The EtaPower pots would help improve the heat transfer from the Esbit Hexamine by quite a margin. Hexamine gives roughly the same heat output per gram as alcohol methylated spirit fuel. The only problem with using the EtaPower pots is the residue left by the esbit tablets, which would make cleaning up a tricky prospect due to heat exchanger fins.

Esbit tablets are best used for very lightweight stoves with limited time duration, i.e. less than a couple of days use or for an emergency backup stove where storing liquid or gas fuel is troublesome. As with any alcohol stove a wind shield is quite critical.





Total Weight is around 300gms including a small titanium or aluminium sheet windshield (not shown). Each esbit tab (Total of 12) can bring to the boil around 400ml of cold water (enough for Mountain House freeze dried meal etc). This cooking system does have its limitations though and is only really any good at heating water. Cooking may prove to be difficult unless its a very simple meal such as noodles, rice, soups or pasta etc and so is very much a compromise of weight versus performance.