Guest Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 Just thought I'd mention that there is a place in Christchurch, 'Caravan Camping and Marine' that is able to provide replacement inner and outer heads, injectors and all other spare parts for these burners. I've just discovered this having tried 3 specialist marine shops who ALL told me that parts could no longer be sourced and while it was a pity, I might as well ditch the OLD kerosene burner and buy a newer and MUCH better one from them! ANyone else been told this? Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 viewtopic.php?f=47&t=17782 Can highly recomend Basecamp these guys know there stuff my cooker is running like new. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 ANyone else been told this? It's knot only kero stoves. You wanna hear some of the bollix being told around town with other stuff, it's huge and knot at all helpful for the average punter. I was told just this morning a similar 'No show mate but we can hook you into ......' from a supposed specialist supplier. 10mins of googling later and a 5min drive found me the exact thing I was looking for in 2 places. As a FYI - In one they were $3.99 each and the other 69c each, I was after 100 of them. They were the exact same thing made by the same outfit in Aussie. The 3.99 was in a national retail chain, the 69c in a smaller niche supplier. They weren't marine thingys, they was pimp my Man Cave thingys. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 One of the marine specialty places 'dissed' the kerosene under pressure with a look that said I'd have to be stark raving bonkers to want to keep it. But I understand that insurance companies prefer them for offshore voyages and the place I found that does supply the spare parts said that they were all good and kerosene under pressure (I did question about vapour from a split tube) was no problem........ ......SO WHO TO BELIEVE?????????????????????????????? Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 If you have got vapour coming out of a Split Tube (Where is the split) I would say that was dangerous or at the least really smelly. Be warned parts are getting really expensive the only reason I carried on with my one is I could,nt find another oven with the same dimensions to fit into the space I had. Check out Spiritburners on the web those guys are a wealth of knowledge.. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 Cheers Te Tahi. Will do! Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 I think I'd rather have a kero leak than a gas leak. My understanding of the kero's is they are basically quite safe if used and maintained. I still use one often and it has to be a least 25yo, probably longer. Far better for melting lead than a gas cooker. One of the marine specialty places 'dissed' the kerosene under pressure with a look that said I'd have to be stark raving bonkers to want to keep it. Just a sales pitch I'd say C. Or possibly just ignorance, the industry is rife with it. You're knot having a good run with your 'speciality' suppliers are you? Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 No I'm knot KM! I think some of it has to do with the age of some of the guys serving in the shops. They are just too young with no experience and very little product knowledge. I went into Repco to get a replacement 12v battery for a kids quad bike a couple of weeks ago. It was a chinese battery with bugger all info on it. This young chap was very nice and wanted to help but in the end, after about 15 mins hunting the store, and their computer system said they didn't have it and couldn't help. I was all set to walk out empty handed and at a bit of a loss as to where to head to next (the battery had to be the same dimensions to fit the gap for it), when a much older chap who overheard the tail end of the conversation stepped in and told him to try interrogating the computer system by taking a small part of the serial number. They found an equivalent straight away and had 3 sitting out the back! Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 I think some of it has to do with the age of some of the guys serving in the shops. They are just too young with no experience and very little product knowledge.You'll find no argument against that coming from me as I totally agree, we see it quite a bit. Link to post Share on other sites
Grinna 2 Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 I think the problem with sales staff is not necessarily restricted to the marine industry. Being a shop sales person appears to be viewed as a "youth" position and many sales staff start out with little or no skill, industry experience and less product knowledge. A general enthusiasm is a good start, but actually knowing something about the products, their suitability for different applications and more importantly the limitations for your products would seem to be pretty vital stuff. A bit of skill in sales technique wouldn't go amiss ... like listening to the customer, matching the best product for the customers requirements and genuinely being interested in helping to solve the customers problems would be great. Sadly, much of this seems to be missing amongst a lot of NZ retail sales people no matter what product they're selling. Link to post Share on other sites
ilya 0 Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 Do you want to sell your Kerosene stove. I'm looking for a Taylor’s 030 Cooker or something similar. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 Maybe interested in selling it ilya......not even sure what its worth.....PM me and happy to discuss it with you. Can send you some pics too. Link to post Share on other sites
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