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Posted by TJCeeJay on May 23, 2008 at 7:44:06 pm EDT
In reply to Advice sought on extended trip planning posted by Richard on April 16, 2008 at 3:10:32 pm EDT

If you will only by using a stove to boil water for rehydrating food. Then the one I recommend for a more than one week trip is the $5.00, box shaped, fold open, Hexamine / Trioxane solid fuel stove. Made by Coghlans http://www.camping-survival.net/camp-stove.html Called an Emergency Stove, but it's one of my favourites. No stove is lighter. It uses waterproof solid fuel tablets. One tablet is enough to boil the one cup of water needed to rehydrate pack meals. The tablets can be used as fire starters to get wet wood burning. Plus, they are non-toxic. You get 24 tablets with the stove, and another 24 are only $2.75. So, a 100% reliable stove, with a 100% reliable fuel source. Heck, you can even burn twigs and pine cones in it if you run out of real fuel. When I go on ANY trip. Two days or two weeks I always bring this stove with me. As a matter of fact, even when I'm going for a couple hour hike while at a camping spot I'll bring it with me in my daypack, along with my METAL drinking cup. You can't boil water in plastic. Important note. You MUST use a windscreen in ANY wind with this stove. Tin foil folded over twice works well and is very light.

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