[pct-l] Pots

[csx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Shawnie)]

I had a big heavy aluminum pot that I used when I was testing out the Esbit
stove and I decided the stove did not work well enough.  But then my boyfriend
gave me a smaller thinner titanium pot and the difference was like night and
day.   The water boiled with the thinner pot where it never came to a boil with
my aluminum pot and this was using the same amounts of water.


On Sun, 23 Feb 2003 21:33:32 -0800, you wrote:

>More test results.
>
>Using the same two pots but this time my Primus cartridge stove, the titanium
>was still faster. This time the aluminum pot was ~3 minutes and the titanium
>~2:45 minutes.
>
>Of course the Primus stove weighs more than the alcohol stove. And the Primus
>allows more control over heat output. Alcohol also appears to be much cheaper;
>however I don't have any good fuel consumption data.
>
>As Jerry almost said, that extra 3 oz carried over the length of the PCT takes
>about the same effort as carrying 496 pouncs (1/4 ton) over a mile.
>
>This food for thought. Whatever you choose, you are carrying it, not me. And the
>weight difference depends a lot on which particular aluminum or titanium pot you
>carry. I have a lighter .9 liter ti pot which is another ounce lighter than my
>smallest aluminum. I usually carry just the .9 l ti.
>
>Maybe tomorrow I'll try my pocket rocket.
>
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