[pct-l] Why I'm I carrying an alcohol stove?

[Jay Bruins]

I carry a sharpie in my first aid and/or 10 essentials kit. I place tick marks on the bottom for boils. Not perfect, but you can count them. (I used to just shake them, but I’ve carried far more spares than I needed to because of that.)

J


> On Jan 9, 2015, at 2:33 PM, JPL <jplynch at crosslink.net> wrote:
> 
> I don't know how to capture the "fiddle with it" quotient, but alcohol has a high (bad) FQ (fiddle quotient), imho.  My Esbit tabs have a low FQ. Canister, butane low but not so much because you can't tell how much fuel you have left (on the trail).  With Esbit tabs, you just count 'em.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: Scott Bryce
> Sent: Friday, January 09, 2015 5:29 PM
> To: PCT-L
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Why I'm I carrying an alcohol stove?
> 
> On 1/9/2015 2:44 PM, Tim Umstead wrote:
>> For more then 15 years I have carried an alcohol stove.  While doing
>> the JMT last summer, as an experiment, I carried a Soto Wind Master
>> and a canister.  I'm looking at some of my math and I'm surprised at
>> what I'm seeing and I'm asking myself "Why I'm I carrying an alcohol
>> stove?"
>> 
>> Some background information, I cook for four people,
> 
> Conventional wisdom says that if you cook for more than 1 person,
> alcohol has no advantages over butane.
> 
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