Waking up in a proper bed was nice and I could get my mind closer to the solution of the cooker and matress problem. I have written of the possibility of sleeping on this isomatress for the rest of the trip. No leak could be found to be repaired, no shop in the next several days had my model for an instant change and I would not even know if they would be willing to do so. Back home I can send it in for repair (on guarantee probably) or back to the reseller as defect – but both could not solve my current problem. A new, way cheaper model, will probably be the solution for now. Going back and forth the options for a new cooker (Niklas and me did not want to spend the money) I decided to buy the most universal and robust one – which obviously is also the most pricy one. Even if it is not the model we wanted or the best solution for shorter trips it is a solution for the next four weeks and all the big trips in our minds. Anyways.
The breakfast was nice and buffet style like in a hotel. It included orange juice, coffee, porridge, boiled eggs, bread with sausage and cheese and even fresh waffles. I was surprised by the variety, as we and another couple were the only guests. After relaxing a bit, we decided to do for the shopping. There was a more proficient salesman and he told us, that the thermarest representative is about to come by later that day and he might have a solution. That did sound like the chance of luck we needed now. We did some grocery shopping and cooked a more sophisticated lunch utilizing a full kitchen. Rice & chicken asia style.
Soon after lunch I went of to the shop again. The representative was late and tried to convince me of the usual leak finding procedure. After assuring him, we couldn’t find anything, he decided to keep the matress and search for the leak himself. What an unexpected turn and a really nice gesture. Open with a mind of possibilities but no finite solution I left.
Back at the apartment we decided to try the new cooker. But the fuel pump (the main thing that this cooker is praised for) had a leakage. No pressure could be established and looking for a solution the internet offered nothing but the resentment of an unfixable problem. We tried our best, but had to come to the same result. Obviously we got the last and only model and my hopes of a direct change of the fuel pump were gone. At least this cooker is so versatile in fuels, that using gas canisters is still an option. I guess.
As the evening got closer, we started caring about Niklas ABS switch problem. It could be resolved using the new switch but the biting flies did their best to annoy us hard. In the process I lost a spring from the original BMW switch and also the backup, which we retrieved from a ballpen. Soldering close to the plastic of the switch, using the power lighter we aquired togather with the cooker, was not the best idea as it begun to melt quickly.
Washing clothes, writing blog was the last of today