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#231519 - 09/06/11 03:56 PM Re: The New (for 2012) Whisperlite Universal [Re: Hikin_Jim]
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Speaking of not having a stand available, here's a video doing without just fine:


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#231521 - 09/06/11 03:59 PM Re: The New (for 2012) Whisperlite Universal [Re: Hikin_Jim]
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Perhaps when your upright canister stove isn't running so hot, it is a sign from on high that it is time to emulate the loons and snow geese and head south for the winter...

Inverting the canister disrupts the Natural Order of Things and leads to global warming, hurricanes, and corn blight.

No wonder MSR keeps mum....
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#231523 - 09/06/11 04:08 PM Re: The New (for 2012) Whisperlite Universal [Re: hikermor]
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Originally Posted By: hikermor
emulate the loons
Something you've obviously taken to heart. lol wink

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#231545 - 09/06/11 08:16 PM Re: The New (for 2012) Whisperlite Universal [Re: Hikin_Jim]
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After thinking I was satisfied with my setup, you've got me considering my first cannister capable stove. Had no idea you could invert it like that. Dammit Jim, stop writing such good reviews!

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#231548 - 09/06/11 08:32 PM Re: The New (for 2012) Whisperlite Universal [Re: LED]
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Originally Posted By: LED
After thinking I was satisfied with my setup, you've got me considering my first cannister capable stove. Had no idea you could invert it like that.
With a remote inverted canister stove, you've got all the convenience of gas with (nearly) the cold weather performance of liquid fuel. Inverted remote canister stoves are a really nice way to go.

The other, less obvious, advantage is in really bad conditions. Say it's 18F outside and storming. You're going to go outside and cook? Really? Maybe, just maybe, it would actually be safer to cook in your tent/shelter than to risk getting bone chillingly cold? OK, great, let's cook inside, but are you really going to prime a white gasoline stove inside your tent? Uh, sure hope you don't screw up while you're priming the stove. With a gas stove, there's no priming. It's just "click, click, whoosh" ("click" being the sound of your lighter).

Originally Posted By: LED
Dammit Jim, stop writing such good reviews!
Eye R verry soorrie. I wil endever too rite bad frum now ohn. wink

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#231671 - 09/08/11 07:06 AM Re: The New (for 2012) Whisperlite Universal [Re: Hikin_Jim]
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Did some tests on kerosene tonight. Ran well although it didn't even come close to simmering on kerosene (not that I expected it to).



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#231672 - 09/08/11 07:27 AM Re: The New (for 2012) Whisperlite Universal [Re: Hikin_Jim]
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Jim, do you know if its possible to use a kerosene alternative like KleanHeat in stoves like this? It's marketed as a cleaner burning alternative for use in kerosene heaters and oil lamps. Just curious.

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#231677 - 09/08/11 01:44 PM Re: The New (for 2012) Whisperlite Universal [Re: LED]
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Yes, Klean Heat works just fine. I haven't done a side by side comparison running on Klean Heat vs. K-1 grade (stove grade) kerosene, but whenever I've run with Klean Heat (on any stove designed for kero), it's worked well. In the photo you see, I'm actually running on Klean Heat (which is a form of kero; don't buy that hogwash that it's a kero "substitute").

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#231679 - 09/08/11 04:10 PM Re: The New (for 2012) Whisperlite Universal [Re: Hikin_Jim]
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Here's a fun photo: Me testing the Whisperlite Universal last night. I'm wearing the headlamp. smile



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#231731 - 09/09/11 06:01 AM Re: The New (for 2012) Whisperlite Universal [Re: Hikin_Jim]
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Excellent. Thanks Jim.

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