[at-l] Re:Stoves

[David Hicks <DaveHicks@worldnet.att.net>]

Sun, 10 Jan 1999 15:08:21 -0400 Walter Shroyer <wshroyer@mail.bluefield.edu>
wrote:

>I may have missed this discussion but has anybody used the Peak Stoves
>(made by coleman)?  They look like they are made well, light weight, and
>not very expensive.  I saw them for the first time at a Coleman outlet
>store.

I have posted most this before, so an apology to those who read it before:

I have had a Peak 1 Xtream, (the 11 oz. propane/butane canister stove) for a
bit over a year.  Over the last 40 years I have had a half dozen, or so,
other stoves (including three different MSRs).

The MSRs are more "field fixable" -- assuming it is not too dark or cold to
work on them.  However, I'm personally Murphy'ed by them -- no matter how
well I care for them and PM them.  They seldom fail; but, for me, when they
do it was always at the worst possible time.  The last time damn near killed
me -- January, well after dark, in a freezing rain when the "o" ring in the
needle valve gave out.

The Peaks generally need special tools to fix, but (so far) they have not
failed me.

However, the main point of most of my posts was that, unlike the gaz type
propane/butane stoves, the Peak 1 Xtream work quite well at low temperature
or with partially empty canisters.  I have used my Coleman Peak 1 Xtream
well below freezing -- down into the lower teens.  No problem yet.  Have not
tried it below 0 degrees F yet; but they claim it works.  It has a preheat
loop rather like a lot of the white gas stoves.  Not sure of the technical
details but it seems to work.

I also love the ease of use.  I love its clean operation.  It has worked
well on a number of  weekends and "sections" -- up to two weeks.  The only
concern I have is the matter of finding/shipping fuel.  Went to mail some
Coleman X canisters.  The local postmaster asked, "How can you document that
the tech speck for these things meet the PO regulations?"  I'll take that up
with Coleman before I try a thru.



Chainsaw

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