I was wondering if there is any differency between this one from a surplus store:



and this one:



The latter has a package from MPI Outdoors. Are they the same? Are the bigger tablets 14g? I think the smaller tablets are from FireLite and are 10g. I've never seen Esbit stoves in store. I will try by mail order.

Thanks

Frankie:


The Esbit tablets are 14g. Other vendors, like Coglan's, have smaller tablets. You can get them online at places like REI or Crapmore I mean Campmor.

More than you ever wanted to know about Esbit tablets and other types of fuels can be found here at Zen Stoves

Hope this helps,

Jeff

The alcohol stove rigs I use (several different ones) just need to get started - after that they heat themselves (vaporizing fuel). Of course, it could be argued that at that point you're just doing what you do with gasoline. But I still like alcohol - plus my vaseline/Bag Balm soaked cotton balls!

I've used my esbit quite a bit...I use an MSR titan kettle it has a tight fitting lid. I also use a homemade windscreen. I have allways been able to boil a pint of water w/ one tab.

Adam

Yes it's probably true and some tricks seem pretty far fetched, for exemple: "Seagulls can be caught by wrapping food around a stone and throwing it in the air. The gull swallows the bait while still on the wing, gulping down the stone with it, and the change in weight causes the bird to crash." I have already thrown a rock on a gull when I was a kid but this trick is funny. I guess it most work sometimes since it's also highlighted in the book.

Esbit stoves basicly ; Suck , theres a lot beter, but the stove/ fuel combonation make it a popular option ; neverless , with a windscreen an esbeit should do a lot beter results than you got (with a wind screen)

Aloha Adam,

How did you make your wind screen and what is it made out of? And how important is that piece that you put under the Esbit? Is it a heat reflector of sorts or to catch embers that might fall out?

And of course there's what, Alka-Seltzer and Rolaids or such that are illegal to carry on some beaches now? Of course you would have to go and retrieve the bird after the antacid takes effect.

I can't imagine being hungry enough to eat a seagull. They taste like a cross between stale dumpster and rotting fish (don't ask how I know, just trust me), and the stink alone can almost put out a fire.

I think I'd cook my socks first.

Yeah, I wouldn't either. Never heard nothing on Pelicans. Are they the same? Probably taste about a cross between a Spotted Owl and a Whooping Crane anyway in my book, I just haven't ever considered it.