Registered: 12/16/11
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Loc: Orange County, CA, USA
Originally Posted By BradMT
Hi Jim, first I'd like to encourage you to do a post over there (like this one) of the FeatherFire... I really think this stove has merit. I'd do it, but I think, having used it and being more familiar with alcohol stoves, you're in a better position to do so.
Hi, Brad,
I probably will post something, but I need to play with the stove a bit more. Right now I don't have a good feel for the stove.
HJ
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Registered: 02/23/03
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Brad, that's a lot of packs. I have only had 4 packs my whole bp life, still have two. I gave away the old Camp Trails pack I started with from the early '70's and sold my scraped up Golite Gust a few years ago.
oldranger, I am not giving up my Trangia, but I did send HJ the FeatherFire. I got the FeatherFire so that I could simmer the Knorr's side dishes. It does that very well.
I do like the look of the featherfire.. how "fiddly" is it?
Brad, that's a lot of packs. I have only had 4 packs my whole bp life, still have two. I gave away the old Camp Trails pack I started with from the early '70's and sold my scraped up Golite Gust a few years ago.
Duane
I suppose I've had well in excess of 30 packs or more since I first started backpacking. I'm always fiddling and experimenting with packs, though I pretty well know what I like these days.
BTW, here's my all-time favorite stove...
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Registered: 12/16/11
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Originally Posted By phat
Originally Posted By ringtail
oldranger, I am not giving up my Trangia, but I did send HJ the FeatherFire. I got the FeatherFire so that I could simmer the Knorr's side dishes. It does that very well.
I do like the look of the featherfire.. how "fiddly" is it?
Well, that's why I'm not rushing to "publish" on my blog. I want to get a sense of how "fiddly" it is and whether or not it holds up on the trail. I want to use the stove some, see how it feels over time, and how it performs in different conditions.
The stove itself seems pretty good. Even if the air supply control failed for some reason, you'd still have a decent chimney type alcohol stove similar to a Caldera Cone type 12-10 stove or a Brasslite stove.
It's the pot supports that maybe are an issue. Haven't made up my mind yet.
HJ
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OK oldranger, I kept my XL and sent the other stove to HJ.
Neither of the stoves are as stable and fuel efficient at the Caldera Cone. However, for a thru hike when you are resupplying at convenience stores the ability to simmer become very important.
As always - match your tool to the job.
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Loc: San Diego CA
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OK oldranger, I kept my XL and sent the other stove to HJ.
So ringtail, what do you like better about the XL? I am guessing of course....
I am jealous that BradMT can find all his stoves. So far all I have found is an unused replacement cap to my SVEA. I am going to tear everthing out of the attic to find my older stoves.
You might want to tear your kids' attics apart, too. Somehow, when they both moved their stuff out of my attic, some of my stuff mysteriously stowed away in their boxes.
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Brad, I invited a few from the group I bp with on a trip into the Thousand Lakes Wilderness a few hours north of where I live in mid Sept. The one young lady gear tester had a JetBoil. That thing was scary fast on boiling water. I want to try my brand new Coleman Power Boost stove, it has 14,900 btu's. If I can rig up a good windscreen, it should be real fast. Duane
Brad, I invited a few from the group I bp with on a trip into the Thousand Lakes Wilderness a few hours north of where I live in mid Sept. The one young lady gear tester had a JetBoil. That thing was scary fast on boiling water. I want to try my brand new Coleman Power Boost stove, it has 14,900 btu's. If I can rig up a good windscreen, it should be real fast. Duane
The Jetboil Titanium has relegated all my 3-season stoves to the "never used" gear storage bin.
It boils even faster than the 1st Gen Jetboil's, and those were really good.
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