What's your favorite stove?
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Please do yourself a favor and get a Trangia or other alcohol stove as a backup and play with it before you head to the Artic. They will burn Yellow Heet (NOT RED) that you can find anywhere...think about it...fuel line antifreeze...Alaska. Just in case you cannot find or haul enough fuel canisters for that fancy JetBoil.
Please do yourself a favor and get a Trangia or other alcohol stove as a backup and play with it before you head to the Artic. They will burn Yellow Heet (NOT RED) that you can find anywhere...think about it...fuel line antifreeze...Alaska. Just in case you cannot find or haul enough fuel canisters for that fancy JetBoil.
I've got a MSR Dragonfly http://cascadedesigns.com/msr/stoves/basecamp-stoves/dragonfly/product that has been impeccable for over a decade. Easy to clean and pack, small volume and will boil water quickly.digitalmoto said:
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Coleman exponent multi fuel, which I always run on gasoline. It keeps things simple - I can re-fill the stove from the bike when needed, or get a couple extra miles down the road using fuel from the stove for the bike. 
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yep.. me too.. my whisperlite international from the late 80's/early 90's is still kicking along beautifully after many 10000 km's and countless hiking trips running on everything from leaded petrol to turpentine..digitalmoto said:
killer stove that if I ever lost would replace in a heart beat with exactly the same model..
I also carry a Kovea titanium ultralight stove (88g) as a backup and for quick coffee's on the side of the road
I keep my WhisperLite inside the MSR cookware (2 pot and a lid/skillet) with a rebuild kit, lighter, and misc crap I use to cook. The wife and I went camping this weekend. Pulled out the Coleman 2 burner propane stove, but I still used my MSR cookware. I didn't even burn the spaghetti sauce.warnabrother said:yep.. me too.. my whisperlite international from the late 80's/early 90's is still kicking along beautifully after many 10000 km's and countless hiking trips running on everything from leaded petrol to turpentine..
killer stove that if I ever lost would replace in a heart beat with exactly the same model..
I also carry a Kovea titanium ultralight stove (88g) as a backup and for quick coffee's on the side of the road
+1 The dragonfly is bulletproof and can simmer or boil with ease. Like proton I've had mine for 10+ years and has performed flawlessly.protondecay123 said:
+1, I'm a truck driver and I take my Jetboil in the truck and use it every day. Not one problem and fuel is readily available at any Walmart.~TABASCO~ said:
I have thw whisperLite Internationale backpacking stove. Packs up nicely and can use a variety on different fuels.
http://www.rei.com/product/709000/msr-whisperlite-internationale-backpacking-stove
http://www.rei.com/product/709000/msr-whisperlite-internationale-backpacking-stove
If I'm feeling yuppie or camping with a few people...
If I'm feeling Hardcore and there is only myself and/or one other...
That last one has personality. 8) and that little spanner is the tool kit.
If I'm feeling Hardcore and there is only myself and/or one other...
That last one has personality. 8) and that little spanner is the tool kit.
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I hav e used many stoves over the years and really like the MSR Reactor. But I only use it to boil water. Brings one Liter of water to a boil in about 2-3 minutes. Not a very good choice if you need to simmer the meal.http://www.rei.com/product/736977/msr-reactor-stove-system?s_kwcid=TC%7C13029%7CMSR%20reactor%20stove%7C%7CS%7Ce%7C6923262845&gclid=CKvb38P2j64CFbAEQAodTXaXfg
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GrahamD said:If I'm feeling Hardcore and there is only myself and/or one other...
That last one has personality. 8) and that little spanner is the tool kit.
I had one of those little blue suckers for years and years and years .... never failed me. I probably gave it away at some point. I use a Trangia now. Not too elegant, but simple. Fuel is everywhere. R
I'm glad most of the Trangia models have a gas burner model. The mult-fuel X2 looks attractive because it burns anything from gasoline to kerosine. The models with the 'spirits' burner look kinda fiddley. They look even MORE fiddly after watching the video at the Trangia website.rem said:
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Well, I guess it is kinda fiddly in a way, but it's also very simple to get going. You can burn diesel in it if you had to, and that's handy up in this neck o the woods. Most of the others use pressurized canisters that can't be shipped by air or some even by truck. You get used to using weird stuff up here. Anyway, it works. I can even burn a pot of water with it. R ::008::
Haha! Yeah, I suppose there are trade-offs. I was lookin at their multi-fuel 'X2' that burns gasoline, white gas, kerosene, and diesel. It comes with two jets, one for gas/white gas and one for kerosene/diesel.. You have to pump up the tank though and naturally you have to change jets when you switch between the two categories of fuel.rem said:
With the non-pressurized models theres all the busines with changing to the 'simmering ring' instead of just turning a valve to control temp as well a few other niggly detail that probably just take getting used to. I do like the simple componentry of the non-pressurized model.
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The simmering ring thingy goes on right at the get go. All it is is just a flat lid attached with a small pin. You just swing it over the flame as much as necessary to reduce the flame to where you want it. I guess I admire the simplicity and functionality of it. Being as I'm sort of a simple and functional old boy. Well, pretty functional. I'm bucking and splitting firewood today. I'm out of my wife's hair, and being productive at the same time. Now that's a good day. ::008:: R
Snow shoveling offers the same solution for me. Can stay at quite awhile at the proper pace...only it doesn't feel all that productive when the sh*t starts dumping again as you're shoveling.rem said:
At best, it's the joy of immediate results for about a day...with a lot of luck.
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I don't mind shovelling snow all that much either. It's awesome exercise. Although last year and this year we had record snowfalls (for up here) and makes me glad to have my little Kubota ... heh heh. Hey, I'm old. But I still have to shovel out around the buildings and in front of the garages and stuff like that. So Cecil can get at it. Then I come back in and stand in front of my FAVORITE STOVE to warm up. Love that woodstove. R
Non-pressurized Trangia ain't fiddly...it's just that it has got charm, that's all. Play with the lil' brass marvel a while and you can actually COOK with it as well as boil water. Mine is her to stay.
As for that snow shoveling thing, I much prefer watching it fall from the window next to my woodstove while we discuss the merits of camp stoves. It might accumulate enough between now and tomorrow to merit firing the walk-behind Gravely to push off the lane. Only the second time all winter so far...unusual for WV to be sure.
As for that snow shoveling thing, I much prefer watching it fall from the window next to my woodstove while we discuss the merits of camp stoves. It might accumulate enough between now and tomorrow to merit firing the walk-behind Gravely to push off the lane. Only the second time all winter so far...unusual for WV to be sure.