Re: [Paddlewise] Carrying Stoves

Another good source of  Trangia fuel is auto drygas, the cheap methanol
12fl. oz. bottles that are everywhere up north. Meth burns clean and hot,
just don't confuse it with the isopropyl type which
burns with some soot. Another nice thing about alcohol is that if it spills,
it evaporates with little ecological or personal damage.

frank









   To: "Tina" <tina_at_bentobuggy.com>; <PaddleWise_at_lists.intelenet.net>
Cc: "CA Kayaker" <cakayak_at_mindspring.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2000 5:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Carrying Stoves


> At 01:10 AM 3/5/00 -0800, Tina wrote:
> >once had fuel in it!  That doesn't leave alot of options. Does the
Trangia
> >have a separate alcohol bottle that one fills for use?  Can you discard
the
> >emptied alcohol bottle before flying?  I'll check it out for future
trips,
>
> There's no fuel tank, just a burner that you fill with each use. I use 190
> proof denatured alcohol that I get at the drug store. I figure that if
it's
> in your gear, labeled as such, if anyone asks it's rubbing alcohol, which
> it is.
>
> BTW, if you get a Trangia, use the best alcohol you can get. The good
> denatured stuff is fine. Avoid the cheaper isopropyl alcohol; it blackens
> pots badly. The drug store stuff is a little on the expensive side, but I
> don't use a lot -- a little over a pint for a week on Isle Royale last
year.
>
> The nice thing about alcohol stoves in general is that fuel of some nature
> is easily available almost anywhere. White gas is rare outside North
> America, and some of the bottled gas stoves used for backpacking have fuel
> bottles that are hard to find anywhere.
>
> -- Wes
>
> -- Wes
>
>
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