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Pro tip: old camping stoves are built way different than new ones
I was down at a flea market in Knoxville last weekend and picked up a 1970s Coleman single burner for 15 bucks. Fired it up this morning and that thing boiled water in like 3 minutes flat without any fancy regulator nonsense. Has anyone else noticed new stoves just don't hold up like the old metal ones used to?
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joel_hall1722d ago
Man those old coleman stoves are tanks. The metal is way thicker and the burners just hit different. I got one from the 80s that still works perfect, my buddy bought a brand new one last year and it already has a dent in the side and the knob feels flimsy. They sure don't make em like they used to.
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claire_hart5322d ago
Wait, you mean they actually make the new ones worse than that? @joel_hall17 that's wild, I would've thought a dent or bent knob would at least hold up for a few years...
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