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some helpful additional information (Reply to this comment)
by palmguy
Amen. My jet engine loud MSR XGK is now relegated to picnics in the park. When I backpack, I've never found anything that beats the homemade alcohol stove.
There are numerous improvements/variations on the pepsi can stove. zenstoves.net is an excellent repository of information on them including detailed instructions on how to build. I use the variant that doesn't have the large open central shaft. Easier to build and seems to perform as well or better.
Yes, it's almost impossible to make one simmer, but there's an alternative to the pot cozy. A second burner (at half an ounce I can afford to carry two). My second burner is designed to simmer only. It's stuffed with fiberglass and has only one hole, a half inch in diameter in the center. A tablespoon of fuel will simmer for about 8 minutes. I've found the simmer burner burns hotter as it heats up. I slide a penny over the hole to regulate the output. Works great!
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Oct 22 '07
10:12 am PDT
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Greatest Review on Soda Can Stove (Reply to this comment)
by bark2much
This is probably the most extensive and informative review on the subject of soda can stove. Thank you. I really enjoyed it. It has an excellent coverage on the types of fuel and warnings so relevant to the users.
I myself never carry the soda can stove, but I would use the Trangia (West Wind with MSR windscreen) and the "open flame" type I made from Altoid cans in the Esbit stove to boil water for tea. These serve me well in a compact size. Mainly, I just did not have the knack of making one that turned out decent enough, so...
But if I am on trail, I take along the small canister types, such as Primus Micro or Snow Peak Giga. I like the instant availability of power. I admire the courage of those who would self-flagellate with a sparse menu on a long hiking. Ramen? Rehydrate? Ugh! I cannot digest the stuff. No, I refuse to eat that stuff. I go for the formal dinner I can cook.
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Sep 12 '07
10:35 pm PDT
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:-)) (Reply to this comment)
by ClaireKS
Fantasic job as always, Seuss!
Hugs!
Claire
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Mar 22 '05
7:09 pm PST
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Wow. (Reply to this comment)
by astrid
I definitely want to go hiking with you! Amazing review--so detailed and interesting. I'll have to review before my next backpacking trip. Thanks!
Astrid
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Mar 11 '05
8:56 pm PST
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Very Helpful and Very Timely (Reply to this comment)
by jadorn
I have been reading about these stoves and getting ready to build one to lighten my backpacking load.
Thanks for a well written review.
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Mar 11 '05
7:42 am PST
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Great info (Reply to this comment)
by hwkdude
Great info on Alcohol stoves.
The best do it yourself site I've seen on alcohol stoves is at the zen stove site at http://home.comcast.net/~agmann/stove/index.htm
I've had mine for some time now and love it. My hands don't smell like gas and they really don't weigh anything at all.
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Nov 22 '04
10:09 am PST
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Hmmm (Reply to this comment)
by Lobstergirl
Is it just me or is this comments section very Twilight Zoney?
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Oct 04 '04
10:21 pm PDT
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funny ... (Reply to this comment)
by PPerky1954
OK, I don't know you but I picture this big burly backpacking Grizzly Adams fellow, skipping through the forest singing "I got a pepsi can stove" (or whatever it was you were singing). I am sure the bears got as far away as they possibly could in as short a time as possible.
Also your advice -- "Even more important than not burning yourself is not burning down the surrounding forest" lol That...that...that would be ME if I was trying to cook in the woods. I'll save the little animules by roughing it at the local Holiday Inn. (Roughing it at the Holiday Inn = No TV in room.)
Very interesting review. Thanks for the laugh.
Patricia
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Aug 04 '04
1:10 pm PDT
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Re: Re: Re: wow Alan (Reply to this comment)
by CyndiA
Hi Jeremy and Seuss--One of my Scouts is 11 and the other 14. The other 4 boys are all 11. So, these are the youngest of the Scouts. I sure don't want to cut or burn them.
The ScoutMaster is brand new, so she does not know much about Scouts. I've been doing most of the reading and research to get ideas and to help set up schedules of things to do.
Thanks for the extra help. I do follow up here at Epinions when I find experts that share info. This is where I learned how to no-till my garden and to cook some new dishes and where I pick most of my books now.
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May 27 '04
6:22 am PDT
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Re: Re: wow Alan (Reply to this comment)
by Seuss
Yeah, what he said.
I've seen Boy Scout Troops that make pepsi can stoves or similar as Troop projects but I'd recommend against it for younger (11-12) scouts. Check with you local troop. Boy Scouts have all kinds of rules on what kind of fuels/stoves scouts are allowed to use and I think they vary by council. Check with your troop leaders first.
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May 26 '04
8:25 pm PDT
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Re: wow Alan (Reply to this comment)
by wvabackpacker
I've read many stories on the backpacking boards about boyscouts burning themselves on the invisible blue flames of Pepsi stoves...as well as some of them cutting their hands during construction. Get them a cheap esbit stove.
You can find Scott Henderson's (inventor of the pepsi-can stove) detailed intstructions with pictures on the internet at PCThiker.com...a quick Google will bring it up.
-Jeremy
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May 26 '04
11:24 am PDT
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wow Alan (Reply to this comment)
by CyndiA
You have a wealth of info. I'm going to have to bookmark and come back to think over what you've shared here.
Consider breaking down some of your data and doing some reviews maybe in the writers corner. Something like "How to Make a Pepsi Can Stove" with just the info on that would really be helpful.
I know the "corner" pieces don't draw IS, but link over to some of the product reviews you've written to help out those of us needing to put it all together to do the stuff. It may sound like hit gathering, but it's way more than that with outside readers who read your reviews and then and want to buy items to make it happen.
You read and commented on one of my reviews, so you probably know that I have two new Boy Scouts. I can see that you'll have a lot of info that will be helpful to us. If you have ideas, let me know if you want. I'm not real organized on reading here. Just have fun checking things out. But, I'm certain that I can use a lot that you've shared and will be sharing. TKS!
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May 23 '04
3:29 pm PDT
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Re: Nothing like some information given in a.............. (Reply to this comment)
by wvabackpacker
I've used a Pepsi-can stove now for a couple years. Lightweight, easy to store, no moving parts to break. Perfect for boiling water or making small meals. While the fuel isn't as efficient as IsoPro or White Gas, the difference in weight (.25oz can stove vs. 3.9oz Pocket Rocket, etc) is made up by having a much lighter stove and no nozzels to clog or moving parts to break. Great review.
-Jeremy
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May 21 '04
11:48 am PDT
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Nothing like some information given in a.............. (Reply to this comment)
by popsrocks
.........nutshell. :)
Thanks for all the details.
Phil
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May 20 '04
9:23 pm PDT
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