[pct-l] Fuel Amounts for Pepsi can stove

[pct at DelNorteResort.Com (PCT Mailing List)]

For the price conscious or frequent cookers, you can get Esbit generic, aka, hexamine. 
48 tabs for about $9.00  That works out to about 18 cents per tab. 

120 tabs would work out to about $21. 

The financial hurdle is only a perceived one.

Scott Parks

----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Slyatpct@aol.com 
  To: stillroaming@earthlink.net ; pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net 
  Cc: email2bill@cox.net ; danielgant@cox.net 
  Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 7:09 PM
  Subject: Re: [pct-l] Fuel Amounts for Pepsi can stove


  In a message dated 4/15/2004 2:32:07 PM Eastern Daylight Time, stillroaming@earthlink.net writes:


    Here are the results including Esbit for 12 days:
    <snip>
    Thanks Bill for your stats. You have FURTHER proven
    that Esbit is the best pragmatic choice for cooking.
      
    Emotionally speaking, Pepsi can is clearly the winner. Don't fight
    it. :)



  I'm not emotional about any stove and am constantly changing about what's best for me.  I usually rule out Esbit, if only for the cost factor, especially considering I normally cook twice a day.  Over the course of a thru-hike, using Esbit can costs nearly $150 at $.50 per tab. 

  Since I had it, on the PCT, I used a Whisperlite Int. and burning white gas the entire way, fuel costs were roughly $25-30.  Alcohol or HEET would be approximately about the same, perhaps a little more.

  Sly