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IAMTHELAW70
02-05-2007, 16:51
i need a stove. i need some reccomendations ASAP. FEB27th baby!!!! wah-hoo

sparky2000
02-05-2007, 16:58
matches. And atitude. And BSA time.

Knees
02-05-2007, 17:00
Make a soda can stove. The YACCS stove is quick and easy to make. It might not be as efficient as some of the others, but it served me well for a thru. http://www.garlington.biz/Ray/YACCS/

Brasslite makes a good alcohol stove too, but they're heavy when compared with the 1/4oz of the soda can stove. I used one on a thru and was happy with it.

IAMTHELAW70
02-05-2007, 17:15
that yacc stove looks effin awsome especially since im tryin to save money

Fiddler
02-05-2007, 18:30
If you want to try a few different ones. or just for some interesting reading, check these links:

Alcohol Stove Links
http://zenstoves.net/
http://hikinghq.net/sgt_stove/ion_stove.html
http://www.ionstove.com/index.htm
http://wings.interfree.it/index.html
http://www.csun.edu/~mjurey/stove.html

highway
02-05-2007, 20:58
Make a soda can stove. The YACCS stove is quick and easy to make. It might not be as efficient as some of the others, but it served me well for a thru. http://www.garlington.biz/Ray/YACCS/

Brasslite makes a good alcohol stove too, but they're heavy when compared with the 1/4oz of the soda can stove. I used one on a thru and was happy with it.

i have got to make a garlington; it's one i havn't seen before. Thanks

Blissful
02-05-2007, 21:01
I have heard alcohol doesn't work as efficiently in colder weather. We plan to go with our pocket rocket first and then switch to alcohol for the summer. Esp in winter, I want my meals fast and hot. So far the pocket rocket has been great.

WhoAh
02-05-2007, 22:11
I'm going with the MSR Wind Pro to start with and will switch to one of Tinman's alcohol stoves later in my hike.

the_iceman
02-05-2007, 23:08
Jetboil is my choice but giga-power would be #2

zelph
02-05-2007, 23:15
I have heard alcohol doesn't work as efficiently in colder weather. We plan to go with our pocket rocket first and then switch to alcohol for the summer. Esp in winter, I want my meals fast and hot. So far the pocket rocket has been great.

Hey Blissful and everyone else, read this thread about alcohol stoves in cold (http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/showthread.php?t=16731)weather. Alcohol burns just fine in cold weather. The stoves design is what causes the inefficiency.

Here is a design you may want to consider making (http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/showthread.php?t=18383), a much safer stove for the trails. "The Starlyte"


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stag3
02-05-2007, 23:36
MSR pocket rocket or snowpeak giga power. Both around $40, 3 oz or so.


Good suggestion, but I use a wind screen with my PR. The PR is my back-up to my wood stove.

Stag3

rockrat
02-06-2007, 00:04
If you're going with butane be sure to stick them in your sleeping bag at night otherwise you'll have some cold mornings waiting to heat up the canister. BTW I'm leavin Feb. 27 also, see you on the trail.

buckowens
02-06-2007, 00:05
I also have a Pocket Rocket and a windscreen made from a Swedish esbit style stove. Works great!

Kerosene
02-06-2007, 12:40
Isobutane Canister: Snow Peak GigaPower
Alcohol: Zelph's StarLyte or Sgt. Rock's Ion

I like canisters for 1-2 week section hikes, but I'd go with an alcohol burner for anything longer just to avoid disposal and resupply issues.

oldfivetango
02-06-2007, 17:46
I made a side burner with instructions from SGT ROCK in
about 10 minutes with a push pin and what you would call
a "potted meat" can only I was in the mood for chips and bean
dip that day so it was a bean dip can.It requires a little primer pan-
you could use the lid off a large can of shoe polish or saddle soap or
even cut the sides down from a larger can-say a large can of tomatoes-
more specifically,the 28oz #2 1/2 size can.My primer and bean dip stove
fit perfectly in my pot with some matches,spices etc.If you only want
to boil and not simmer then it works great-but you will need a windscreen.
If you want to simmer for 20-30 minutes you might want to check out
the Brasslite turbo 2 D or the new FeatherLite stove which is similat but
has some stabilizers and a remote adjustment for the simmer ring-looks promising in the photos.Good luck.Oh,you want Heet in the YELLOW bottle
when you are on the trail if you can't get to a hardware store for the standard shellac thinner/denatured alcohol.
Oldfivetango

IAMTHELAW70
02-07-2007, 15:21
Has anybody tried the MSR simmerlite?

Caveman1
02-07-2007, 16:49
Also, look at the Penny Stove. Easy to make and I have used several times with good results. Google "penny stove" and go to Mark Jurey's site.

gold bond
02-07-2007, 18:48
I have the MSR simmerlite and it works fine for winter, summer and high altitudes. I like it cause I can maintain pressure the whole cooking time if needed. I only fill my bottle half full and usually lasts awhile. No cannisters to worry about packing out and the bottle refills inexpsively. Coleman makes a new canister stove that the cannister mounts upside down. I do not have any info on it though.

4eyedbuzzard
02-07-2007, 19:59
I have the MSR simmerlite and it works fine for winter, summer and high altitudes. I like it cause I can maintain pressure the whole cooking time if needed. I only fill my bottle half full and usually lasts awhile. No cannisters to worry about packing out and the bottle refills inexpsively. Coleman makes a new canister stove that the cannister mounts upside down. I do not have any info on it though.

The simmerlite looks like a nice stove, and as i like to cook, not just boil water, I've been thinkin of getting one.

The Coleman you mentioned is probably the Fyrestorm, a multifuel that uses either a standard liquid fuel bottle for white gasoline, etc, or a separate stand to enable using the isobutane gas canisters. Comes in a Titanium or steel version.

One comment: Ees 'spensive Lucy

http://www.coleman.com/coleman/colemancom/detail.asp?product_id=9770-A25&categoryid=24752

http://www.coleman.com/coleman/colemancom/detail.asp?product_id=9775-A25&categoryid=24752

sixhusbands
02-13-2007, 09:23
I did a 4 week hike last season on the AT in Maine and New Hampshire without a stove. before you classify me as "nuts" , hear what I have to say.
I did miss a warm meal and hot tea but the enrgy I got from natural, unprocessed, undehydrated foods by far out weighs those creature comforts. Cold drinks are just as good. Yes my pack was heavier from carrying fresh fruits , veggies and nuts but I was much stronger and never suffered from fatigue.
Can one do the entire AT this way , I would say yes but it will cost you additional funds for fresh food if you are on a tight budget ( most everyone is!) You will need to come off the trail and resupply more frequently, so plan extre time for the trip
:-?

EarlyBird2007
02-13-2007, 09:37
i need a stove. i need some reccomendations ASAP. FEB27th baby!!!! wah-hoo
If you want a simple dependable functional option, look at Jetboil. Not the lightest, but not that heavy either, when you consider that you don't need any other cooking gear. Lots of successful thru-hikers swear by it. However, get ready for a lot of arguments from the beer can purists.;)

MrHappy
02-13-2007, 11:35
I use a jetboil with the "4 season" fuel mix. The thing is... even this wasn't good enough for the cold of January. The stove worked like a champ most of the time, but once the temperature reached 0 degrees or lower, it was not so great. Really the only thing that will work better in cold weather is an MSR stove. I've used those for years and can't stand them anymore. Such a PITA compared to a jetboil, which you just.. turn on. Also, the jetboil fuel cannisters go much longer than you'd think... one guy in the register claimed to have used only one from neels gap to the NOC (145 miles). In summer, they last me about two weeks, cooking meals and hot drinks for 1 person. For anyone starting after, well, now, a jetboil would work fine, as would just about anything else that "doesn't work well in the cold".

Don't want to rip on anything, but several of my friends with Simmerlites and Pocket Rockets are very unhappy with them.

Nearly Normal
02-13-2007, 19:29
Try
http://www.minibulldesign.com/index.htm

Nearly Normal
02-13-2007, 19:31
Or My favorite
http://www.thru-hiker.com/detail.asp?PRODUCT_ID=TR101
use a foil windsceen.

the_iceman
02-13-2007, 19:36
If you are old enough to remember Firesign Theater

Just a tank of GOOD gasoline and a shoe shine.

Was that Nick Danger - Third Eye from Don't Squeeze that Dwarf, Hand me the Pliers? Gee, can't remember the 60's that well. :D

rafe
02-13-2007, 20:44
If you are old enough to remember Firesign Theater

Yes, we've got plenty of everything in this great land of ours, and plenty of places to put it in.... :D