have to run each test twice? Once for discoloration and once for soot? Seems pretty redundant.
Mainly to get more data on run and boil times. Also, to try and achieve as much soot as possible, which was limited by the capacity of the burner.
Nice test!
I use Heet so I don’t get any soot.