[Cdt-l] Stoves
Jim Eagleton
eagleton at hotmail.com
Mon Oct 20 23:39:05 CDT 2008
How fast can your alcohol stove boil 0.5 L of water at 10 F???
Not sure it is a very scientific opinion to represent a discontinued Seva using unleaded fuel as comperable to an MSR stove using white gas.
Rambler
> > Message: 1> Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2008 11:17:49 -0700 (PDT)> From: Tom McGinnis <sloetoe at yahoo.com>> Subject: [Cdt-l] gas stoves/fuel Re: Cdt-l Digest, Vol 13, Issue> 5> To: cdt-l at backcountry.net> Message-ID: <108697.12354.qm at web110408.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii> > FWIW, you can really improve the performance of your gas stove by using the lowest octane rating available -- 87, 86, or 85, 82 if you can swing it. "High-test" is specifically formulated to burn slower/cooler than low-test, and although your car might really like it, your stove really hates it. In my ol' Svea 123R and Optimus 8R, the only thing they ever saw was unleaded from the pump. (Actually, they saw their share of leaded back on the AT, but......) > > FWIW II, I pretty much go with alcohol now, actually get food faster than with the gas stove in cold-ish weather (single digit stuff). Cozy[s] rule.> http://www.antigravitygear.com
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