I will chime in again in support for alcohol stoves, be it for kayaking or backpacking. I started using one of the Trangia stove models a year ago and can not say enough good things about them from ease to reliability to safety. The only down side I can think of is compared to my Peak1 Feather ??? stove the Trangia is more difficult to control output on especially low output and low output in a wind. Otherwise it is great for boiling water, ESPECIALLY in the wind where in my experience it only makes it burn hotter with all the extra oxygen the flame is getting. Still I try and use a wind screen though. With two gas stoves that get little use I should sell them to someone else that likes maintaining them. I will keep at least my big two burner stove for when I lead groups and need to boil lots of water… Then again, perhaps I could outfit the Big Mama with alcohol burners! Cheers! Bob .......................................................... Robert Brubaker "Hitch your wagon to a star." Ralph Waldo Emerson http://home.earthlink.net/~rbrub/ .......................................................... *************************************************************************** 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 Sun Jan 05 2003 - 17:54:07 PST
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