European fuel

topic posted Mon, December 1, 2008 - 11:40 AM by  melissa
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Hey all, I just moved from California to Germany and can't seem to find any white gas. Any suggestions on a European fuel source that can be used with chain poi. I'm getting desperate here and could use any input you might have.
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melissa
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  • Re: European fuel

    Mon, December 1, 2008 - 3:20 PM
    White gas is some times called shelite over here in Aus maybe it is sold under that name?
    • Re: European fuel

      Mon, December 1, 2008 - 4:28 PM
      white gas isnt the technical name anymore. im not sure what other countries call it but if you refer to 'camp fuel' people usually know what youre talking about
      • Re: European fuel

        Mon, December 1, 2008 - 6:24 PM
        The main distributors of white gas are coleman and MSR (mountain safety research) maybe you can look bt those names.
        Make sure you go to a camping supply store to check and see what they have. Good luck.
  • Re: European fuel

    Mon, December 1, 2008 - 7:11 PM
    members.iinet.net.au/~mbuckl...ex.shtml

    Having just had a heck of a time finding fuel for Spain, I found this website very useful.

    These are the names they recommend: Kocherbenzin
    Feuerzeug Benzin
    Katalyt Benzin
    Reinigungsbenzin
    Reinbenzin
    Fleckenbenzin
    Wundbenzin

    This being said, Coleman Fuel is a select composition of 'white gas' that is specific to Coleman, and these others burn different (though are better than lamp oil!). I strongly recommend purchasing a small container and spinning with it just to make sure it isn't going to be too hard to handle before committing to a large container.

    Sadly, due to time constraints and issues with translation, I had to settle for lamp oil in Spain. The largest problem you may run into is that White Gas is a different substance in England than here, so if you are asking for white gas in Germany, it may not be the same thing to them. (And, having spent a large time in Essen this past summer, I can say that at least in NRD, white gas is not easy to come by because they associate it strictly with pure jet fuel, and not camp fuel.

    Good luck!

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