[pct-l] Re: Fuel dispensers

[wpsnotebook at charter.net (Richard Woods)]

I carry a standard 1-liter fuel bottle for my alcohol stove, and I  
burn Evercleer grain alcohol. My trick is to also carry a small  
plastic squeeze bottle, such as an eyedrop bottle with a cap. I use  
the small one to squirt in a small amount of fuel at a time, and I  
refill the small bottle from the large as needed. By squirting in  
only as much as I need to keep the stove going, I can actually keep a  
can stove burning indefinitely, but let it go out in just a minute or  
two without wasting much fuel.
The other benefit of the technique is that I can nest the small  
bottle in a ti-pot with stove, cup, meal fixings and everything else  
I need for my next meal, and drag just the 'kitchen' out of my pack  
for a meal just about anywhere without unpacking my whole bag.
No, the plastic bottle doesn't melt, squirting in more fuel is too  
quick.
I like Evercleer because it's more or less non-toxic, and has other  
uses as well! Don't know if you can get it in CA/OR/WA, but I plan to  
stow a gallon in my bounce box. I can switch to HEET or denatured  
anytime I run out.


On Mar 5, 2006, at 8:31 AM, pct-l-request@mailman.backcountry.net wrote:

> I probably made a mistake by ordering the largest size.  For more  
> quantity, I can just carry unopened HEET containers.  The container  
> includes a built-in separate compartment for dispensing a measured  
> amount of liquid.  I think that will save me a lot of fuel over the  
> long haul, since I have to burn all the fuel I pour out.  This  
> feature also makes the container tactilely distinctive.  There's no  
> way I could mistake it for a water bottle in the wee hours.
>
> Doodad
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