All Photos/links working now Jim. Beautiful Country! Mike

I too had a problem with the fuel tube on an older "X" stove. The wire braid had gotten crimped in storage and the hose was permanently kinked. It just wasn't safe to use.

Since this stove is a liquid feed stove, you shouldn't have to warm it unless it is really freaking cold. As long as you're above 0F, I wouldn't think it would be necessary. In really frigid temps, then, yeah, you'd have to warm it. Putting it in a pan of water is a pretty standard technique. However, if you're going out in sub-zero (Fahrenheit) weather, I'd take a liquid fueled stove, i.e. one that burns Coleman type fuel or kerosene.

HJ

Yeah, I was kind of thinking that there might be others on the forum that might enjoy this sort of thing. I mean camping AND lighting explosive fuel mixtures on fire? What's NOT to like?

Stay tuned; I've got some interesting ones.

HJ

Are the last photos showing as in-line photos or are they just showing as links?

HJ

Jim:

All the photos are not showing as there is a limit of about 10 photos per post on this forum. I usually make one post with the max # of photos then reply to that post with a new post with the remainder of the photos.

Ah, OK, got it. Well, if people have read through the first 10 photos, hopefully they're interested enough in the topic to click through on those last few photos. One of them is of yours truly, so no emergency if people don't click on that one.

HJ

OK..Jim it looks like we are both posters at CCS!!--along with Doc,Kerophile,Motoshi,Rik,Lance and world of others to great to list here...the two burner was on my list after i saw a guy up in Canoe Country use one to cook for a gang of fishermen.great fettling work on that stove.parts are out there but it takes luck and some deep digging to find them.that Swiss canteen is the type i cut down to use as a pot and cup for my PFD ditch kit.i ran a post here about that.i was looking at the connector and it looks like one end of an adapator i saw on Ebay to match it to the Lindal type connector used on most carts now.great post and photos and i'll look it over in a lot more detail in a minute..i think a stove is right up there,or even above,a knife as a prime survival tool....hang in there for stove talk Blast!!

Jim, a series of stoves is a GREAT idea! I'm looking forward to it.

I'm sure Blast is, too, as he probably wants to see if he's been "out-stoved". (You can't use that term just everywhere...)

Sue

I can't wait for the SVEA 123 as the stove of the week. I too have quite a few camp stoves but the SVEA is my favorite! Love the ROAR!

A lightweight two burner like the Coleman Xpedition is just right for Scouts or other slightly larger groups in the outdoors. It's really pretty light -- certainly a lot lighter than carrying two stoves. I really like the darned thing. Set up is a complete snap -- about 10 seconds or less.

I have one of the adapters so that I can operate off of standard threaded canisters should the good ones, er, I mean the Powermax ones ever become unavailable. I really do like the Powermax canisters. WHY lug around a heavy steel one when there are efficient aluminum ones?

The "X" stoves were developed with an eye towards cold weather, but the fuel is actually slightly cheaper per gram than standard canister fuel, so why not use them year round. I'll have to make a video of the set up. It really is incredibly simple and fast. When you're cold, hungry, and border-line hypothermic, do you really want a tricky to set up and light stove? With an "X" stove, you shove in the canister and turn 1/6th of a turn. No threads to line up. Nice.

HJ