Trangia Triangle

Attached to the "X-Briv" Trangia-compatible burner

The Trangia Triangle is made of four pieces that can be dismantled for maximal flatness. It's not especially heavy either at ~105g, counting the carry bag. Putting the three walls and the circle together doesn't take much effort and it's not slower to set up than the standard Trangia.

Four pieces

Using a Trangia-compatible gas burner, it does give some "spider" vibes, but perhaps with better wind protection. This could be one rationale for the product. Also, it is not fixed to some particular burner, so for example the spirit burner can be used with it too.

Correct way up

Even if not immune to wind, the wind shield works quite well and the food kept bubbling quite evenly. I have a hunch that this combination worked better than the cheap "spider" I've used previously.

The instructions show the three protrusions at the top, but it shouldn't make much difference if the Triangle is upside down? That might even in some situations work better. At least one Fire Maple pot with the heat sink didn't sit that well on the suggested orientation.

The Knorr test

But, practice sometimes proves these ideas wrong. One of the walls ended up slightly bent from heat, possibly because there's a pocket where the flame could be pushed to. Or, somehow the heat is more easily distributed to the wall this way as the pot is in more contact with it.

It's hardly broken, and can be bent to shape again, but it's another small lesson learned.

The not so correct way up

Carrying a pot, the burner and some gas, it's all bound to take up some space anyway, so it might not be that much more space efficient than the Trangia 27. Why does that configuration need to be so darn perfect, leaving no room for invention?