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I have a number of stoves. I like the Svea 123, just me.
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camp stove recommendations?
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Thats the type of info I was looking for. Really appreciate it!
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Hi Francis,
Dale pretty much hit on most of the pros on cons of the different types for you. It doesn't matter one bit what stove I have......it depends on what you are going to do with yours
Besides from the points already made, just one more to bring up. That is, what do you plan on cooking too! Many stoves like a pepsi can stove, or alcohol stove and some others have ONE setting. Full blast. If you are boiling water and such, that is not a problem. If you want to reheat soup or stew, or make pancakes the heat will be just too much.
A lot of alcohol stoves have simmer rings and such, but they can be tricky to mess around with to get proper temps. If you plan on adjusting temps a lot, it is best just to look for that feature in the first place. If you just want to boil water, it is not such a huge deal.
Just because I backpack, doesn't mean that I don't eat well, or have several intentions for my stove (not just backpacking). So, I generally like an adjustable flame. Although I do use an alcohol stove for the proper occassion.
You can check out this Pepsi Can Stove thread to get lots of ideas on how to make your own alcohol stove to see if they would be right for you. It is a fun project.
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Dale pretty much hit on most of the pros on cons of the different types for you. It doesn't matter one bit what stove I have......it depends on what you are going to do with yours
Besides from the points already made, just one more to bring up. That is, what do you plan on cooking too! Many stoves like a pepsi can stove, or alcohol stove and some others have ONE setting. Full blast. If you are boiling water and such, that is not a problem. If you want to reheat soup or stew, or make pancakes the heat will be just too much.
A lot of alcohol stoves have simmer rings and such, but they can be tricky to mess around with to get proper temps. If you plan on adjusting temps a lot, it is best just to look for that feature in the first place. If you just want to boil water, it is not such a huge deal.
Just because I backpack, doesn't mean that I don't eat well, or have several intentions for my stove (not just backpacking). So, I generally like an adjustable flame. Although I do use an alcohol stove for the proper occassion.
You can check out this Pepsi Can Stove thread to get lots of ideas on how to make your own alcohol stove to see if they would be right for you. It is a fun project.
B
If leaning towards alcohol stoves, try the Whitebox Stove made in Montana. I have one and for twenty bucks you get a solid stove, windscreen, heat shield, and fuel container (not the one shown). I matched it with an MSR Titan Kettle and spork for a lightweight hiking/hunting cookset. I've used it in cold weather with no issue.
Plus, the fuel has a dual purpose as can be used for cleaning wounds and disinfecting:
Plus, the fuel has a dual purpose as can be used for cleaning wounds and disinfecting:
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You don't want to use denatured alcohol on your skin or an open wound. It can contain up to 45% methanol, which is poisonous. Unless you have commercial or scientific access, the only way to get high percentage ethanol is to use Everclear. Or you have a moonshiner in the 'hood.... I wish I could find one
Check the MSDS for S-L-X brand, found at home depot and other retailers: http://www.hardwarestore.com/media/msds/605435.pdf. As far as fuel use, the methanol does burn hotter. The fumes are not good either. One of the HEET fuel additives is nearly pure methanol (the other is 99% isopropanol). HEET can be cheap on sale and handy if you can't find denatured alcohol. You don't want to breath the methanol fumes.
You can buy 99% isopropyl (isopropanol) alcohol used for cleaning electronics. It runs ~$13 a quart. As rubbing alcohol it contains about 30% water and is sooty, harder to light and not as hot. I haven't tried the purer forms-- I don't know if the water is the problem or they just properties of isopropanol in general.
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I'd like to check that out. If you pick one up please, please, please, do a review. I wonder if it is as efficient as the standard rig? The standard JetBoil converted me to the cartridge stove. Since it packs up so well, I take it just about everywhere.
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for summer and shoulder season stuff id get something from tinny at www.minibulldesigns.com
he offers variations of the "pepsi can" stove if you dont want to build your own. His innovations are really neat. most of his stoves are betweeen 5 and 25 dollars
if your doing stuff in winter and colder season/ car camping i really enjoy the classic styling and sounds of a svea 123 which can be had on ebay for around 50 and brand new for $100
for simplicity the butane/ propane cartridge stoves are pretty good, but i gave up on them on my cross country stove as stove fuel was never available where and when i needed it, so it was always a gamble and usually ended in cooking over a fire.
he offers variations of the "pepsi can" stove if you dont want to build your own. His innovations are really neat. most of his stoves are betweeen 5 and 25 dollars
if your doing stuff in winter and colder season/ car camping i really enjoy the classic styling and sounds of a svea 123 which can be had on ebay for around 50 and brand new for $100
for simplicity the butane/ propane cartridge stoves are pretty good, but i gave up on them on my cross country stove as stove fuel was never available where and when i needed it, so it was always a gamble and usually ended in cooking over a fire.