[pct-l] Stove choice :-S

[Paul Robison]

the gas didn't explode ... the can did ... melted the penny and the pressure 
kept building and building ... till the stove popped, sending the stove 
skittering... and drooling flame.

obviously a flaw in my construction, people use these things all the time...

... but cat can stoves are a lot harder to screw up.




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From: AsABat <asabat at 4jeffrey.net>
To: Paul Robison <paulrobisonhome at yahoo.com>; Michael Pinkus 
<mikepinkus at hotmail.com>; pct-l at backcountry.net
Sent: Mon, December 27, 2010 9:01:39 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Stove choice :-S

Explosion??? Alcohol doesn't. (And I hope everyone knows you don't burn gas in a 
home brew stove.)

I've used various alcohol stoves in all kinds of weather successfully. I 
appreciate their low volatility when the weather is bad and I cook with my stove 
just outside my tent while I'm warm in my sleeping bag.

Downsides are low heat output in snow (just slow, you can still melt water but 
not ideal) and maybe a little more care needed in high winds as discussed as 
nauseum here recently (see the archives).


AsABat
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"Paul Robison" <paulrobisonhome at yahoo.com> wrote:

>out of my five pepsi can stoves i've had two issues,  one with a melted
>penny
>and slight explosion,  the other was strong enough to send it
>skittering accross
>the garage floor.
>
>now of the cat can stove styles i've never had a problem at all, and
>with a good
>windscreen it has performed well outside, though never in a torrent.
>
>
>here is my latest cat can style stove, made from a vienna saussage can
>and a
>prune juice can,  small, reliable.
>
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01c53mhUxBE
>
>goodluck !
>~Paul
>
>
>
>
>________________________________
>From: Michael Pinkus <mikepinkus at hotmail.com>
>To: pct-l at backcountry.net
>Sent: Mon, December 27, 2010 8:36:04 PM
>Subject: [pct-l] Stove choice :-S
>
>
>Hey All,
>So as I sit here making lists of lists and looking over gear I'm torn
>on the
>stove idea. I like the idea of the pepsi can type stove but am
>seriously
>considering the MSR Reactor. I currently use an MSR Dragonfly and want
>to go
>lighter. I intend on dehydrating almost all of my suppers and breakfast
>is
>oatmeal with tea. I've seen lots of videos on the alchohol stoves in
>perfect
>conditions, but what about in the real world of wind, rain and snow?
>
>Can anyone help with this please?
>
>cheers,
>Mike
>
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