FAQ - Fuel Efficiency (backpacking stoves) - technical details
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Among some walkers in America there is a great fascination with alcohol stoves at present. Granted, the Pepsi Stove is extremely light (10 grams!), but this is not the full story. You also have to look at the weight of the fuel...
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Among some walkers in America there is a great fascination with alcohol stoves at present. Granted, the Pepsi Stove is extremely light (10 grams!), but this is not the full story. You also have to look at the weight of the fuel used and a whole lot of other factors if you want to be serious about minimising your total pack weight. You should also consider how easy it is to cook dinner: you're there for fun after all. This brings into play the amount of cooking you do and the energy efficiency of the fuel. If you are just doing a one night trip from home we can assume there are no problems in organising your fuel, but on longer trips you must consider how you are going to refuel. In some countries you must even consider what fuels are available. (In Nepal for instance you have kero, kero and kero.) So you end up having to do a balancing act between all these factors:
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Coleman Peak 1 Apex $150 1.5 litres $6 $156 | Whisperlite Int'l $150 1.5 litres $6 $156 | Snow Peak GST-100 $240 6 cartridges $42 $282 | Primus 3273 $60 6 cartridges $42 $102 | Coleman Max Xpedition $160 4 Max cart $42 $202 |...
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