Originally Posted By: jzmtl
Jim, I envy you with your cheap coleman fuel price, I think that's cheaper than what I pay for kerosene!

Careful using gasoline in stove though, if it has ethanol in it that stuff eats plastic like no tomorrow, almost killed my Brunton vapor with it.
Kerosene is generally more expensive here in urban Los Angeles than Coleman fuel. In a rural area, I suspect the reverse to be true. Alcohol for a stove is also more expensive than Coleman fuel here.

I don't normally use automotive gasoline in any of my stoves, although I might in an emergency. Good point about ethanol though. The seals and such in a stove could definitely be eaten alive by the gasoline-ethanol combo commonly sold here in the US. Coleman fuel, in the amounts I burn it, is very affordable. Yes, it's at least double the price of automotive gasoline per gallon, but one gallon of Coleman fuel will generally last me a year. I'm not going to go risking a $75 to $150 stove to try to save less than $9/annum.

HJ
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