[pct-l] esbit tabs as emergency fuel

[bluebrain at bluebrain.ca (bluebrain@bluebrain.ca)]

Burning the esbits in your stove will make a mess.  They burned on a lot
of messy, crusty residue that I would guess did lower the efficienty of
the stove.  Maybe not.  Maybe having crusty crap all over the inside of
the stove was good for it?  It wasn't pretty anyway.

Better option is to burn your esbit on a peice of foil surrounded by a
nice small pile of rocks as a pot holder.  The bonus: you'll have some hot
rocks after dinner to warm your phalanges with.  ;-)

- Paul

> will the functioning of an alcohol stove be unaffected by the residue left
> from an esbit tab, assuming you were using the esbit tab as an emergency
> fuel source in your stove? Any other issues here? I was thinking of having
> a 4-pack of fuel tabs with me just in case I run out of fuel before the
> next resupply....good idea or no? My stove is the Brasslite Turbo  so has
> a brass well for the alcohol...
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