[pct-l] Esbit Cubes

[Glenn Bradford]

I just got my Caldera Cone and Gram Cracker kit - gave it a test last
night on the back porch and a 14 gram tablet was about 3/4 done when
my 640ml cup boiled...I could have probably at least warmed up another
cup full at 40 degrees.

On the math side...is that a deal? 80 4 gram tablets for $18.95 is
about 6 cents a gram. REI's standard Esbit pack of 12 14 gram tablets
for $5.95 comes out to about 3.5 cents per gram. Of course, there's
shipping costs, but larger orders have free shipping for many dealers.

Cheers,
Glenn

On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 11:38 AM, Jessica Fadness <jsfadness at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I will be experimenting with the Esbit stove for the PCT (used JetBoil for the AT).  I haven't received the stove yet, but found a great deal for the cubes (80 for $18.95) that I will put in my bounce box.  Supposedly with a windscreen, it should take 8 minutes to boil 2 cups of water, so one cube should be enough for dinner and a hot drink, so for 7 days, that would be 3.5 ounces of fuel.  Here's the link for that deal... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290553792185#ht_2491wt_702
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