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I actually did several tests over the last few months with several stoves...Frozen canisters, low fuel canisters at high altitude,canister stoves against multi fuel stoves, canister stoves against MF stoves in cold conditions and of course, the weight savings of an alcohol stove against all the others.
It was one of the funnest review/tests that I have done and I definitely learned a ton from it!
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Share your findings with us !!!
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I gotta hold off on posting the results till it's up on Live Hunt (or I'll get yelled at again), but I will post it up on here when it's available.
A few interesting things I did find....
1) If you take 2 canisters on your hunt and drop on of the canisters in warm (almost boiling) water, you get 3 more boils out of the canister).
2)The temperature in my tent (Nalo GT 2) went up 15 degrees is under 5 minutes burning my stove inside.
3)When I froze my Isobutane canister for testing, it only took 3 minutes inside my sleeping bag (when I was inside it) to get R back to normal.
4)When camping in single digit conditions, the JB SOL and Soto had very little difference in boil times as long as the canister was kept inside the sleeping bag at night.
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One reason I grew fond of inline canister stoves like the SP Giga/Lite Max and Soto Micro style stoves is the whole setup fits in a 600ml Ti mug, including a single fuel canister (110g). There's even room to add a couple BIC Mini lighters. This is a very compact package with no worries about spilling fuel and inline canister stoves have very little moving parts to break or fail. On an extended hunt one could even pack an extra stove for less that 3oz in case the first one was to fail. I had to rethink alot of my gear when I packed my old Kifaru Siwash: ![[Linked Image]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v130/MtnHtr/IMG_2032.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v130/MtnHtr/IMG_1997.jpg) I have a alcohol Whitebox stove but it's wider flame pattern is more efficient for my wider Evernew pot. And I seldom pack my Evernew pot if going real light or space is limited. I can boil water and get by just fine with a 600ml Ti mug. No muss, no fuss and I can have hot water boiling in just a few minutes. I prefer to focus on the hunt and not worry about stove failures, dry wood gathering or spilling fuel, pump failures etc. MtnHtr
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One reason I grew fond of inline canister stoves like the SP Giga/Lite Max and Soto Micro style stoves is the whole setup fits in a 600ml Ti mug, including a single fuel canister (110g). There's even room to add a couple BIC Mini lighters. This is a very compact package with no worries about spilling fuel and inline canister stoves have very little moving parts to break or fail. On an extended hunt one could even pack an extra stove for less that 3oz in case the first one was to fail. I had to rethink alot of my gear when I packed my old Kifaru Siwash: I have a alcohol Whitebox stove but it's wider flame pattern is more efficient for my wider Evernew pot. And I seldom pack my Evernew pot if going real light or space is limited. I can boil water and get by just fine with a 600ml Ti mug. No muss, no fuss and I can have hot water boiling in just a few minutes. I prefer to focus on the hunt and not worry about stove failures, dry wood gathering or spilling fuel, pump failures etc. MtnHtr Exzactly why I like my SP Lite Max.. I'm hunting. One 110g canister is all I need for a week of dinner boils, some hot tea, or hot chocolate. with fuel left over for a couple more days if I need it. Stove,110g fuel,spork(bent) lighter and some matches all fit in my 700ml Ti mug.
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I gotta hold off on posting the results till it's up on Live Hunt (or I'll get yelled at again), but I will post it up on here when it's available.
A few interesting things I did find....
1) If you take 2 canisters on your hunt and drop on of the canisters in warm (almost boiling) water, you get 3 more boils out of the canister).
2)The temperature in my tent (Nalo GT 2) went up 15 degrees is under 5 minutes burning my stove inside.
3)When I froze my Isobutane canister for testing, it only took 3 minutes inside my sleeping bag (when I was inside it) to get R back to normal.
4)When camping in single digit conditions, the JB SOL and Soto had very little difference in boil times as long as the canister was kept inside the sleeping bag at night. Great findings Elk Reaper!!! If jetboil would have gotten their act together a year sooner I wouldn't have had to go the SOTO route it seems like. Probably won't purchase the SOL Ti anytime soon, but glad to hear that they vastly improved over their PCS system they had prior to it as it was dismal in anything below freezing temps.
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For my needs/preferences, the reduced size of the Jetboil Sol cup (from 1 liter to .8) is a better fit too --- but it is compatible with any of the other PCS cups.
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Well...didn't end up buying a stove. I pulled the Optimus 8R that we got from my dad when he passed away a couple years ago and decided to see if it would still fire up after sitting in a drawer for almost 40 years. Sure enough, it lit right up. It's a little heavy but it works like a charm!
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