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Dominic Sexton
Guest
For anybody interested the recent threads on meths v gas and make your
own stove prompted me to finally make my long intended comparison
between my MSR Pocket Rocket gas stove and the penny / Heineken can
meths stove.
I let two 500ml bottles of tap water stand overnight to ensure that they
were both at room temperature. Then for each test I first cooled the pot
(a Snow Peak titanium 600ml mug with lid) with tap water then emptied it
and poured the 500ml of room temperature water in before placing it on
the unlit stove. I started timing from when I lit the stove.
First was the Heineken meths stove - rolling boil at 6 min and 10 sec.
Second the MSR Pocket Rocket - rolling boil at 3:08.
The gas canister was a 250g butane/propane mix but only about half full.
The meths stove used about 20ml.
From cold the meths stove takes nearly two minutes before the jets start
working properly.
I'm very pleased with the performance of the meths stove given that it
is so light and inexpensive. I did however have difficulty finding some
thick wire to make the pot stand out of. After a wobbly disaster with
near boiling water going all over the place I ended up using a butchered
food can as the stand. I cut it down to about 70mm high and cut 4
rectangular holes out to allow air in to the burner.
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Dominic Sexton
own stove prompted me to finally make my long intended comparison
between my MSR Pocket Rocket gas stove and the penny / Heineken can
meths stove.
I let two 500ml bottles of tap water stand overnight to ensure that they
were both at room temperature. Then for each test I first cooled the pot
(a Snow Peak titanium 600ml mug with lid) with tap water then emptied it
and poured the 500ml of room temperature water in before placing it on
the unlit stove. I started timing from when I lit the stove.
First was the Heineken meths stove - rolling boil at 6 min and 10 sec.
Second the MSR Pocket Rocket - rolling boil at 3:08.
The gas canister was a 250g butane/propane mix but only about half full.
The meths stove used about 20ml.
From cold the meths stove takes nearly two minutes before the jets start
working properly.
I'm very pleased with the performance of the meths stove given that it
is so light and inexpensive. I did however have difficulty finding some
thick wire to make the pot stand out of. After a wobbly disaster with
near boiling water going all over the place I ended up using a butchered
food can as the stand. I cut it down to about 70mm high and cut 4
rectangular holes out to allow air in to the burner.
--
Dominic Sexton