----- Original Message ----- From: "Jackie Myers" <jackie_at_muddypuppies.com> > > On one paddling trip we reached 9 degrees F (my shoes > froze overnight). I was carrying a single-burner > Coleman propane camp stove. My stove was the > only one in the group that would work. No amount of > pumping would get the other stoves working. Jackie. It has been my experience that the cartridge stoves because they require heat (absorbed form the ambient) in order to convert the liquid butane/propane to gas do not work in cold weather.(note how the canisters frost up when used in colder temps) On winter Xcountry ski trips in to Baxter State Park (Maine/USA) in January I have experienced 10 to 15 bellow zero F. and the canister stoves only work if you keep the cartridges warm next to your body previous to using them, something not really feasible all the time. Liquid fuel Primus/Optimus and MSRs have never failed when used properly. Consistently I am able to have boiling within less than 4 minutes from the time I take the thing out of my pack. I higly recomend investing in one. You wont regret it. michael *************************************************************************** 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 Dec 09 2004 - 16:55:51 PST
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