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Thanks Phat, I always thought that it was the stove-never ocurred to me it was the bottle.
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I suppose if you really wanted to burn alcohol in an XGK, just get a coated bottle for the pump and use something else to carry extra fuel.


Yeah, assuming you find a coated fuel bottle (that says it's ok for alcohol) that fits the pump it should be fine, The only caveat I'd say is that make darn sure your windscreen is on the stove to keep the bottle from heating up too much and overpressurizing due to the alcohol boiling. seeing as how some of the old school multifuels with brass tanks would burn alcohol I can't see why the xgk wouldn't (just not that efficiently as you've mentioned).
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