i've posted this shot a couple times.before i head out on the canoe trips i spend the first night in a drive-in camp near the landing.to avoid having the hassle of re-packing in the AM i take a second set of cooking and tenting gear.a "odd ball" stove that i can get some photos to post is always a fun choice.
Ok..the cold weather hot water tip.on a very chilly June evening this Gaz stove would just not put out a decent flame,the water in the pot was just on the edge of warm but would not come to a boil.i spooned out the sort of warm water into the plastic cart holder and the burner started into a nice roar,and here is the kicker..it stayed that way thru the entire meal prep!the heat coming off the burner and the bottom of the pot was enough to keep the process going.i could have put a wind screen of some sort around it but i was just boiling water to heat up a can with stew in it.so i would say if you can get the burner going full blast it will stay that way in "normal"camping places,no ice bound ledges at -40..

You certainly could, but it is unnecessary, as long as you have liquid water in the container.

I, too appreciate my 123, a companion on many trips over more than a few decades. It has now earned an honorable retirement sitting on a shelf above my desk, while my lighter, hotter Pocket Rocket goes out on trips these days. I guess I have always been attracted to hotter items..

Exactly. You are therefore transferring heat indirectly from the stove to gas canister. This has the same effect as wrapping a copper wire around the canister and running one end of the wire into the flame, BUT the water is much safer since the "connection" is indirect and under your control. Heat transfer with the water method only happens when you do something. With a copper wire, that heat goes into the canister continuously. You don't control it; you can only react to it.

HJ

Nice trick.

Which stove is that? It looks like a GT106 with modified bails, yes?

HJ

Good point. Yes, you can transfer heat to the canister via some of the water you're heating, but there's no need to unless your flame is weak. As long as you've got a good flame, don't mess with it.

I can't say things like that. My wife would slap me.

HJ