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

[Mike Cunningham]

Many alcohol stoves can be used with Esbit tabs. Just turn the stove upside down & place the tab on which was the bottom but is now the top. try it at home or on a dayhike first.

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On Fri, 1/9/15, Richard Brinkman <richardb10 at live.com> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [pct-l] Why I'm I carrying an alcohol stove?
 To: "'JPL'" <jplynch at crosslink.net>, "'Scott Bryce'" <sbryce at scottbryce.com>, "'PCT-L'" <pct-l at backcountry.net>
 Date: Friday, January 9, 2015, 5:58 PM
 
 Hello All,
 
 Could one use Esbit tabs in say a Vargo Triad alcohol stove
 without damaging
 the alcohol stove function?  I have used Esbit stoves
 on my section hikes
 but would like to have the alcohol option as well.  
 
 Thank you,
 
 Rich Brinkman
 Leavenworth, WA
 
 
 -----Original Message-----
 From: Pct-L [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net]
 On Behalf Of JPL
 Sent: Friday, January 09, 2015 2:33 PM
 To: Scott Bryce; PCT-L
 Subject: Re: [pct-l] Why I'm I carrying an alcohol stove?
 
 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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