Primus stove
The Swedish brand Primus is a manufacturer of portable stoves ( camping, outdoor expeditions ).
Business
The company was founded in 1892 by Frans Wilhelm Lindqvist and Johan Viktor Svenson. In a garage in Stockholm at the time they built the first kerosene stove soot-free and therefore called him Primus ( from the Latin for " the first "). The Swedish heritage brand is now part of Swedish group Fenix Outdoor AB ( Fjällräven Hanwag, Brunton, Tierra, Naturkompaniet, Partioaitta ) and has its corporate headquarters in Stockholm Solna district. Primus sells its products in over 70 countries worldwide.
Pioneers
Salomon August Andrée was cooking in 1897 in an attempt to reach the North Pole with a hot air balloon, on Primus, as well as Fridtjof Nansen in his attempt. Roald Amundsen had also in 1911, when he first man to reach the South Pole, Primus stove in the luggage - as well as his opponent Robert Falcon Scott. 1953 familiar Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay on the first ascent of Mount Everest Primus stove.
Products
The name of Primus is often associated with cookers. In Russia, goes so far that the generic term for portable stove, no matter what make, " Primus " is. The multi-fuel stove OmniFuel also has a reference to Mount Everest: For an expedition of Sweden Göran Kropp in 1996 developed the first Primus stove that burned both gas, gasoline and kerosene. In 1997 this kettle as a model MultiFuel on the market. Four years later, Primus presented the then most versatile cooker in the world: the still available OmniFuel even burns diesel fuel. Another technological advancement managed Primus 2006 with the introduction of the Eta stove systems. These systems consisting of a burner, windscreen and pot with heat exchanger, achieve an efficiency of up to 80 % instead of 40 to 45% of conventional cooker. On this was built on a Primus Eta whole series and defined the Total Weight Concept: Instead of saving weight at the stove, you can save on much heavier - and also fossil - fuel.
Today, both Primus stove for gas here ( isobutane - propane mixture from cartridges ), as well as for liquid fuels (gasoline, kerosene, jet fuel and diesel). But Primus not only manufactures expedition grade models, but also camping stove. In addition, include gas lamps and lanterns, cutlery sets, pots and pans and cooking accessories like the assortment of Primus.