Swedish Mess Kit without the Mess Kit, Surplus

In case you were wondering, this is a streamlined version of the 5-piece mess kit. You get the spirit burner, windshield/stove stand, and the plastic fuel bottle without the two-piece mess tin. They will turn your kit into an affordable but reliable camping stove. In addition to the svenska talande ones, they also collaborate with some other mess tins. Read further and be enlightened.

Features

The Swedish army has very spiffy gear. The near legendary 5-piece mess kit has been in use for decades, the material has just changed from steel to aluminum. This is a streamlined version of the kit without the oval-shaped cooking vessels.

Inside you will find the spirit stove by Svea (or possibly Trangia). They are both made according to military specs and equally good, but can have some minor visual differences. The stove is pretty similar to the civilian Trangia stove but bigger. You can fit about twice as much fuel and it is more difficult to tip over. Additionally, you get a well ventilated aluminum windshield/stove stand that is painted black. Inside it there are foldable legs on top of which you set the mess tin when you want to cook something in it. For transportation, they fold down, and the tin slides down to the bottom. Finally, there is also a handy (and empty) plastic bottle for the stove spirit (the fuel, not the djinn).

Size info

• Total weight (bottle empty): c. 320 g (11.3 oz)
• Burner measurements: c. 9 x 5 cm (3.5" x 2")
• Windshield measurements (l, w, h): c. 17 x 11.5 x 14 cm (6.7" x 4.5" x 5.5")
• Fuel bottle measurements (l, w, h): 8 x 3.6 x 15 cm (3.1" x 1.4" x 5.9")

The windshield is made to work together with the oval Swedish mess tin. If you have one of those, you are good to go. We also tested how these work with the mess kits that we currently have (Austrian, Romanian, and Swiss). All of them slide onto the cooking legs very nicely. So you can cook grub with all of them fine and dandy. The Romanian also slides fully down to the bottom for transportation. However, the other two won't go as far down due to their somewhat different carrying handle attachment. Check out the pics to see it better.

Condition

Swedish military surplus. Some of them are as good as new. Some have scratches, small dents, and other signs of time. All the ones we checked had not seen any cooking. All perfectly serviceable in any case. Bomb-proof military gear that will feed even your grandchildren.