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#253649 - 11/22/12 12:20 PM Re: East German Esbit Type Stove [Re: ILBob]
yee Member Registered: 12/10/11 Posts: 169	Thanks for the pointer. I went to ebay and purchased the stove (albeit at a bit higher price than you were able to buy yours). I was always a bit dismayed at the price of the esbit and fuel at REI/EMS. Thanks Conway Yee
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#253659 - 11/22/12 02:42 PM Re: East German Esbit Type Stove [Re: ILBob]
Am_Fear_Liath_Mor Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/03/07 Posts: 3078	Hexamine can sometimes be difficult to buy at brick store outlets, but I have found an unusual supermarket source called Aldi's in th UK. Bought 2 Kg of Hexamine for about $15 i.e. about 8 packets each containing 8 Tablets each about twice the size of a conventional Esbit Tab. The packaging fits quite nicely into the British Tommy cooker just like bacpacjac's photo. I have vacuum sealed the packets as a last ditch fuel source. Edited by Am_Fear_Liath_Mor (11/22/12 02:43 PM)
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#253660 - 11/22/12 02:47 PM Re: East German Esbit Type Stove [Re: ILBob]
gonewiththewind Veteran Registered: 10/14/08 Posts: 1517	I too am a fan of the Esbit cubes. I have had no problems lighting them with a spark if they are crumbled or scraped.
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#253661 - 11/22/12 02:48 PM Re: East German Esbit Type Stove [Re: bacpacjac]
Am_Fear_Liath_Mor Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/03/07 Posts: 3078	Quote: I'm going to try using a smaller mug and then close the wings of the stove under the rim of the mug, holding it closer to the flame. This mug was just too tall for that. Esbit does a wee stove with cup designed for esbit tablets http://www.amazon.co.uk/Esbit-CS585HA-585ml-Cookset-Stove/dp/B001UERXOQ/ref=pd_sim_sg_1 They also do a little larger hybrid alcohol stove as well with, which I think has a heat exchanger base on the pot! http://www.amazon.co.uk/Esbit-CS985HA-985ml-Cookset-Stove/dp/B001UEL76Q
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#253671 - 11/22/12 03:59 PM Re: East German Esbit Type Stove [Re: ILBob]
bacpacjac Carpal Tunnel Registered: 05/05/07 Posts: 3601 Loc: Ontario, Canada	Thanks Am_Fear_Liath_Mor! I'll check it out! _________________________ Mom & Adventurer You can find me on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT9fpZEy5XSWkYy7sgz-mSA
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#253704 - 11/22/12 10:20 PM Re: East German Esbit Type Stove [Re: ILBob]
Phaedrus Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/28/10 Posts: 3165 Loc: Big Sky Country	If you watch Amazon you can usually pick it up at a decent price. REI actually has a great price on ESBIT, especially if you buy enough to get free shipping. _________________________ “I'd rather have questions that cannot be answered than answers that can't be questioned.” —Richard Feynman
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#253716 - 11/23/12 05:06 AM Re: East German Esbit Type Stove [Re: bacpacjac]
ILBob Old Hand Registered: 02/05/10 Posts: 776 Loc: Northern IL	Originally Posted By: bacpacjac I read somewhere, maybe here, that you can light the tabs with a ferro rod if you scrape them to make shavings/powder. I've never tried it, but fatwood and shoe fungus work the same way so it makes sense to me. No luck with that for me. I could not get it to light with a butane lighter until I broke it in half. It lit readily then. _________________________ Warning - I am not an expert on anything having to do with this forum, but that won't stop me from saying what I think. Bob
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#253717 - 11/23/12 05:18 AM Re: East German Esbit Type Stove [Re: ILBob]
Phaedrus Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/28/10 Posts: 3165 Loc: Big Sky Country	Are you talking about the actual ESBIT stuff, ILBob? That would really surprise me as I've lit it with a ferro rod for years. _________________________ “I'd rather have questions that cannot be answered than answers that can't be questioned.” —Richard Feynman
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#253719 - 11/23/12 06:11 AM Re: East German Esbit Type Stove [Re: Phaedrus]
yee Member Registered: 12/10/11 Posts: 169	Originally Posted By: Phaedrus Are you talking about the actual ESBIT stuff, ILBob? That would really surprise me as I've lit it with a ferro rod for years. I'm pretty sure he is referring to East German mil-surplus hexamine. Conway Yee
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#253721 - 11/23/12 10:34 AM Re: East German Esbit Type Stove [Re: ILBob]
Burncycle Addict Registered: 09/16/04 Posts: 577	I like it, but one tablet wouldn't bring 3/4 a canteen cup to coffee drinking temp (just lukewarm) in 38-40 degree weather with no wind
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