[pct-l] question re-fuel for Caldera Cone System Stove

[Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes]

HEET is just a gas line anti-freeze sold in gas stations. It's mostly  
methanol. The other fuel for an alcohol stove is denatured alcohol,  
sold in the paint department of hardware stores. It's also methanol.  
The caldera cone will also use solid fuel called Esbit with a small  
Esbit stove (which can be nothing more than the upturned bottom of a  
Pepsi can). Esbits look like large sugar cubes. The military also  
makes a solid cube that is blue and looks like a tiny urinal cake. I  
don't like these types of solid fuels as much because they leave  
black sticky stuff on your pot. Other than alcohol and esbit, that's  
the only fuel I know of being used with the cone. I suppose you could  
make a tiny little stick fire inside the cone, but it would be a pain  
to feed the sticks in.

The cone is not amazing so much as it's a lot better than all the  
wacky homemade things people end up making for pot stands. Plus it  
conserves the heat better than wind screens. Kind of a two-in-one deal.

On Feb 19, 2013, at 8:45 AM, Astrid Callomon wrote:

> I am going to buy the cone too...
>
> Everyone seems to thinks its AMAZING!!
>
> Would it be possible for someone to post an image of the different  
> types of
> fuel that you can use in the cone? Only coming from the UK i have  
> no idea
> what it will look like...
>
> Which is the very best and first option for fuel in the cone - is  
> it HEET?
>
> Many thanks team fuel
>
> A
>
> On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 10:29 PM, Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes <
> diane at santabarbarahikes.com> wrote:
>
>> Denatured alcohol is so available that often you can buy it by the
>> ounce or sometimes it is even given away. When denatured alcohol
>> isn't available, HEET is easy to find. You get to the point where the
>> whole HEET bottle is just as easy to carry as anything so you won't
>> end up pouring any out. You can always leave some in the hiker box,
>> which is also a good place to look when you need some.
>>
>> I really like my caldera cone. It keeps the flames contained really
>> well and is very sturdy, won't blow over.
>>
>> On Feb 17, 2013, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
>>
>>> From: Gideon Scher <gideonscher at gmail.com>
>>> Subject: [pct-l] question re-fuel for Caldera Cone System Stove
>>>
>>> Hi to all
>>>
>>> I am seriously considering purchasing the Caldera Cone System stove
>>> following a recent posting on the list. Of course I will not want
>>> to carry
>>> any more fuel than is absolutely necessary and will be resupplying
>>> in towns
>>> along the way. Is the fuel I would require for this stove  
>>> available in
>>> small quantities from retail outlets along the trail? Or is it only
>>> available in large containers that I would have to carry/divide
>>> with other
>>> hikers/or even worse - throw away what I don't want to carry?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Gideon
>>
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