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I use a MSR pocket rocket. I used to use a whisperlite which worked great, but I love the convenience & light weight of the canister stove. Good control on it too, you can go from a jet engine boil to a low simmer and everything in between.
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For me and for thousands with similar inclinations, the most important passion of life is the overpowering desire to escape periodically from the clutches of a mechanistic civilization. To us the enjoyment of solitude, complete independence, and the beauty of undefiled panoramas is absolutely essential to happiness.- Bob Marshall -
I have many stoves,but I still use my old SVEA 123 more than anything. I love that old classicComment
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I use an MSR Pocket Rocket. It's small and light. It is simple in design and construction. I have never had any problems with it.Comment
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"If future generations are to remember us with gratitude rather than contempt, we must leave them more than the miracles of technology. We must leave them a glimpse of the world as it was in the beginning, not just after we got through with it." Lyndon B. JohnsonComment
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All of this talk of the 123 is giving me warm fuzzies. I can’t say that I miss cleaning the jet however. Not sure what happened to mine. I’ve always assumed that mom tossed it along with countless other priceless items while cleaning out the garage about two minutes after I moved out.
I guess that I’m ashamed to admit that I have become a canister junkie. Are there any multi-step programs that I should look into to kick the habit?Comment
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Yep.
1. Visit zenstoves.net and read about alcohol stoves
2. get a can of cat food and a hole punch and make a supercat http://jwbasecamp.com/Articles/SuperCat/index.html
3. revisit zenstoves.net
4. try another design
5. visit bplite.com
6. start inventing your own designs and posting videos at bplite
7. look for a multi-step program to kick the alcohol stove habit"There's a whisper on the night-wind, there's a star agleam to guide us, And the Wild is calling, calling . . . let us go." -from "The Call of the Wild" by Robert Service
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Only need one step to break the habit. Do a through hike in January or February with the temperature in the minuses.
Then try cooking with the canister stove.
I have a Coleman canister stove and a jetboil as well as a Primus multi fuel. Most of the times I find myself using the Primus with white gas.
I guess because I've done so much sub-zero backpacking and camping in my life I favor the fuel stoves over alcohol or canisters.
Alcohol stoves are OK, but just not fast enough or hot enough for me. I almost always take fresh food along with dehydrated food when I hike and I want to be able to cook full meals without having to wait a long time. If I do an overnighter in reasonable temps, I'll use the jetboil and the Hawk Vittles.
Hawk"If future generations are to remember us with gratitude rather than contempt, we must leave them more than the miracles of technology. We must leave them a glimpse of the world as it was in the beginning, not just after we got through with it." Lyndon B. JohnsonComment
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I agree with Hawk about the performance of canister stoves in sub-zero temperatures but there are ways around this problem. The use of an insulated cozy with a chemical hand warmer will extend the use of your canister stove well into the cold season. If you need to melt snow for water, a white gas stove is the only way to go.Ripples never come back. -Genesis
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I've been rocking a homemade pepsi can stove now for a few years, before that it was a coleman-style propane backpacking stove. One of my roommates continually makes fun of the pepsi can stove like it's some kind of homeless man's solution to a camp stove that no one could take seriously, I took great pleasure letting him know ~60% of AT hikers carry that kind of stove
I switched from the coleman-style propane stoves after 3 strikes. The first strike was really my fault (and I was a kid), the first time using it in the back country the sound of the thing scared the daylights out of me and I thought the sucker would explode so I didn't use it (then mice got into my bear bag! let's just say i was pretty hungry in the morning, haha). Next two times, I had the valve on the propane canister break. That also scared the living daylights out of me, and at that point... I was just straight up done with those things (granted, in afterthought, the stove could've been crappy and was breaking the propane tanks). Recently I camped with a buddy who's still using that kind of stove, and I have to admit I re-considered when I saw him alternately use it as a lantern with an attachment. That's pretty cool.
Next up... Soda can stoves. I bought one from a guy on here years back who was selling the ones he made. Very good craftsmanship, and actually I've been pretty happy with them. But... The heat-style-tape that's used is starting to break down after almost 5 years of ownership, and... They're good but... The beginning of this season I burnt myself pretty well on one, I didn't realize it had ignited and while taking away the windscreen got second degree burns on my forefinger and thumb (I can't blame the stove though, it's user error -- you can test if they're hot first! ...Funniest part of that injury is that it made it weird to hold my trekking poles, so after the hike my legs were fine by i had one very very tired left hand from holding the pole weird), and while that was unpleasant... I'm also concerned is that I'm going to crush them (in the pack, or accidentally while out). The only other downside is that they're fiddly, it takes a lot of work to use it (imo).
Sooo... Third time around, what am I going for? I think I'm going with the jetboil. Honestly I would basically use the can stove for just boiling water anyways (I made pancakes and eggs a couple times on it) for the standards, coffee and oatmeal. For my 3 season needs (I'm not much of a winter guy at the moment), that should do the trick -- i hope!!!!"ya gotta get a better view outside, cause you'll burn right up inside, through the knowledge fools get the mileage, birds eye view, catch all this" -delComment
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I got around the can stove crushing problem by making a container out of a plastic lemonade powder container. The plastic ones with the funnel top.
I got the idea here.
It's tough enough to protect the contents, but very light. The top screws on securely, and it's big enough to hold the stove, windscreen, small fuel bottle(enough for a few nights), spork, pot gripper, dish soap, and pot scrubber.
It pretty much holds everything but the pot.
And the lid is a bowl!He found himself wondering at times, especially in the autumn, about the wild lands, and strange visions of mountains that he had never seen came into his dreams.Comment
I think I'm going to start a cult based on worship of the Svea 123.
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