ESBIT is a mutual backpacking fuel. ESBIT consists of hexamethylenetetramine, which is unremarkably merely called
hexamine. ESBIT is to a greater extent than oftentimes than non acknowledged to hold upwardly the lightest weight method of cooking for backpackers. In other words, if you lot desire to lighten up, ESBIT powerfulness merely hold upwardly the fuel for you.
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| A typical 14g cube of ESBIT |
But cooking alongside ESBIT is typically either all or goose egg -- it's either burning or it's non -- unless you lot convey an Epicurean Ti ESBIT stove.
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| An Epicurean Ti ESBIT stove from FlatCat Gear |
Ultralight Baking alongside ESBIT What tin sack you lot do alongside low, steady oestrus from ESBIT? How most ultralight baking? Yes, I am serious.
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| A fresh huckleberry muffin baked alongside an Epicurean Ti stove in addition to ESBIT fuel |
I was pretty blown away when I was told that I could
bake. I mean, come upwardly on,
baking alongside ESBIT in addition to an ultralight laid up? Now, that's cool!
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| A fresh-baked triple berry muffin. Yum! |
Today, I merely desire to encompass the Epicurean Ti stove inwards detail, but if you're interested inwards ultralight baking alongside ESBIT, delight come across my article inwards Seattle Backpacker's Magazine:
Features I've been using the Epicurean Ti stove for most nine months now, in addition to I'm super impressed alongside it. First of all, it bakes in addition to simmers. Yes, an honest-to-God simmer using ESBIT. That's no hateful feat. Simmering alongside ESBIT is merely about other illustration of the creative ask heed of Jon Fong over at
FlatCat Gear.
Second, it eliminates (in simmer mode) all but the smallest amounts of the typical residual create upwardly on the bottom of your pot. My Ti pot is pretty shell up, then I don't know if you lot tin sack come across it good or not, but there's none of that glutinous dark-brown residual that ESBIT typically leaves behind.
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| The Epicurean Ti stove pretty much eliminates the dark-brown residual of ESBIT when used inwards simmer mode |
Third, when inwards simmer mode, the Epicurean Ti stove all but eliminates that nasty fishy odor that burning ESBIT produces. I convey all the same caught an occasional faint whiff when the air current gusts for a moment. Still, it's similar nighttime in addition to solar daytime the deviation betwixt using about other stove in addition to the Epicurean Ti inwards terms of smell.
Modes The Epicurean Ti stove has ii modes: high in addition to simmer. Point the holes downwards for high, and...
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| An Epicurean Ti stove inwards high vogue (holes down) |
...point the holes upwardly for simmering (and baking).
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| An Epicurean Ti stove inwards depression vogue (holes up) |
In high mode, the band share of the stove focuses the heat, giving you lot ameliorate efficiency. Note that on high you lot silent do kicking the bucket the dark-brown residual in addition to odor. Can't convey everything I suppose. In depression mode, you lot tin sack kicking the bucket 45 minutes or to a greater extent than burn downwards fourth dimension alongside a real controlled depression heat.
So, directly await a minute. Those picayune vent holes? I hateful come upwardly on. How much of a deviation tin sack they genuinely make? Well, let's see. Here's a photograph alongside the holes downwards (high mode). Note the pinnacle of the open fire to a higher house the windscreen.
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| The Epicurean Ti stove operting inwards high mode |
Now, here's a photograph alongside the holes upwardly (low mode).
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| The Epicurean Ti stove operating inwards depression mode |
As it turns out, the vogue makes quite a chip of difference.
Weight And what's the "weight penalty" for all this? Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 mere 14 grams -- the same weight as i cube of ESBIT. Flat Cat Gear lists a weight of 19g for the Epicurean Ti stove, but I double checked merely now, in addition to my gram scale at domicile says 14g. There may hold upwardly about variation stove to stove.
Of course of educational activity at that topographic point are lighter ESBIT stoves, but real few ESBIT stoves convey the form of open fire command that the Epicurean Ti stove has. If all the same you lot did desire a lighter weight option, at that topographic point is the UL15 version of the Epicurean Ti stove which weighs entirely vii grams. Note: I convey non used the UL15 version.
Wind Protection Now of course of educational activity ESBIT has to hold upwardly used alongside a windscreen. Trying to ready alongside ESBIT without a windscreen is oftentimes an practice inwards futility. You tin sack move your ain ready or purchase a real good tuned consummate arrangement from Flat Cat Gear,
the Bobcat Stove System. In my postal service on the Bobcat stove system, I present the Flat Cat stove, which is an alcohol stove. For move alongside ESBIT, you lot would merely swap out the alcohol stove in addition to move the Epicurean Ti stove instead. The Bobcat arrangement industrial plant as good alongside either stove.
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| The Bobcat stove system |
Other Brands of Fuel Of course of educational activity at that topographic point are other brands of hexamine fuel including Stansport in addition to Coghlans. The wages of about of the other brands is that they are cheaper than the lift brand, ESBIT. But Stansport in addition to Coghlans offering smaller, circular fuel tablets, non the lozenge shaped tablets from ESBIT.
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| A box of circular Coghlans create hexamine fuel tablets |
In my testing, I constitute that Coghlans create industrial plant merely likewise as ESBIT; I merely had to move ii of the modest Coghlans tablets instead of i ESBIT tablet. The burn downwards fourth dimension is merely slightly longer alongside ii Coghlans tablets. The Coghlans tablets are significantly cheaper inwards my expanse than ESBIT brand, then fifty-fifty though I convey to move ii tablets for every i ESBIT tablet, Coghlans is cheaper overall. Coghlans does move out an strange ash behind.
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| The strange ash left behind yesteryear Coghlans create hexamine fuel tablets |
Tips for Use Be certain to scrape the base of operations plate of the stove create clean betwixt uses. Mounding left behind yesteryear former fuel tin sack motility the fuel to burn downwards differently (typically hotter) which tin sack move out you lot alongside a burnt supper.
Concluding Remarks So at that topographic point you lot convey it, the Epicurean Ti ESBIT stove, an ESBIT stove that genuinely give you lot options inwards how you lot ready alongside ESBIT type fuel -- in addition to opens upwardly whole novel possibilities inwards terms of things similar ultralight baking.
The Epicurean Ti ESBIT stove from Flat Cat Gear.
What's proficient most it: - Flame command alongside ESBIT!
- Can hold upwardly used for ultralight baking
- Residue on bottom of pot eliminated inwards simmer mode
- Fishy scent eliminated inwards simmer mode
- Light in addition to effective
- Easy to use
- Can accommodate dissimilar brands of ESBIT type fuel
- Compact, easily packable
What's bad most it: - At $27.50, mayhap it's a picayune chip pricey, but it is of course of educational activity titanium, in addition to Ti is non cheap. But there's no other ESBIT stove that I know of that offers this form of open fire control.
The Epicurean Ti ESBIT stove from Flat Cat Gear.: Highly recommended.
Thanks for joining me on about other Adventure inwards Stoving,
HJ
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