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[pct-l] stoves
Hey all.
I just got my Sierra Zip Stove in the mail. It does work. It boils
water in about 7 minutes from a cold start. (I used a few drops of white
gas to start up). Its actual weight with battery included is 18 ounces.
It uses a medium handfull of wood (about enough to fill a ziploc
sandwich bag) Charcoal from the fireplace seems to burn longer.
The stove creates a large(2-5 inch) fire which surrounds your pot at
times and makes taking the lid off tricky even with the pot pliers.
Additionally it creates a fair amount of smoke and leaves lots of black
soot on the pot.
On the other hand, my MSR XGK also comes in at 18 ounces (actual weight)
when I include the stove, windscreen, fuel pump and an empty 22 oz fuel
bottle.
The environmental impact arguement may be a toss up but the fuel for the
22 oz fuel bottle weighs 1 pound 4.5 ounces.
I am still not decided. Is anyone else thinking of taking a zipstove on
the 97 thruhike?
tom
spot@onr.com
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