Registered: 12/16/11
Posts: 230
Loc: Orange County, CA, USA
I haven't done a write up for a while (long story), but some of you may know of my backpacking stove addiction, er, hobby. Finally got around to doing a review (below).
BTW, does Hikermor post here anymore? I've got a stove (about two reviews yet to come) that I think he might like: A "universal" alcohol stove -- a stove that will not only burn methanol and ethanol but also isopropanol, and not only burn isopropanol but burn it cleanly and efficiently. But that's in the future. My write up for today is on the Bobcat system which works with either alcohol or hexamine (e.g. ESBIT).
I've been using the Bobcat stove system for my serious solo trips the last several months.
I've found it to be a good system: reliable, stable, and easy to use. I particularly like that everything fits inside the pot, which makes things pretty handy.
If you're interested in such things, here's the full review on my blog: The Bobcat Stove System
This article is actually part I of a series. Next in the series will cover how I use the system to bake muffins out on the trail.
Part III will be the "universal" alcohol stove that I alluded to earlier.
HJ
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Registered: 08/16/10
Posts: 1590
Loc: San Diego CA
Always fun to read what stove you have been playing with. It looks like a great system for some creative in-the-pot cooking. Not so much for frying fish up. Thanks for posting (strangely, in my head I was hearing Bobcat Goldthwait describing the features...).
Registered: 12/16/11
Posts: 230
Loc: Orange County, CA, USA
Originally Posted By skcreidc
Always fun to read what stove you have been playing with. It looks like a great system for some creative in-the-pot cooking. Not so much for frying fish up. Thanks for posting (strangely, in my head I was hearing Bobcat Goldthwait describing the features...).
Chris
You can use it to fry, but you'd have to have a pan larger in diameter than the diameter of the windscreen. The windscreen is plenty stiff enough. I'll have try it.
HJ
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Registered: 02/23/07
Posts: 1735
Loc: California (southern)
Funny you should ask!! Just yesterday, motivated by the DW, I was digging through some gear, and there on top of the cabinet, covered with the dust of ages (and a light film of rust), was my long lost key. My Primus 71L is restored and made whole!
Now if I could just find that darn Ring of Power....You wouldn't have one of those for rental would you??
The Primus 71L is semi-sacred to me, being the first item I purchased from REI, and next to the DW, is the hottest thing I possess...
Registered: 12/16/11
Posts: 230
Loc: Orange County, CA, USA
Originally Posted By oldranger
Funny you should ask!! Just yesterday, motivated by the DW, I was digging through some gear, and there on top of the cabinet, covered with the dust of ages (and a light film of rust), was my long lost key. My Primus 71L is restored and made whole!
Woo hoo!
Originally Posted By oldranger
The Primus 71L is semi-sacred to me, being the first item I purchased from REI, and next to the DW, is the hottest thing I possess...
Photos, man, we want photos (um, of the stove). I'm very curious as to which version of the 71L you have. What color is the case?
HJ
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Registered: 12/16/11
Posts: 230
Loc: Orange County, CA, USA
Originally Posted By BZH
That is a cool looking stove but it sure looks heavy. At that point it seems like you might as well get yourself a white gas stove.
No, not at all. The entire system including the pot is about 8oz. A Whisperlite by comparison weighs about 11oz, NOT including the pot or windscreen. A white gas stove setup is typically going to weigh at least double (probably more than that) what a Bobcat system will weigh.
HJ
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