At 16:58 6/26/98 -0400, eluty_at_juno.com (Edward F Luty) wrote: >On Fri, 26 Jun 1998 09:48:56 +0100 "Derek Hairon" <hairond_at_super.net.uk> >writes: >>I am finally thinking of upgrading my old stove. I've looked at the >>MSR >>Dragonfly. A couple of questions. Does anyone have experience of it >>and its >>ability to: >___________________________________________________________________________ _____________________ > Get the newest issue of Backpacker Magazine. They did field tests >on several stoves, MSR included. They tested and graded them on >everything from ease of use, simmering capabilities, time-to-boil, types >of fuel, and prices. > Hope that helps ! derek may not find the magazine in the UK!! don't know about foreign delivery, i don't have experience with the dragonfly, mine is the MSR XGK, which has off and blow torch settings, in the past it has always won "fastest to boil" in any review. also does not simmer at all. great for bachelor weekends, you know, boil water in the morning for coffee and oatmeal, and then canned soup/veggies/stew for dinner ;-) mark #------canoeist[at]netbox[dot]com-------------------------------------- mark zen o, o__ o_/| o_. po box 474 </ [\/ [\_| [\_\ ft. lupton, co 80621-0474 (`-/-------/----') (`----|-------\-') #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~ http://www.diac.com/~zen/paddler [index of Paddling websites I manage] Rocky Mtn Sea Kayak Club, Colorado River Flows, Poudre Paddlers The Colorado Paddlers' Resource, Rocky Mtn Canoe Club Trip Page #-Fortune: Langsam's Laws: (1) Everything depends. (2) Nothing is always. (3) Everything is sometimes. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Jun 26 1998 - 14:51:12 PDT
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