<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Ultimately, in the view of a thru-hiker, I'll tell you right now the difference of 1 or 2 minutes in boil time means nothing. I never understand why people get all excited about boil times. I'm just happy when my stove only weighs an ounce.</div><div><br></div><br><div><div>On Oct 20, 2008, at 9:39 PM, Jim Eagleton wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div class="hmmessage" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; ">How fast can your alcohol stove boil 0.5 L of water at 10 F???<br> <br>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. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br> <br>Rambler<br> <br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> Message: 1<br>> Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2008 11:17:49 -0700 (PDT)<br>> From: Tom McGinnis <<a href="mailto:sloetoe@yahoo.com">sloetoe@yahoo.com</a>><br>> Subject: [Cdt-l] gas stoves/fuel Re: Cdt-l Digest, Vol 13, Issue<br>> 5<br>> To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:cdt-l@backcountry.net">cdt-l@backcountry.net</a><br>> Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:108697.12354.qm@web110408.mail.gq1.yahoo.com">108697.12354.qm@web110408.mail.gq1.yahoo.com</a>><br>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii<br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> 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......)<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> 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.<br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.antigravitygear.com">http://www.antigravitygear.com</a><br> <br> <br>_______________________________________________<br>Cdt-l mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Cdt-l@backcountry.net">Cdt-l@backcountry.net</a><br><a href="http://mailman.backcountry.net/mailman/listinfo/cdt-l">http://mailman.backcountry.net/mailman/listinfo/cdt-l</a><br></div></span></blockquote></div><br></body></html>