[pct-l] Re: canteen cup stove

["Erik Wingren" <erik@wingren.com>]

I used to use this set up all the time. The kidney shape doesn't just fit on
a canteen, but also on a canteen cup, a nice little aluminum cup holds more
than a pint, that nests onto your canteen, and the canteen cup stove onto
that, and the whole thing fits into a canteen carrier. Makes for a tidy
little package. Only problem is that the USGI canteens are so heavy! -- that
puts me off using the system anymore - though clipping the whole set up to a
fanny pack for a warm cuppa with lunch could make sense. Gubmint issue heat
tabs are nasty for fumes and only so-so for energy output, if I get back to
the habit of this setup, I'll have to look into Esbits.

-Erik


> From: Montedodge@aol.com
> Subject: [pct-l] Army Stove
>
>  My computer crashed a few day ago by a little virus. Anyway, I bought an
> army cantern stove for 4 bucks at a surplus stove which was made to burn
> these little blue fuel bars. ( which were lame in my home test ) Stove was
> shaped like a canteen ( kidney shaped ) You can pull the aluminum into a
> small circle and drill more holes along the top to made a good light alcohol
> stove. ( this thing works great and weighes little ) The more I use my
> alcohol burners, the better I enjoy their simple function. No, they aren't
> good to melt snow, but for a bombproof ,no-brainer, these are tops. The
> burner can be bought for about 10.00



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