Pack Stove

[uncoolperson]

Am I the only guy who uses Esbit fuel tabs?

I use em in my caldera cone
http://www.traildesigns.com/caldera-cone.html

scratch that, I did... but after camping trip #4 with it I've given up on the caldera cone design... finicky and it doesn't really hold up.

[ICEMAN]

Too flimsy and tippy?

[uncoolperson]

Too flimsy and tippy?

I should've known something about foil being structure is a bad idea... unless it's cared for better than I do, it's not going to hold a pot of water very well. That and there are much better designed and thought through popcan stoves out there (this morning mine ended up turning into a pot stand surrounded by burning twigs to get coffee going).

it is light, but bulky... however before it started getting bent out of shape it worked decently with the esbit, lots of soot with the alcohol.

[ICEMAN]

Hmmm, been there on the trial and error. My homeade alcohol stove works fine but I fear it not working some day....a little picky, and I have preheat it a bunch to really torch off. For our serious winter camping, I use trangia. Rugged and will work forever with no moving parts.

My alpine kit is a Brunton Optimus Nova Multifuel. Love it, take it on our snow overnighters two, so I have two stoves to feed everyone off of, and to melt a ton of snow. Gotta keep the kids drinking warm fluids....

[uncoolperson]

Hmmm, been there on the trial and error. My homeade alcohol stove works fine but I fear it not working some day....a little picky, and I have preheat it a bunch to really torch off.

I was referring to the popcan alcohol stove that came with the caldera cone, don't think i'd try making my own...

[ICEMAN]

Ok, got ya. 

[grizzlygibbs]

I just picked up a brunton raptor peizo, hope its worth a darn!

[coriantonk]

I just picked up a brunton raptor peizo, hope its worth a darn!

   I love mine 

[grizzlygibbs]

I just picked up a brunton raptor peizo, hope its worth a darn!

   I love mine 

good I'm glad someone had a good experience with it I'm stoked to get to use it on the high hunt

[Hooter]

Just went with the Jetboil, man is it ever fast! Using FD food, MT. House for dinner and coffee in the morning. Like some of you, I also have a MSR stove which is a great stove that I use for backpacking when the smell of the fuel is not a problem. I don't want the white gas smell on my gear. Anyhow its a good fast stove system if all you want is bioling water... & fast!

[halflife65]

MSR Pocket Rocket with a small titanium pot just big enough to boil water for a Mt. House meal when I'm by myself.

I have the JetBoil Group Cooking System for when I take my wife along for a hike. It's got a pot with the heat exchanger thing on the bottom (quite a bit bigger than the titanium solo pot that I use.)  I also bought a frying pan, as well.  I got the JetBoil on sale for pretty cheap - REI had it for $80, which is about $40 off of normal price (for the Group system) and that is the main reason that I purchased it. 

[Jekemi]

I have purchased many stoves: butane, white gas, and alcohol. For longer trips the rocket (butane or propane) stoves are best, even though they are fairly heavy by comparison.
Recently I have been making the so-called, "penny stove." I started out by using coke cans, which are simple, extremely light, and boils 2 cups water in less than 5 min.
More recently I have been purchasing the Bud-light alluminum beer bottles (hard to find). The guage of alluminum is thicker than a coke can. They make a great alcohol pressure stove and are really strong, very light, and don't require any priming.
They work well with a Heineken Pot - it fits directly on top of the stove and is quite stable. The empty Heini pot holds the stove, fuel, and wind-shield. It's the smallest, lightest, cheapest stove system available.

[Jekemi]

Update to the backpacking stove thread. I have included pictures of my completed cook stove kit that includes the Heini-pot, no-prime alcohol stove, wind screen, fuel, lighter, and the bag to hold it all in. This is the lightest, most compact, and least expensive backpacking cook kit available for one to 3 day hikes.

[Machias]

That looks like a portable meth lab. 

[Dr. Death]

Jet boil here...you can store the fuel can inside...and last's along time....Mt House, Ramen, Inst Rice, Mac/Cheese etc....Like others have said...fast, easy & no smell...I've had the other styles and always seem to spill fuel etc...