Hungry Jack
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Post by Hungry Jack on Oct 5, 2016 10:51:20 GMT -8
Considering that "cooking" for me on the trail consists of boiling water for foil bags and coffee, I' cannot imagine a better tool than my Jetboil.
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Post by almostthere on Oct 5, 2016 11:16:10 GMT -8
Considering that me and my SnowPeak Giga have bailed out many, many hapless Jetboil users when their stoves failed them, I can...
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Post by Hungry Jack on Oct 5, 2016 11:28:17 GMT -8
Go ahead and let your imagination run wild....
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Post by almostthere on Oct 5, 2016 11:33:51 GMT -8
Go ahead and let your imagination run wild.... I hike with strangers on an ongoing, constant basis. They get talked into Jetboils. They fail when it's really cold. No imagination required at all. Just eyeballs, a sigh, and a big cup of coffee to sip while they screw my stove on their canister to make breakfast. Some of us hike and backpack more than others. I have a short list of things I'll never buy, because they fail often enough on people that they end up borrowing mine.
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Post by gabby on Oct 5, 2016 11:49:54 GMT -8
BRS3000T, 25g $13.34 on Amazon, $13.08 on Gearbest (I got one for just over $8 because I "shopped around".) I posted a video with this earlier, actually while I was watching the video, but the guy put a windshield around the canister and stove, so I figured that putting up a video that showed someone doing that would be, er, "dangerous". (FYI: DON'T put a windscreen around a canister unless you really, really know what you're doing. Could result in injury or, gulp, death.) So here are a few other videos I found for this stove to give you some idea of what the stove is like: Yes, I do know that this thread started out as spam. Just trying to turn a lemon into lemonade. (Or spam into ham - whatever floats your boat.)
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Post by amaruq on Oct 5, 2016 12:54:38 GMT -8
I've got a Crux that works pretty good. It's even bailed out frozen Dragonflys and Whisperlites. But now I'm thinking I'll need to upgrade to what OP is selling, hard to argue with that sales pitch.
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Post by High Sierra Fan on Oct 5, 2016 13:24:20 GMT -8
Considering that "cooking" for me on the trail consists of boiling water for foil bags and coffee, I' cannot imagine a better tool than my Jetboil. A 1 oz Whitebox? Boiling alone requires no control so why bother with anything beyond a simple heat source? Outside the localized fire regulations this, or a similar system, would seem to be the weight and cost conscious solution to straight boiling. whiteboxalcoholstoves.com
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Post by Hungry Jack on Oct 5, 2016 19:00:56 GMT -8
I have little interest in saving an ounce or two in pack weight. I love the fuel efficiency of the Jet Boil, not to mention the fact that French press from my broken Crate and Barrel press fits perfectly inside the Jetboil canister. I can have pressed coffee faster in camp than at home.
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Post by drilldaddyo on Oct 5, 2016 19:47:35 GMT -8
Does the Snow Peak Giga Power have a regulator to improve it's performance in cold (below freezing) weather? I couldn't find anything on the manufacturer's website indicating cold weather performance.
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Post by High Sierra Fan on Oct 5, 2016 20:36:40 GMT -8
I have little interest in saving an ounce or two in pack weight. I love the fuel efficiency of the Jet Boil, not to mention the fact that French press from my broken Crate and Barrel press fits perfectly inside the Jetboil canister. I can have pressed coffee faster in camp than at home. That's fine but realize the weight difference is a lot more than an ounce or two. As I often actually cook I use a Dragonfly so I've no real skin in that game. But for simple boiling, and in the backcountry I'm never in much of a rush or I'd carry sn XGK, those simple alcohol systems look very competitive.
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Post by rebeccad on Oct 6, 2016 7:23:23 GMT -8
But for simple boiling, and in the backcountry I'm never in much of a rush or I'd carry sn XGK, those simple alcohol systems look very competitive. I'm a fan of the alky stove, but there's no denying it's a bit fussy. That sounds odd for a system with no moving parts, but it does take effort in some conditions (sadly, that often seems to include breakfast time!) to keep the flame going as it's starting up. But the WB stove can handle our 1.5L pot and boils enough water for meals for 4 on 2-3 oz fuel.
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Post by daveb on Oct 6, 2016 7:38:43 GMT -8
I sent my Whitebox Stove rolling off a rock last week while lite. Sort of resembled a medieval assault on a fort with a rolling flaming ball of aluminum rolling down hill.
What was the alcohol stove that had the flanges on it? I would prefer a more stable base.
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Post by paula53 on Oct 6, 2016 11:54:32 GMT -8
RebeccaD can the White Box stove handle very cold temps? I am very interested in getting one.
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zeke
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Post by zeke on Oct 6, 2016 12:01:42 GMT -8
Yes, the White Box can handle cooking in the snow and cold. Need to put something under it to keep it from melting its way to the ground. Keep the alcohol bottle in a jacket pocket or some place it will help keep it a bit warmer.
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Post by hikingtiger on Oct 6, 2016 12:41:26 GMT -8
You know, a little spam can sometimes make dinner a lot better. "...egg and spam; egg bacon and spam; egg bacon sausage and spam; spam bacon sausage and spam; spam egg spam spam bacon and spam; spam sausage spam spam bacon spam tomato and spam..."
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