Canister Gas Stove Reliability & Maintenance

Canister gas stoves are extremely reliable.  Reliable as they are, gas stoves are a mechanical device and do have their problems including:Blocked jets due to either carbon build up or detritus from the canister or fuel line. Kinked fuel hoses (due to improper storage typically).Stripped threads due to cross threading or long term heavy use.Melted parts due to using something that deflects heat downward somehow (improper use of a windscreen,...

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The New Lightweight Champion

Until recently, the Monatauk Gnat (aka the FMS-116t, aka the Olicamp Kinetic Ultra) was the world's lightest canister stove at 48g/1.7oz.  Until recently.The Monatauk Gnat, 48g (1.7oz).The maker of the "Monatauk" Gnat is really Fire Maple in China.  Fire Maple's nomenclature for the stove is FMS-116t (The "T" denotes "titanium").  Well, Fire Maple has now come out with a new, even lighter stove, the FMS-300t, which they have named...

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Advantages (?) of Regulator Valved Stoves, Part II

In my first post on the subject, I linked to a video produced by Soto Outdoors showing their Microregulator Stove (OD-1R) in a "burn off" against a non-regulator stove.  The video seems to imply that there is some advantage to having a regulator valved stove in cold weather over a conventional needle valved stove.There's just one problem here:  It doesn't make sense from the standpoint of physics and chemistry.  I mean, the relative pressure in a canister is a function of the fuel inside, the pressure outside, and the temperature. ...

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The BobCat Stove System -- Part I

For several months now, I've had the pleasure of testing the Bobcat stove system from Flat Cat Gear.The Bobcat stove system from Flat Cat Gear.Note:  The carbon felt "hat" atop the pot and the simmer ring to the right are optional extras. The Bobcat stove system is just that, an integrated stove system designed to work with a 1300 ml titanium pot from Evernew and other compatible pots (see Appendix "B" for list).The Bobcat system consists of...

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Blog Status, 3 Feb 2013

Well, I ain't dead yet,   ;)   but 2012 was a tumultuous year for me. I got let go from a job I had held for 21 years and was left to flail about in the "new economy." I spent a total of 6 months unemployed. My repeated searches for employment and getting my skills a bit more polished led me to all but abandon Adventures In Stoving, much to my chagrin. I did do a bit of blogging on my personal hiking blog (Hikin' Jim's Blog), but I...

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