Cool idea.
I like your reasoning that simplicity and economy should be tantamount. I think all of us fellow Scouters have seen situations where overly-complicated bits get smashed up or dead on the trail. Tablet fuel seems like a great workaround for this.


Too bad denatured alcohol has been banned by Irving, Texas, though. A supercat stove would be a great MYOG project for teaching the backpacking MB.
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