[at-l] fuel for esbit stove

[Mara Factor]

OK, I should have done this research first...  Maybe someone else will take 
it from here and figure out exactly what this means for shipping purposes... 
  I'm too beat right now (fighting a two week old cold).

This page: http://www.bushwalking.org.au/FAQ/FAQ_Stoves.htm#Solid indicates 
that Esbit tablets are hexamethylenetetramine.

If you go to this page at the USPS:  
http://pe.usps.gov/text/pub52/pub52a1.html , you'll find that substance 
listed there.  A glance makes it looks like it can be mailed by surface.  If 
anyone wants to follow all the references (the top of the page gives links 
for each column), I suppose it would be nice to know exactly how packages 
are supposed to be marked for shipping and if there are any additional 
restrictions.

Then again, sometimes ignorance can be bliss... ;-}

Mara
Stitches, AT99

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>From: "Mara Factor" <m_factor at hotmail.com>
>To: Gammara2 at aol.com, at-l at backcountry.net
>Subject: Re: [at-l] fuel for esbit stove
>Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2006 12:45:59 -0500
>
>The real answer to your question is to call the airlines and ask them
>whether you can take the stuff on board.  But, I suspect if you mention
>"fuel," their knee-jerk reaction will be to say "no, it's not allowed on
>aircraft."  Perhaps you can do some research with the FAA and find out for
>certain?
>
>That said, the stuff is a lot less flammable than paper and unless they ban
>all paper products, I don't think it should be banned.  It gives off no
>flammable fumes (it's the liquid that burns once melted) and can be blown
>out with one good puff of air.
>
>FWIW, whether accidentally (I always forget I have a tablet in my emergency
>kit) or on purpose, I've flown with the stuff in my checked luggage quite a
>few times without any problems.
>
>I do believe postal regulations allow it to be mailed (once again, check
>with the post office) and if you can't or won't fly with it, you can mail 
>it
>to yourself at a post office near where you intend to get on the trail and
>pick it up before you start your hike.  I used Esbit tablets for my entire
>thruhike and had them mailed to me in my maildrops.
>
>These days, those wanting to fly with stoves often send them ahead to be
>picked up near the trail.  They send their fuel bottles ahead, too, to 
>avoid
>situations where the bottles get tossed because of potential fumes.  This 
>is
>mostly true for white gas and other non-alcohol stove users.
>
>Those with alcohol stoves, especially homemade ones can usually get away
>with them in their luggage as they just look like mangled soda cans and
>won't attract attention.  Denatured alcohol can easily be bought at the
>destination and since alcohol is best carried in plastic bottles, there's 
>no
>need to try to carry a special bottle.  Just buy a beverage in an
>appropriately sized plastic bottle once you get there.  (I recommend making
>sure this bottle is shaped differently than any bottle you'll be using for
>any on-trail beverages.)
>
>Hope this helps,
>
>Mara
>Stitches, AT99
>
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> >From: Gammara2 at aol.com
> >Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2006 22:54:00 EST
> >
> >are we allowed to transport on a plane. does the bomb detector equipment
> >smell it? if we cant transport it, how do we get it to the beginning of 
>our
> >hike? jim in florida
>

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