A full bottle of Gentleman Jack 150 proof. (and some ice)
A full bottle of Gentleman Jack 150 proof. (and some ice)
the empty one next to my seat....oh.....wait......do you mean alcohol fuel bottle?
Because whiskey from a tin cup...just tastes better
I have been using a contact solution bottle for a fuel bottle. Works great and it can hold about 14ozs.
Mark, on an old(2008) WB thread titled "best alcohol bottle" you tell of using the 8 0z Playpus Little Nipper collapsable container w/ a BPL nozzle to carry fuel. I like that idea. It might be just what I have in mind to be able to fit my entire cooking setup inside my Snow Peak 28 Oz Mini Solo Ti pot. Did you have any problems w/ the LN Platy leaking or melting w/ fuels for alcohol based stoves? I found the LN Platys but still can't find the nozzles you talk about. Know where I might find them for screwing to the top of the Platy?
Dogwood
I have also tried that and i have used the little red spouts from bpl. I would rather use the contact bottle. I had no problem with the platy but did have problems with the spout. The ones i had tended to drip down the spout and fuel didnt go where i wanted it to go. If your sold on it send me your address and i will drop one to you.
That's generous FireInk. I may take you up on that. I'm trying to figure a new cook setup. I want to put Zelph's Budlyte Supertsove, fuel, foldable spork, windscreen, mini lighter and possibly XS camp towel/cloth ALL into my 28 0z(about 800 ml)Snow Peak Mini Solo TI pot. And, I don't want Heet or DNL contaminating anything, most of all the pot from which I eat. I can't see doing this unless I get a collapsable Little Nipper Platy or very unique alcohol bottle that doesn't drip. I want to use this on a thru-hike w/ up to about 8 days between resupplying(getting fresh fuel). I don't even know if it would be wise to carry my fuel this way if I don't want it contaminating my cookware. I may be able to get a mini plastic flask to fit inside my pot with Zelph's stove. Any thoughts?
I also use a contact solution bottle, and to measure out the fuel i use a marinade injector similar to this
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...ct_id=13291763
i just shove the needle end into the solution bottle, turn upside down, suck up 1 oz., pull out, and "inject" into the stove.
Dogwood,
Im not sure if it would all fit or not. I carry my alky stove, windscreen, olive oil, mini lighter and sometimes my soap and scrub sponge in my .9lt pot. I carry my fuel on the outside of my pack. You may be able to find a smaller contact solution bottle, 4-8oz size for your hike. Im going to try and use a measuring cup from a cough syrup bottle to measure my fuel. I have seen folks carry a syringe to fuel/refuel the alky stoves. A lot of trial and error or research will pay off. Good Luck
That's what I use too (you can buy the bottles in various sizes). It is usually pretty easy to control your "pouring" with one of those. Out of habit, I still carry a small medicine cup in case I ever want (or feel the need) to measure the fuel. I rarely use it. I'm pretty good at "eyeballing it" now--and the ounce markings on the bottle help too.
"A vigorous five-mile walk will do more good for an unhappy but otherwise healthy adult than all the medicine and psychology in the world." - Paul Dudley White
http://packafeather.com/fuelbottle.html
This works great. Read caveat in link re: Type of bottle to use.
“Live every day as if it were your last, because one of these days, it will be.”
Great thread. So:
1. Unique bottle both sight shape and texture in the dark so you can't possibly in a million years even drunk or half asleep EVER mistake it for anything you would possibly drink out of (small Platy's etc not a good idea for just that reason);
2. Leakproof sturdy, marked for fractional gradations and encased in just-in-case plastic bag (and carried outside main pack if possible) and DON'T carry toxic vaporous fuel all day inside the pot/cup you cook in/eat from;
3. Scratch inside/outside your stove with pre-measured ounce markings;
4. At just 4 ounces a Trangia stove lets you not only simmer but save & carry your unburned fuel in the gasket-sealed stove itself (I love mine, solves several pesky problems/saves a lot of fuel, YMMV);
5. avoid aluminum, go with sturdy plastic, secure squeeze bottle cap a plus but must close securely;
6. Fragile complicated stove designs are (A) fragile and (B) complicated;
I love this thread.
with that said, I use the very sturdy Nalgene "flask" marked DO NOT DRINK
These are some of my fuel bottles.
The two on the left are stored inside the Caldera Cone caddy , the Platypus is for longer than 3-4 days trips ad is stored separately (note the new scull label...)
The orange top on that is from a soft drink bottle. The tops come in "standard" sizes , so find one that screws in.
Never had a plastic bottle 'dissolving" or whatever from alcohol. I also have used Gatorade and Nalgene (the milky type) bottles . Note that alcohol here in Australia (Ethanol) comes in plastic bottles.
Franco
Putting any alcohol of any type in a soda bottle will quickly fetch you some huge trouble.
Dogs are excellent judges of character, this fact goes a long way toward explaining why some people don't like being around them.
Woo