In a message dated 1/2/03 12:37:02 PM, owner-paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net writes: > Have you tried any of the handmade lightweight alcohol stoves that > folks are building from cat food, soda, and tuna cans? > I've found alcohol stoves great for expedition sea kayaking as long as you're experienced and know the hazards. It's pretty easy to get burned if you try to turn them down (as in wanting to simmer something) after they get going. If you overfill them, they can go ballistic. But I would never describe them as lightweight, because the comparatively prodigious amount of fuel they consume amounts to way too much weight for an expedition backpacker to consider. My favorite stove for sea kayaking is the Bluet GAZ butane/propane mix, but you can't fly with the fuel and you'll never find it in most non-European countries. Every time I fly with my gasoline stove (even when I've scrubbed out the fuel bottles) I fear some self-important baggage inspector is going to sniff the stove and confiscate it. A United attendant actually did sniff the stove once, but fortunately for me, she sniffed the burner-- not the fuel line-- or I most certainly would have lost my stove! I think the gold standard for traveling stoves might be the coleman propane stove. Although I've never seen one, I see their fuel canisters for sale everywhere... douglas san francisco *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Jan 02 2003 - 14:35:19 PST
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