Do you have a particular alcohol stove that you like or have you made your own?

I pack an Esbit and a Trianga titanium alcohol stove because it's easy to find fuel for them...it's not so easy to find Esbit fuel just anywhere. Neither are especially potent but they'll boil enough water to reconstitute a freeze dried meal or a cup of tea fairly quickly.

You carry both? If you don't mind my asking, why don't you carry just the Trianga? Is the Esbit better when you can get the fuel?



Definitely, you'll not find Esbit fuel in corner store in a small town. You probably know more about this than I do, but I would think that MEC in Calgary would have the Esbit fuel tabs, although Edmonton to Calgary isn't exactly "just around the corner." They're sold online at http://www.armynavydeals.ca/catalog/esbit-solid-fuel-tabs-p-5511.html and probably other places.



That'll do in a pinch! Just what I'm looking for.

Hi Hacksaw,



You could always get a Vargo Titanium Triad XE Alcohol / Fuel Tab Stove

Hmm. Looks pretty cool. Is the little cup for alcohol or is that to extinguish the Esbit or ?

Trangia alcohol stove or home made penny stove..

for the short hikes I do, my "serious" cooking is boiling water to rehydrate my food... only the volume of water is bigger than for a hot cocoa drink, during a day-hike.