“An apples to apples comparison would start by using up all the fuel in the canister, take that many days and compare the equivalent alcohol stove weights.”

That’s a good scientific test. But real life apples to apples for me would be “What’s your (1-8) day weight?” of which alcy is lightest. But that’s because alcy has infinite container weights while canister only has two. Even at 20 days where alcy is lightest, that esbit is looking mighty good. There is one day where alcy = canister (9th day with NO breathing room) but beyond that, bang, canister weight goes up. And most of us resupply at 4-5 days anyway.

+1 Gershon’s reason of some manufacturers not making alcy stoves (maintain monopoly).

-Barry
-The mountains were made for Tevas