[pct-l] Official reply for cook stoves

John Abela abela at johnabela.com
Thu Aug 18 21:23:19 CDT 2011


How does the "Backcountry Boiler" fit into all of this kind of issues?

Technically, as I understand it, it is a wood burning stove that is
self contained.


> On Aug 18, 2011, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
>
>> I'm *pretty sure* that alcohol stoves are not considered "self
>> contained",
>> because they do not have an on/off switch, and they are basically
>> an open
>> flame in a cup.  If I remember correctly, when there are fire bans
>> in SoCal,
>> those bans include alcohol stoves.  I would assume it's the same
>> everywhere,
>> but I could be wrong.
>>
>> Yogi
>> www.pcthandbook.com
>
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