[Cdt-l] MSR Pocket Rocket

[Jeff Braun]

I've used the Pocket Rocket along the CDT throughout Montana and 
Wyoming, but I probably never used it much over 10,000 feet. The 8 oz 
canister lasts 9 days for me, boiling 1 cup in morning and 2 cups for 
dinner (including ~8 minute simmer time). Only time I had any 
problems (slow to boil) was with colder weather (in the 30s) using 
the cheaper Coleman 30% propane blend. There is some good info online 
if you google it. I recall  the Backpacking Light article is a good one -

http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/canister_stove_faq.html

Jeff

At 02:05 PM 10/16/2008, taterno at cox.net wrote:
>Andy,
>I am not a thru hiker (yet), so i can't give you details for long 
>term use.  I have used my Pocket Rocket at 11,000 ft on the PCT for 
>up to a week.  I just heated water for dinner and morning coffee or 
>tea, so I didn't push the canister capacity limit.  I just finished 
>a 3 day hike north of Walker Pass, with temps as low as 27 deg, when 
>trying to use the stove.  The canister needed to be warmed for the 
>fuel to become sufficiently vaporized.  It was also used on the same 
>3 day hike in very high winds, with just a rock windscreen, and 
>water boiled in no more than 5 minutes.
>
>Backpackinglight.com states that over the course of a long hike, the 
>weight advantage of the alcohol is nearly reached with a canister 
>stove.  I like the convience of canister stoves' instant on and off.
>
>Resupply must be taken into consideration.  Alcohol may have the 
>clear advantage here.
>
>Tom
>The Incredible Bulk
>
>
>
>---- "Andrew P. Brown" <BROWNANP at student.gvsu.edu> wrote:
>
>=============
>Hey All,
>
>I'm heading out on the CDT in April and am debating cashing in my 
>alcohol stove for the MSR Pocket Rocket.
>
>Anybody have experiencing using this stove on a thru-hike?  In 
>particular I would like to know how many uses you got out of your 
>fuel canisters (4 or 8 ounce) and how it performed at elevation 
>(10,000 plus feet).
>
>Thanks for any input ya have.
>
>Andy Brown
>AT 2004
>PCT 2006
>
>
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