[pct-l] Alcohol stoves and fire bans

[Edward Anderson]

Thatcher,
 
For those who are dedicated alcoholics your system might be a good choice.  From your description it seems that it is both safer and more fuel efficient than a soda can stove. I like that you can simmer and also that there is a way to shut off the flame and save un-used alcohol. I looked it up on the web. What does the system (combination Trangia with the Klikstand weigh in ounces? How much would the alcohol fuel weigh, including its bottle, if you carried enough to cook both breakfast and dinner for a week? I would like to compare that total weight with my Jetboil stove including the excellent three-leg stabilizer that comes with it ( 6.5 ounces) and one 13 ounce canister (it holds 7.76 ounces of fuel). So, the total weight of just the stove and enough canister fuel to last me a week, cooking both breakfast (Oatmeal and two cups of hot chocolate) and dinner is 19.5 ounces. If you don't need to carry a weeks supply of fuel you can use the
 smaller fuel canister - which only weighs 7 ounces. Then your total weight of stove plus fuel is only 13.5 ounces. I have not tested the small canister as to how many days it would last me but I would guess that it would go at least three days.
 
MendoRider
  

________________________________
 From: Thatcher Koch <ironlegs at pacbell.net>
To: Paul Magnanti <pmags at yahoo.com> 
Cc: pct-l at mailman.backcountry.net 
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2012 2:11 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Alcohol stoves and fire bans
  
what about the trangia alcohol burner? you can control the flame with the simmer 
cap as well as save unused fuel with the other cap. if you use the clik stand 
with the trangia stove, it provides a very stable support. this is the system i 
use.




________________________________
From: Paul Magnanti <pmags at yahoo.com>
To: PCT MailingList <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Mon, September 17, 2012 12:48:34 PM
Subject: [pct-l] Alcohol stoves and fire bans

FWIW, when there were backcountry fire bans, most of the ranger districts in 
Colorado
and nearby WY did not allow alcohol stoves either.

Canister and white gas stoves were the only ones allowed.

I actually went stoveless on a couple of trips this summer due to the alcohol 
stove bans.

It is a good solution that can work for certain hikers IMO.



----------------------------
Paul "Mags" Magnanti
http://www.pmags.com
http://www.twitter.com/pmagsco
http://www.facebook.com/pmags
-------------------------------
The true harvest of my life is intangible.... a little stardust 
caught, a portion of the rainbow I have clutched
--Thoreau
_______________________________________________
Pct-L mailing list
Pct-L at backcountry.net
To unsubcribe, or change options visit:
http://mailman.backcountry.net/mailman/listinfo/pct-l

List Archives:
http://mailman.backcountry.net/pipermail/pct-l/
All content is copyrighted by the respective authors. 
Reproduction is prohibited without express permission.
_______________________________________________
Pct-L mailing list
Pct-L at backcountry.net
To unsubcribe, or change options visit:
http://mailman.backcountry.net/mailman/listinfo/pct-l

List Archives:
http://mailman.backcountry.net/pipermail/pct-l/
All content is copyrighted by the respective authors. 
Reproduction is prohibited without express permission.