The Scottish Mountain Heritage Collection
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Coleman Peak 1 400 Stove
26/10/2017
Hermione Cooper
26/10/2017
Coleman 400 Stove with 3 retractable legs
aluminium
16(H) x 13(DIAMETER) cms
1
"MODEL 400 STOVE US PATENT NOS 3933.146 & 4, 126,117 THE COLEMAN INC. WITCHITA KS 67201" plus warnings and instructions
brown
Coleman
Kansas, USA
Coleman are an American company which specialises in outdoor camping stoves amongst other things. They are prolific in their own country and have become very popular in the UK.
The Peak 1 400 seems to have appeared on the market around 1980 and quickly became popular with outdoor folk even though it’s quite heavy,
Reliability and robustness seem to be major plus factors, with many still in use nearly 40 years after they first appeared. Unusually, it has a ‘simmering’ option which keeps your stove bubbling along nicely while you drink your tea.
Like all Coleman stoves it runs on highly refined white fuel which, rather confusingly, the Americans call gas. This is more expensive than other fuels, but does ensure trouble free, clean burning with much reduced eyebrow singeing.
This particular stove was kindly donated by our good friend, John Fraser.
Donated by John Fraser
26/10/2017
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Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007
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