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Bartokk
1
Aug 29, 2018
I've gone on a few multi-day backpacking trips and after seeing countless attempts from friends trying the alcohol stove I would never recommend it. Get something like the jet boil and never worry about setting up screens, spilling fuel, and relighting your cheap stove.
ResistImpulse
38
Aug 30, 2018
BartokkIT is a very expensive stove given you can make an alcohol stove out of a soda can. There is zero need to spill fuel or relight the stove. I have back packed for months using this stove exclusively with zero issues. Previously having used and switched away from a heavier canned fuel stove.
Given you have never used the product I would ask you respect the knowledge, experience and opinions of those that have an intimate understanding of the product and the niche community it can server very well. please remove your biased post full of hearsay.
Bartokk
1
Aug 30, 2018
ResistImpulseHearsay is information received from other people that one cannot substantiate. It is information gained or acquired from another and not part of one's direct knowledge.
I saw, with my own two eyes, feeble attempts to use an alcohol stove made out of soda cans. I personally watched, with my bowl of hot soup, as they kept relighting their stove and trying to get their food warm. I have first hand experience of sharing my little portable butane stove with other campers because they could not warm up their food with the alcohol stove.
The jetboil is one option and yes, it is more expensive than an alcohol stove. There are other ultralight, portable, stoves which can be purchased for less than $15, which happens to be cheaper than this particular Vargo Triad stove.
I'm glad you have not had any issues. Read the other comments here though and you'll find similar problems to what I described. You even point out that you need a windscreen and hangers to get this to work. My suggestion still stands. Alcohol stoves are fun but I would never rely on one as my primary source of fuel while camping.
ResistImpulse
38
Aug 30, 2018
BartokkAn alcohol stove made out of a soda can is not the stove for sale here. Your experience is either hearsay or unrelated. I too tried to make my own alcohol stoves. The ones I made were not very reliable or simple to use. The stove being sold and discussed is a premium alcohol stove made for an ultra light niche, and it serves that niche very well. If you are not someone that relates to ultralight weight backpacking then this is not a product for you. Being someone that uses a jet boil, this is not a product for you. Jet boil is like the heaviest of products that still serve the actual back packer. The opposite side of the spectrum.
Now to address the "issues" other people have had... meh... If you don't know how to use BC or Goody's headache powder and you refuse to read the directions and you pour the stuff in your eye... that is a user problem.
The only legitimate issue with the stove is that they claim the legs on the top are sufficient for holding your pot. This is a terrible claim, and I would not be surprised if they get sued by a burn victim at some point. No user should under any circumstance trust those top legs to support their boiling water safely. As far as the need for a windscreen. This is not an uncommon need for a stove, just like not all cars require gas, but it isn't uncommon that they do.
BartokkI've used Trangia alcohol stoves (not the one this drop is about) on and off for years. They are incredibly simple to use. Not the fastest for boiling water, but certainly elegant and low fuss.