Those are the two reasons that a Ti-Tri is the only wood stove I can think of that makes sense for me.

First, if I'm at "mixed" elevations (above and below the "line" where fires are permitted), then what better stove to have? A Caldera Cone is a first class hexamine (e.g. ESBIT) or alcohol stove. I could easily carry a Caldera Cone and just run it on alcohol the whole time. But, at those elevations where I can have a wood fire, I can burn wood for very little additional weight penalty.

Fire bans are even more frequent here in So. Cal. than in the Pac NW. Here again though I'm buying a first class hexamine or alcohol stove that will fully stand on its own as such. And when and where wood fires are permitted that first class hexamine/alcohol stove will burn wood just as well.

Don't look at it as a wood stove that will burn alcohol/hexamine. Look at it as a top alcohol/hexamine set up that can burn wood.

HJ