[pct-l] Plastic Fuel Bottles

[chwillet@xxxxxxxxxxx (Christopher Willett)]

I have used the red plastic MSR bottles for whitegas during extended
mountaineering trips.  No problems, although the bottles can leak a bit
from the threads if you are not careful.

Chris

On Tue, 22 Apr 2003, Bwil5272 wrote:

> I don't think the plastic bottles are designed for white gas stoves... I think
> it's for alc... I could be wrong but i was under the impression that those
> bottles don't hook up to the pumps - like their Alum. cousins.
>
> I could be wrong... if you're going to use it for Alc, I'd say your better off
> going with a 20 oz. soda bottle... less money, less weight and comes with a
> free drink!
>
> -Brad
>
> >===== Original Message From Michael Lissner <Michael_Lissner@pitzer.edu>
> =====
> >I haven't taken the time to weight it out just yet, but nalgene makes a red
> >plastic fuel bottle that I have found in REI a couple of times. Thus far
> >(somewhere around a year) the bottle hasn't melted or shown any problems
> >with fuel (it is intended for fuel afterall). So, there's a plastic bottle
> >if that is what you are after. My question is, how does it compare with a
> >titanium one weightwise...-mike
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