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Stoves are important  . Post your stoves and why they fill that otherwise black space in your heart.Whisperlite international, get the gently caress out of here with that universal stuff. I want to burn any liquid at any temperature. Diesel, kero, avgas, high proof illegal Soviet brandy. Primus has been garbage for years and I've fixed so many of their stupid pumps it's not even funny. Plus it's quiet and you can do anything you want on it, from fast water boiling to baking. Also a fantastic heater/dryer. XGK for when I am strictly boiling water in cold conditions at altitude. These days I mostly use the whisperlite, easier on my ears for when I'm tent cooking. Reactor, when the weather's warm and I'm cooking simply and want a minimum of waiting and fuss. Has a nice hanging kit, great auxiliary stove for hot water boils if you have a large group. I've used it for filling warm Nalgene bottles in -20 C, worked surprisingly well. You can even simmer with it if you're willing to babysit. Woodgas stoves. I have two, one homemade and one store bought, and don't use them all that often. Around here there's enough access to large firewood that it's usually more time consuming to reduce the fuel to proper size than just burn it directly. I can see the attraction for particular circumstances. Alcohol stove. I made a supercat, it's fun, but I almost never use it. The light weight is generally offset by the decreased fuel efficiency. It's nice to throw in on ski trips, in that you can prime your liquid-fuel stove with the alcohol when poo poo gets real chilly. 
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I have a jetboil op. It's pretty cool I guess.
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Dec 22, 2015 17:35
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Lawman 0 posted:I have a jetboil op. I'm literally shaking.
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Dec 22, 2015 17:41
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I use a ten year old optimus stove. It is pretty great until you get above 11,500'. The lack of oxygen starts to cause havoc on the burn and you get sputtering yellow flame bursts. All in all a great stove. I have had no issues with the o rings or the pump.
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Dec 22, 2015 17:47
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Trangia + methanol. I know it kind of sucks, but I love it and have a soft spot for this kind of ancient technology  . The reliability and the fact that it'll work pretty much anywhere is worth something.
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Dec 22, 2015 18:58
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Lightweight canister stove works fine for me and I don't really wanna screw with alcohol stoves and all for small weight saving. Plus the smell of burning isobutane is awesome We used to have an old stove where you opened up the valve and a bunch of liquid fuel would fill a shallow dish which you'd then light in a big fireball which was fun.
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Dec 22, 2015 19:52
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I'm all about the fireball stoves.
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Dec 22, 2015 19:56
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Go ultralight and eat your food cold like God intended
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Dec 22, 2015 20:01
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I have a whisper lite international for long trips especially at high elevation and a pocket rocket for quicker short trips. At this point I actually prefer the pocket rocket for its small size and convenience.
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Dec 22, 2015 21:20
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Verman posted:At this point I actually prefer the pocket rocket for its small size and convenience. It works, and it's tiny. I don't know why I need a different stove.
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Dec 22, 2015 21:31
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Diff'rent stoves for diff'rent foves.
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Dec 22, 2015 21:34
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hey maybe one of you could help me out with a stove question I've been struggling with. I bike tour a lot and I am looking for a quick and simple way to make a cup of hot coffee in the morning. if that's the only thing I need to heat, what's the best option out there? cheaper is nice of course, but i like functionality > price point.
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Dec 22, 2015 21:44
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What temperatures and wind conditions do you usually tour in?
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Dec 22, 2015 22:08
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Free Market Mambo posted:What temperatures and wind conditions do you usually tour in? I mostly tour in the midwest in 75-95F and generally have good cover from wind while camping.
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Dec 22, 2015 22:24
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You'd do best with a canister stove. Something like the pocket rocket would probably serve you nicely. Pricewise it's not bad, and gives you decent flexibility for if you decide to do more than make coffee. Snow Peak has some neat little canister stoves, I don't have much experience with them, but have heard good things. If that sounds too rich for your blood, a super cat stove costs like 25 cents to make, and just runs on alcohol. It would do nicely for boiling coffee, but is a bit slow/inefficient and is fairly wind/thermal fuckery sensitive.
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Dec 22, 2015 22:36
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thanks i will check some canister stoves out! simple/fast is better for me since in even the best circumstances, I feel like i need coffee to make coffee.
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Dec 22, 2015 22:40
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There's no shame in instant, but price makes a huge difference. I've been known to prep a morning poor man's mocha in a little nalgene, so I can just add hot thermos water and have my morning coffee while still in my sleeping bag.
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Dec 22, 2015 22:48
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Coffee tips: If coffee and maybe oats is all you need, get ab enamel metal cup and just boil in that instead of bringing a pot Grind the coffee coarse and strain it out with your teeth; the grounds will sink once fully steeped which will make it easier to drink Or Put the coffee in filters and staple them into little pouches, steep it like teabags
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Dec 22, 2015 22:57
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Just buy some Starbucks Vias and add hot water
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Dec 22, 2015 23:00
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If you drop in a bit of cold water when your coarse ground coffee is done steeping, then rap the side of your pot/mug, it will both stop the convection currents in your mug and precipitate out the coffee grounds to the bottom.
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Dec 22, 2015 23:01
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Levitate posted:Just buy some Starbucks Vias and add hot water Yeah maybe if i wanted to drink PISS
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Dec 22, 2015 23:03
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If we're at the point of advocating straining coffe grounds through your teeth then I don't think we're being picky anymore
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Dec 22, 2015 23:05
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I have a mini camping french press that works really well for straining if hot water is availible
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Dec 22, 2015 23:07
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Levitate posted:Just buy some Starbucks Vias and add hot water This works and there are lots of instant brands. Some a pretty good and makes it easier not having to carry out the trash
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Dec 22, 2015 23:30
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spwrozek posted:This works and there are lots of instant brands. Some a pretty good and makes it easier not having to carry out the trash Just do caffiene pills, uber ultralight  Pass the cowboy coffee, frog man.
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Dec 22, 2015 23:45
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I'm not much of a coffee slob normally anyway but when I'm camping I'll drink anything hot. But those little Nestle tins of cappuccino powder can be good, or maybe some regular instant coffee packets.
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Dec 22, 2015 23:52
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I enjoy using a hand-cranked oven to cook my prepackaged dried caramel macciattos :hipster:
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Dec 23, 2015 00:13
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whisperlite. i bought the intl but i've never actually had to use anything but white gas in it. I mostly use it to make coffee and boil rice
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Dec 23, 2015 00:33
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I'm obsessed with building little alcohol stoves but have still not stumbled on the prefect set up. Probably going to get lazy and buy a caldera cone.
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Dec 23, 2015 01:41
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My whisper lite leaks fuel and my jetboil performed so badly in Yellowstone it almost got me killed
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Dec 23, 2015 02:34
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Maybe stoves are too complicated for you?
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Dec 23, 2015 03:06
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Larry Parrish posted:I'm not much of a coffee slob normally anyway but when I'm camping I'll drink anything hot. Dishwater tea ftw
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Dec 23, 2015 03:38
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meselfs posted:Trangia + methanol. I have this and I like to use a small vodka bottle with a skull and crossbones drawn on it to put my fuel in. Added bonus is if anyone tries to steal my fuel thinking its actual booze, they'll get poisoned
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Dec 23, 2015 06:53
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Build a fire and hang a billy like a man, you pussies.
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Dec 23, 2015 07:15
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Generally just use one of the $4 dealextreme/ebay/amazon canister stoves, it works well and only cost.. $4 or so. Looks pretty much the same as name brand, possibly made by the same child laborers but without the markup. About the size of a pack of smokes (universal measurement) when stowed, excluding canister of course
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Dec 23, 2015 20:44
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Free Market Mambo posted:You'd do best with a canister stove. Something like the pocket rocket would probably serve you nicely. Pricewise it's not bad, and gives you decent flexibility for if you decide to do more than make coffee. Took the pocket rocket on a 16 day tour and it worked great. Coffee and breakfast for 3 dudes with a canister and a half of fuel.
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Dec 23, 2015 23:59
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Esbit pocket stove, the fold out kind. About the size of a deck of cards and suits my needs perfectly.
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Dec 24, 2015 00:23
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Wait, what's bigger? a deck of cards, or a pack of smokes?
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Dec 24, 2015 00:25
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Butch Cassidy posted:Build a fire and hang a billy like a man, you pussies. Out of snow on a barren mountain? Stove-related: though I won't go far from home without a Zippo (especially after forgetting it on Mt Adams and begging neighbors for any firestarter to melt snow with), I think this thing is super cool:  You press the button and a tiny hot spark comes out the other end. I haven't used it much yet, but it seems to light alcohol in pretty much any condition (intended for gas though).
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I like my pocket rocket. Thinking about getting an esbit though for funsies.
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