[pct-l] Why I'm I carrying an alcohol stove?

[Richard Brinkman]

Hello All,

Could one use Esbit tabs in say a Vargo Triad alcohol stove without damaging
the alcohol stove function?  I have used Esbit stoves on my section hikes
but would like to have the alcohol option as well.  

Thank you,

Rich Brinkman
Leavenworth, WA


-----Original Message-----
From: Pct-L [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net] On Behalf Of JPL
Sent: Friday, January 09, 2015 2:33 PM
To: Scott Bryce; PCT-L
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Why I'm I carrying an alcohol stove?

I don't know how to capture the "fiddle with it" quotient, but alcohol has a
high (bad) FQ (fiddle quotient), imho.  My Esbit tabs have a low FQ. 
Canister, butane low but not so much because you can't tell how much fuel
you have left (on the trail).  With Esbit tabs, you just count 'em.


-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Bryce
Sent: Friday, January 09, 2015 5:29 PM
To: PCT-L
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Why I'm I carrying an alcohol stove?

On 1/9/2015 2:44 PM, Tim Umstead wrote:
> For more then 15 years I have carried an alcohol stove.  While doing 
> the JMT last summer, as an experiment, I carried a Soto Wind Master 
> and a canister.  I'm looking at some of my math and I'm surprised at 
> what I'm seeing and I'm asking myself "Why I'm I carrying an alcohol 
> stove?"
>
> Some background information, I cook for four people,

Conventional wisdom says that if you cook for more than 1 person, alcohol
has no advantages over butane.

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