portable stoves

[IAMTHELAW70]

i need a stove. i need some reccomendations ASAP. FEB27th baby!!!! wah-hoo

[sparky2000]

matches. And atitude. And BSA time.

[Knees]

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]

that yacc stove looks effin awsome especially since im tryin to save money

[Fiddler]

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]

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]

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]

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]

Jetboil is my choice but giga-power would be #2

[zelph]

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 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, a much safer stove for the trails. "The Starlyte"


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[stag3]

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]

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]

I also have a Pocket Rocket and a windscreen made from a Swedish esbit style stove. Works great!

[Kerosene]

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]

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]

Has anybody tried the MSR simmerlite?

[Caveman1]

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]

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]

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/colem...tegoryid=24752

http://www.coleman.com/coleman/colem...tegoryid=24752

[sixhusbands]

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