Evernew Appalachian Set

[Black Wolf]

Just a note on titanium alcohol stoves, they take longer to prime in cold weather.

i wrapped my Evernew TI .. and Vargo TI stoves with fiberglass wicking / cord .. A few drops of fuel soaked into it greatly reduces priming time .. It blooms in seconds in any temperature .. YMMV

[Black Wolf]

A point not mentioned on this thread .. The set as it is a a multi-fuel set-up .. You can use the included stove .. Also Esbit or organic (wood) .. Overall not a bad cook set at all

[bfayer]

i wrapped my Evernew TI .. and Vargo TI stoves with fiberglass wicking / cord .. A few drops of fuel soaked into it greatly reduces priming time .. It blooms in seconds in any temperature .. YMMV

I have thought about playing with something like that. Do you know how much weight it added? Do you wrap the whole outside? if so I bet it adds a bit of insulation to help the alcohol vaporize in cold weather.

[Black Wolf]

Just a few wraps .. Maybe added 5 grams (I didn't weigh it, didn't see the need) .. It's basically string .. I don't know about the insulation factor .. But it dramatically increased the bloom time .. Overall it saves fuel as well

[RedBeerd]

I think there are cheaper, lighter, and simpler alternatives.

[chall]

Chall how much is your gift card for?

$110 - $51 for the Evernew pot = $59 left.

[RED-DOG]

Yeah 131.95 is a little too pricey, i can use a Heineken pot, a coke can alchy stove, Tin foil for wind screen, and some of that wire cloth stuff for pot stand, and Denatured Alcohol for fuel and i have only invested around 10 bucks, works great, works every time i need it too and it has never failed, So good luck and Happy Hiking and Ho yeah HYOH.

[fastfoxengineering]

I don't know if you have purchased this yet, but I would not recommend it. I would use your gift card to purchase a 900ml Evernew pot and Snow Peak Ti spork. You can then build or buy an alcohol stove setup for less than $20. People sell kits on ebay all the time. I actually purchased a soda can stove (which was machined very cleanly), the windscreen, the chicken wire pot stand, a 1 oz measuring cup, 2 8oz fuel bottles, and a small plastic cup all for $20 shipped. Not a bad deal in my opinion because the stove is better made than any I've made by hand because he used a drill press and nice tools. Furthermore, I don't think I could've resourced all the materials (chicken wire, fuel bottles, aluminum windscreen) for less than $10.

In addition, all though I primarily use my cookset set with alcohol, I have burned a small wood fire in the middle of the chicken wire potstand (without the stove there) and successfully used it as a wood burning stove. Everything gets sooty tough. If I flip my alcohol stove over, it makes a good setup to burn an esbit thingy on.

So my alcohol stove IS a multifuel stove.

And you still have $59 to upgrade some other gear. Which $59 could go along way. You could get some nice merino wool clothing (beanie and gloves maybe?), a new headlamp (does yours have a red LED light?, cause it's an awesome feature), some nice camp shoes if your so inclined, etc.

Don't drop $140 on a cookset, when a coke can alcohol stove does the same thing. There really is no advantage to the titanium stove in this scenario. You'll appreciate that headlamp with the red led more

[Dedicated Hanger]

Have a lot of experience with the Evernew Titanium DX burner and stand but not the Appalachian Set. I found it to be the most versatile set up of any of the 25 different stoves that I own and faster than my microwave for my morning shot of espresso. The evernew titanium blooms faster and throws a blowtorch of a flame to heat water. If one just utilizes the base and the stove it only fires through one set of jets which is perfect for small espresso makers. If one wants to simmer then you can utilize the top section and the power plate to simmer a pot in which you need regulated heat. If you are considering Evernew, I would recommend that you take a look at the DX. It does everything I want it to do and weighs nothing.

[Wise Old Owl]

my vote - pass

[Dedicated Hanger]

Went and looked it up, the Appalachian set is the same thing as the Ti Dx set that I described above except for the addition of a titanium pot. This being the case, I would highly recommend the Evernew Appalachian set. I am so pleased with my Ti Dx set I can not stay out of the woods. Have made 9 camping trips (nearly back to back) so far this summer. I come home, air out the gear, and head back in the woods. The Evernew stove is my go-to stove of choice. So much so that I purchased a second one. I make my coffee with one configuration while heating water with another. I recommend that you play with the set up that you want at home before hitting the trail. There are multiple choices depending on how hot you want your flame. I was not kidding, it will make espresso in two minutes and boil water faster than my microwave. Try one, you will like it.

[Jake27]

I was looking at that as well. But ended up going with qiwiz firefly. And love it weights 2.7oz

[ny breakfast]

i never used the evernew trail set, but in my opinion i believe the cook kit has room for improvement but, on a good track. i would be interested in the stove if they made a simmer ring, I've heard the stove waste fuel all around wood burning/ alcohol at least from what i recall. i don't recall how well the esbit worked in this stove. i would pass for something else

[nuknees]

I believe the plate with the holes in it is also used when burning wood as your fuel source. The plate acts like kind of a grate that you use in your fireplace for spent ashes to fall through.

[Mudsock]

The Evernew pot is a high quality pot. But 500ml is pretty small and the pot has a small diameter. Efficiency increases with pot size up to at least 130 mm and probably a bit beyond. The Evernew 900 ml short pot is a much better pot from a capacity and fuel efficiency standpoint.

The price of the set on Amazon is twenty dollars than a Caldera Cone Tri Ti Sidewinder Inferno stove with the 900 ml short pot included from Trail Designs. The link is http://www.traildesigns.com/stoves/caldera-sidewinder and the cost for the stove, pot and base is $129.
I have that setup with the modified Starlight stove option. Zelph sells a sheet of simmer ring material for the Starlite that will let you boil two cups of water and then simmer for 35 minutes on 35 ml of yellow Heet.

There are a lot of pieces in these sets, but you use what you need based upon the fuel you are using. If you are always going to burn Heet, you can leave some of it at home, or not even buy it. The Inferno option gives the stove a very effective wood burning capability. Without the Inferno option, it still burns wood.