I keep a can of gel fuel and an Esbit stove with cartridges in my kit. <br><br>I dip half a cartridge of Esbit into the gel and then ignite it with magnesium firestarter. Last weekend I tried this under snow at an altitude around 5000 feet. I managed to make big fire with soaked wood on my first try. The esbit burns very well and the gel catches fire easily. <br><br>The only problem with the gel is that the can becomes very hot and you have to cool it down before you can put it back into your backpack. <br><br>For my PSK I tried to keep cotton rubbed with gel but I came across with problems. It evoparated although I thought I made it airtight :), it took lots of space and all the contents of the tin smelled gel. <br><br>I use esbit tablettes instead now for my PSK and other kits. If you also use the original esbit stove, it can also be held in the hand while burning <br><br>You may check: http://www.monmouth.com/~mconnick/esbit.htm