[at-l] Cheap Esbit fuel???

[The Lehmkuhl Family" <lehmkuhl@gte.net (The Lehmkuhl Family)]

I think Triox burns better and smells ahhh ok but is probably
poisonous...hexamine absolutely smells horrible!! and esbit fuel is a close
second....i liked the trioxene the best..

my MSR Pocket Rocket performed well at 20 deg temps this weekend...carried
the cannister around for 5 minutes or so to warm it up...took a little
longer to boil water than normal but was no sputtering (outperformed a
whisperlite!! :) Used both a small titanium pot on it and a large MSR
blacklite pot...both were steady on the PR's arms... did keep it on flat
surface tho.
vera
----- Original Message -----
From: "kahley7" <kahley7@ptd.net>
To: "Tim Rich" <app-trail@excite.com>; <at-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 11:12 AM
Subject: Re: [at-l] Cheap Esbit fuel???


>
> OK..so there are three fuels?
>
> Esbit, TriOx and Hexamine?  No wonder I'm confused.
> I went to the MPI homepage but they don't say what esbit tabs are made of.
> They do sat they are compleatly harmless but that's it....
>
>
> At 07:42 AM 2/12/01 -0800, Tim Rich wrote:
> >Good Morning,
> >
> >If I remember correctly, esbit fumes are significantly less toxic,
perhaps
> >non-toxic, while the trioxane needs to be used in a ventilated area.  I'm
> >uncertain on any variations in energy output between the two.
> >
> >Tim
> >
> >On Mon, 12 Feb 2001 10:30:36 -0500, kahley7 wrote:
> >
> > >  At 09:54 AM 2/12/01 -0500, you wrote:
> > >  >In a message dated 2/12/2001 9:40:10 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> > >  >kahley7@ptd.net writes:
> > >  >
> > >  >
> > >  > > http://www.sportsmansguide.com/VOC/j99m/pg36/item_1.html
> > >  > >
> > >  > > 36 bars for 5 bucks...is this a deal?
> > >  > >
> > >  >
> > >  >This is not Esbit fuel. It 36 Trioxane Fuel Bars.
> > >
> > >  Yikes.......What is Esbit fuel made of and does TriOX work the same?
> > >
> > >  >Wildbill
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