[pct-l] Mini Alcohol Stove.

[steve_peterson at sbcglobal.net (Steve Peterson)]

2-4 tablespoons/meal depending on water temperature, altitude and how long you 
boil it for and how efficient your particular stove is. I use about 3 but I 
don't boil as much water as you do. Try some of your meals before you go hiking 
to get the hang of it and be sure you're carrying enough fuel.

I scratch a mark in my stove so I can see where to fill it to. Other people use 
a 35mm film cannister (which holds 3 TBSP)as a measuring device.

Your next question will be about what to carry the fuel in. Some folks use small 
soda bottles (which I have used in the past). However, the platypus "Li'l 
Nipper" (which is meant for the other kind of alcohol) holds 20 TBSP+. I fill it 
to the 20TBSP limit which leaves just enough slack that it will fold and fit in 
my cookpot. The Li'l Nipper is light, too: 0.6 oz.

Monty Tam wrote:
> Deems
> Great web page.  I may have another project now.  I haven't used an alcohol
> stove yet, but in order to make plans to, how much alcohol do I carry?  I
> boil almost three cups of water per meal.  My longest time between
> resupplies is five days.
> 
> Thanks
> Warner Springs Monty
> 
> 
> 
> 
>>[Original Message]
>>From: Deems <losthiker@sisqtel.net>
>>To: pct <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
>>Date: 2/13/2005 2:11:11 PM
>>Subject: [pct-l] Mini Alcohol Stove.
>>
>>Yep. The V8 is a mini pepsi using 5oz juice cans. Two designs I've built
> 
> are
> 
>>the SQRL with juice cans (6gms) and the smallest is the Sobe Bottle Cap
>>stove.
>>The Sobe is a nice novelty, but the other two are trail functional, tho I
>>haven't
>>carried them. I prefer my Pika stove  on thet rail(13gms). All three mini
>>stoves are at the bottom of my instructional stove builder's page in the
>> "Other Wild Stove Designs" section.
>>
>>http://users.sisqtel.net/losthiker/pikastove/
>>
>>Having played with alcohol stoves over the last few weeks, I decided to
> 
> make
> 
>>a mini.  It came in at 7.5 grams and can burn a maximum of 20 cc at one
>>time.  It's a temperamental little creature, but when going it can get a
> 
> 13
> 
>>minute burn.
>>
>>The stove was made with two "The Club" drink cans, a tea candle cup, and a
>>little bit of insulation.  The style was modified from the basic pepsi
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> can.
> 
>>Although I won't take this with me on the hike, I was curious if anybody
>>else has played around with a novelty mini?
>>
>>The PEDestrian
>>
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