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Liquid fuel stoves

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Frank A · · Southern California, USA · Joined Oct 2021 · Points: 0

Greetings, everybody. From your experience, what are the best liquid fuel stoves for cooking while suspended? I see a lot of reviews for canister stoves but I want a liquid fuel stove for the next time I leave the country. I plan to use the stove while tree camping before the end of the year (and someday on big walls). 

I was looking at this recently:Primus Suspension Kit with the Primus OmniLite Ti. https://primus.us/products/suspension-kit I figured that the people in this forum have more experience using stoves while suspended than anyone else I personally know.
Frank A · · Southern California, USA · Joined Oct 2021 · Points: 0
Jimmy Strange wrote:

Soto Stormbreaker. Gotta pump the hell out of it but then doesn’t really need priming which is nice when under all that taught nylon.

You may find too that canisters are often easier to get than decent fuel, in which case it’ll also use those.
And its easy to hang. 

Thanks. Do they sell a hanging/suspension kit for it? I don't see one on the Soto website.

The only hanging kit I've seen for sale online is this Primus kit, but it's out of stock.

https://primus.us/products/suspension-kit

Frank A · · Southern California, USA · Joined Oct 2021 · Points: 0
Jimmy Strange wrote:

Soto Stormbreaker. Gotta pump the hell out of it but then doesn’t really need priming which is nice when under all that taught nylon.

You may find too that canisters are often easier to get than decent fuel, in which case it’ll also use those.
And its easy to hang. 

Thanks, Jimmy. Is the Soto Stormbreaker the only multi-fuel stove that doesn't require priming?

that guy named seb · · Britland · Joined Oct 2015 · Points: 236

Using liquid fuel stoves in a portaledge is generally considered to be a terrible idea due to the risk of flare ups and potential for liquid fuel to spill over all your PPE. 

Get an msr windburner. 

Peter Zabrok · · Hamilton, ON · Joined Dec 2007 · Points: 645

I love my liquid naphthalene Coleman stove fuel MSR Simmerlite stove on canoe trips, because I can set it on the ground easily.  It is lightweight and reliable. The best thing is that you can put the liquid fuel into a pop bottle - Smart Water bottles are the best - and then when you have finished the fuel, you can burn the empty pop bottle in the campfire. I can't imagine struggling with such a setup in a portaledge!  It sounds epic to say the least, with more than a little potential for catastrophe. 

I'll stick with my good ol JetBoil, with the Dr. Piton $2 hanging kit assembly which consists of a $2 hose clamp and some flat 1/2" webbing. DO NOT waste your money buying the hanging kit from JetBoil because it does NOT work!

I can't comment regarding the availability of these isobutane canisters in faraway places, although I know it's what Dave Turner used on his month-long solo of Taste the Paine.  
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