Re: [Paddlewise] alcohol stove ?

From: asaarto <asaarto_at_lpt.fi>
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 20:06:04 +0200
Yup. An other happy customer here. Used Trangia four years.

Dear Paddlewisenheimers: if you are using this kind of stove, turn 
the small holes of the bottom part to the wind, it helps to make the 
air go through the stove - ventilation helps boiling the water faster. 
The pan is meant to be covering the kettle and the stove to save 
energy, and DO NOT POUR ALCOHOL TO HOT STOVE WHEN 
REFILLING IT! Let it cool a bit. There is also a small cap with 
adjustable part, meant for controlling the flames: it covers the 
alcohol container. I can cook rice 20 mins and make later a pot of 
hot coffee with one full container. 

Never any problems, but I might ask you pay attention to not to set 
the stove on dry moss. We did it last summer and somehow we 
set the moss on fire (well, the place was not carefully thought: dry 
moss on a high cliff and of course, direct and sudden gusts of wind 
from the sea)! What a smell...a little extra flavour to our texmex 
food...

Always camping on high cliffs and enjoying the sights when 
possible...

Ari - Finland

The Land of Traditional Scandinavian Skinny-Dipping (TM)
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