Originally Posted by
Bill Burk
Well, if I truly was in it for the weight savings, I'd stop whining about the coffee and just take the caffeine pills. I tried out the Esbit tab stove today, because I just wanted a quick cup of coffee and thought it would be a good experiment. Little bit of steady wind... blew the flame sideways most of the burn time. Finally fashioned a little windscreen of aluminum foil and knocked the cup over trying to fit it around the stove and cup. By that time the tab was gone and the water was barely lukewarm. So heck with the Esbit. It's either the canister stove (because it WILL get the water hot), or nothing (because somebody else WILL have a stove)...
Cans? I think the old-timers carried sacks of beans. Me? I take cans of beans and dehydrate them. Pretty significant weight savings that way.
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