[at-l] Alcohol stove and Heet

[Slyatpct at aol.com (Slyatpct@aol.com)]

In a message dated 1/23/2004 1:53:12 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
Trailwife@aol.com writes:

> Simplfiy it for me.... Do I want the red or yellow container of Heet?

Hey ORR, 

Sorry to confuse you!  I was just wondering if Tin Man did any tests.  I use 
the yellow bottle Heet which is found most often, and burns cleaner then the 
red bottled iso-heet.

It can usually be found in most gas station/convienence, grocery, hardware, 
auto parts or walmarts/dept. stores.  I would imagine hostels and trail 
providers that carry fuel offer gallon containers of denatured alcohol, which is 
thought by some to work best.  In a pinch I would imagine 90% rubbing alcohol 
would also work.

Since the CDT was the 1st time I used an alcohol stove on a long hike I was 
surprised and fortunate to find it in every single town I visited.  A couple 
tabs of Esbit would work well as a back-up.  Just flip the alcohol stove over 
and use the bottom surface.

Sly