[pct-l] Stove advice

[Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes]

Alcohol works really slowly and it will work even more slowly if you  
have to cook for two. The only advantage you have with an alcohol  
stove is alcohol is easily obtained. It sounds like canisters are  
getting easier to obtain than they used to be so now that advantage  
is probably moot. The other advantage is the make your own gear fun  
factor, but that might not matter as much as a quickly-made hot meal.

On May 1, 2013, at 8:18 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:

> From: Robin Brown <rbrownrn at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Stove advice
> To: surferskir at aol.com
>
> For a couple on the trail, who cook meals together...
> We have been considering using an alcohol stove for our thru next  
> year, but
> don't have experience with alcohol.
> Is it totally inefficient to boil water/cook for 2 with 1 alcohol  
> stove?
> Or if we plan to use alcohol, should we each have our own stove  
> (and that
> means we would each have our own pot...)
> So would it be more weight efficient to just stick with our single  
> pot and
> our pocket rocket that we have always used in the past?...since  
> according
> to Dennis, canisters are fairly easy to come by
>
> Thanks!
> Sideways :D