[pct-l] question re canisters

[Laurie Hallum]

 The brand new Backpacker Gear Guide magazine has a JetBoil JetGauge.  The write up says it can measure remaining fuel accurately in a variety of canisters, weighs 3 ounces, and costs $15.  <jetboil.com>  Does anyone have experience with this device?Lady Pegasus     On Tuesday, March 13, 2018, 2:26:12 AM PDT, Jay Bruins <jbruins at gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 Note that is not illegal to ship fuel canisters, you just have to follow a few extra steps.

The key is to label the package ORM-D, which forces USPS to use ground delivery. Heck, you can even include bear spray. Full details on their website or ask the clerk at your local office.

Armstrong

PS I did the PCT on 6 100g canisters with plenty to spare. (I left many partials in bear boxes.) My jet boil does more like 20 boils (1.5-2c) per canister. Tick marks are helpful, but even better is to use a scale to help learn the feel of a given mass of fuel.

> On Mar 13, 2018, at 1:12 AM, Town Food <pctl at marcusschwartz.com> wrote:
> 
> I've always heard 15 pints per ~100g/4oz canister is typical.  I never quite tested that out myself, because running out anywhere other than the last moment before a resupply would mean uncooked food until I got into town.  So I'd buy a new canister when my current one felt "low" in town.  It might be worth trying to train yourself to feel how full a canister is.  Either by weight, or by swishing it around and listening/feeling.
> 
> I preferred the MSR canisters, since they were wider and stood better, but more often than not there's only one brand at a resupply point. It's not worth illegally shipping canisters in resupply boxes just for the relatively minor differences between brands.
> 
> -=Town Food
> 
>> On 03/10/2018 11:35 AM, Rod Miller wrote:
>> Excellent question. Way back I started scratching a
>> hash mark on the side of the canister, one hash mark
>> per cup boiled. Most of this boiling was done at high
>> (over 6000 feet) elevations. There was quite a difference
>> in performance among the various brands. I could dig up
>> some of the data, however, the bottom line is that the
>> Gas One brand consistently gave more that 30 cup-boils
>> (one cup boiled) with my Jet Boil titanium stove.
>> Gas One took some sleuthing to find a consistent source,
>> which was for me Big 5 Sporting Goods.
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