[pct-l] Stove canisters

[David Ellzey]

If a picture is worth a 1000 words, what does this one say about alcohol stoves?
http://redgypsy.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/2g-alcoholstoverings.jpg

It appears to me that sense burning alcohol is virtually invisible that a lot of people don't even know they have a spill or leak flame going on. 

Having said that, I also believe that the problems are coming from novice hikers who are jumping to the most extreme choices on all their gear to be "ultralight" without the experience to properly use it.

BigToe

-----Original Message-----
From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net] On Behalf Of Steve McAllister
Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 10:21 AM
To: pct-l at backcountry.net
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Stove canisters

> In the west where fire season is 365 days, alocohol stoves are a trend that
> need to just go away.

For another opinion, I wasn't aware of alcohol stoves causing any wild
fires on the PCT, that doesn't make sense, unless someone had some
bizarro design that spewed flames.
All the designs I've used are dead simple and don't do anything
unexpected like other stoves and I've seen my share of scary instances
with both cannister and petro stoves.

I grew up with petro and canister stoves and I feel much safer with an
alcohol stove.

I'd bet that wild fires were started by conventional fires in far more cases.
A drunk person shouldn't be playing with fire of any kind and drunk
partying tends to happen around campfires.

I will admit that esbit is a pretty light and safe way to go.



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... when your feeling blue, and you've lost all your dreams, there's
nothing like a campfire and a can of beans!
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