South_Aussie_Hiker wrote:I will never go back to alcohol stoves.
ChrisJHC wrote:I budget on 100 mL of metho per day which gives me a hot rehydrated meal each night plus a couple of coffees/soups each day. Metho weighs 0.8 g/mL so 80 g per day.
Mark F wrote:Andrew - everybody has to find their own level of comfort with essential gear. I am sure you are quite adept at fixing bicycle problems and upright gas stoves are far simpler than any derailleur.My philosophy is that I should be able to maintain any essential gear in the field or at least be able to cobble up an alternative.
Metho and gas really come out at about the same weight with different scenarios giving different outcomes. I prefer gas for the simplicity and potential to use it inside a tent vestibule. I find that I use about 20g of gas a day with a cup of coffee in the morning and soup, main meal and possibly a hot chocolate in the evening. I usually allow 4 days for a 100g canister and 8 or 9 days for a 230g after allowing for a little extra.
Mark F wrote:Just a warning for anybody contemplating using BBQ style canisters with an adapter. Inside the canister is a metal tube aligned with the notch on the canister rim. When the notch is upright the fuel feed is gas drawn from the top of the canister. If the notch moves far from vertical or the canister is stood upright then the fuel feed becomes liquid and dangerous unless you have a stove with a pre-heating tube. Not all remote stoves have a pre-heat tube.
Mark F wrote:I know Esbit is popular in the states but here it is harder to find than canisters. A 14g tablet costs about $1.50 ($9 for a box of 6) and people think gas canisters are expensive.
No gas stove requires more "grunt" unless you want to waste a lot of gas. All need to be run at quite low settings to obtain maximum efficiency.
ChrisJHC wrote:Plus Esbit (or the more available in Aus "Hexy" leaves a sticky residue on your cooking gear.
"Hexy" = Hexamine = what the Army uses for cooking
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Nuts wrote:I have a 12-10 that has never been used, likely never will be (I replaced it with a modified Kovea Spider and that Zelph stove). Happy to postat cost.
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