Things you wish you'd never spent your money on (4x4 and camping):

Have one if those small gas propane portable bbq's which take the disposable bottles. What a pos..[/QUOTE]

I have them to but I love mine haha sits on the drop shelf from my rear door

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Originally Posted by kind

Have one if those small gas propane portable bbq's which take the disposable bottles. What a pos..

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I have them to but I love mine haha sits on the drop shelf from my rear door[/QUOTE]

I was gonna say the same but not sure if it's the same thing, mine uses the butane cans (I think) , that you just pop in....... Work a treat

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Originally Posted by Clunk

I have them to but I love mine haha sits on the drop shelf from my rear door

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They do sometimes but are rubbish if you do any camping at altitude or in the cold.

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Originally Posted by Drewboyaus

They do sometimes but are rubbish if you do any camping at altitude or in the cold.

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The slightest of wind Its no good. Forget them for the beach. Upgraded to a 28 thou btu twin cooker. Never looked back

That last bloody Disco I had! Cursed thing cost me a friggen fortune.

Only good thing about it was that it cured my Land Rover addiction.

Those Gasmate style gas stoves are great, for coffee in the morning you can buy wind breaks for them for $6.
Just don't crowd cooking area,

I hate the things that I brought on impulse which turned out to be rubbish, Save and buy quality
CHEAP stuff is CHEAP for a reason

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Originally Posted by Drewboyaus

They do sometimes but are rubbish if you do any camping at altitude or in the cold.

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Yeah I've had a couple. Had a real cheap one and it was good in summer but come winter it was useless. So I bought a more expensive one thinking it would be better. Nope.
Now I've got a proper burner with a proper gas bottle.

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Originally Posted by Winnie

Yeah I've had a couple. Had a real cheap one and it was good in summer but come winter it was useless. So I bought a more expensive one thinking it would be better. Nope.
Now I've got a proper burner with a proper gas bottle.

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Yeah, I went through a couple in the same way.....more expensive has to be better.....nope.
I use the Coleman dual fuel burners myself. They'll boil a pot in about 2 minutes.

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Originally Posted by Hodge

Oh mate, you describe what I was going to reply in this thread, word for word perfectly!!
Bought a D22 brand new, as a normal every day car/ute. Then caught the 4x4 bug and proceeded to spend nearly $15k on the thing, while every day comforting my self "Ifs isnt that bad, Ifs isnt' that bad" . Then one day, I got so sick of the torsion bar / leaf setup, I had enough and saw the light... And here I am today.

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Its good to hear someone else had experience this - then I do not feel so bad for myself :-)
I sold 2 of my cars to buy the D22 as my first 4x4 - then spent just over 10K on suspension
and keep breaking parts

as you said I saw the light and sold it

@ pbk not much for the same money will come close to a Nissan Patrol off road,
straight off the showroom floor. Others have plenty of buttons but at a price.
Who knows the Patrol may well be the last of the real 4x4s

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Originally Posted by Drewboyaus

They do sometimes but are rubbish if you do any camping at altitude or in the cold.

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i just wrap my cans in a cloth and put it in the car to stop it from getting too cold and the gas compressing.

Not many two burner stoves work at altitude.
only the dual fuel jobs work well

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Originally Posted by Stropp

i just wrap my cans in a cloth and put it in the car to stop it from getting too cold and the gas compressing.

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I used to put them in my sleeping bag overnight and they worked fine for the first minute or so then froze up.

Someone should invent a diesel pressurized cooker ring some how,
like the old gas lanterns

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Originally Posted by threedogs

Someone should invent a diesel pressurized cooker ring some how,
like the old gas lanterns

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Can get petrol ones. Dad has a dual fuel bushwalking cooker that takes petrol

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Originally Posted by threedogs

@ pbk not much for the same money will come close to a Nissan Patrol off road,
straight off the showroom floor. Others have plenty of buttons but at a price.
Who knows the Patrol may well be the last of the real 4x4s

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I have to agree with the last real 4x4s

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Originally Posted by threedogs

Someone should invent a diesel pressurized cooker ring some how,
like the old gas lanterns

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A mate was looking at a high end camper trailer, it had diesel heating, hot water and a cooker. They must be available.

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Originally Posted by pbk1776

I have to agree with the last real 4x4s

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