[pct-l] Gear List

[gwschenk at socal.rr.com]

Using the Eta pot, a 100 g cartridge lasted for a 5 day trip into the Kaweah range. That included boiling water for two meals per day, soup, tea, etc., plus heating a little water for cleanup. There was still gas left over for the next trip.

Gary

---- Tortoise <Tortoise73 at charter.net> wrote: 
> Just did a quick check of my gear list -- my usual pot is a .9l titanium 
> Evernew pot and weighs 138 gr  vs. the smallest Eta pot 1l and 290 gm. 
> Have to save a LOT of fuel on a trip to make up the difference.
> 
> Tortoise
> 
> <> Because truth matters! <>
> 
> On 04/01/10 08:22:19, gwschenk at socal.rr.com wrote:
> > ---- CHUCK CHELIN<steeleye at wildblue.net>  wrote:
> >> Good morning, Gary,
> >> I would avoid the Premus Eta set compared to a home-made alcohol stove cook
> >> set because:
> >>
> >> 1)      The Eta set weighs almost twice as much,
> >>
> >> 2)      It costs about three times as much,
> >>
> >> 3)      Fuel is more difficult to find and more expensive,
> >>
> >> 4)      The alcohol stove has exactly no moving parts.
> >>
> >> 5)      The tall Eta stove sitting atop its fuel canister is much less
> >> stable.
> >>
> >
> > The stove set is too heavy, I only use the pot.
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