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 Vargo Triad Titanium Stove By: VARGO Average Rating: 3.0 Total Reviews: 3 More Information save your $ - use a can of cat food!  On: 2010-03-31Couple of problems, first, Ive been unable to ever get the stove to light unless its all the way full of fuel. Even when I put a few drops on and around the stove and set it all on fire a la "priming" it- it just wont light unless its topped full. So, you have to fill it all the way up and burn all the fuel you put in, regardless of whether you need to use that much fuel . and forget about trying to pour the fuel back into the bottle, wont work. That said, it burns extremely well. 10-15 minutes or more easy. Nice small controlled flame. Instead, Go to youtube, and search up fancyfeast cat can stoves and tealight stoves. (can of cat food and a hole punch)Ive gotten ten minutes out of the fancy feast stove, and you can adjust your fuel for 1 cup , 2 cups, 1 quart etc...Ive also seen several hiking experts websites who only use cat can and tealight stoves on 30 day trips!( take a small tomato paste can, cut out the front and the lid, stick in a tealight, and voila you have a mugstove for $1.50 ) The flames a little big, which is a bit of a pain, but I think Im going to be retiring the Triad and just taking my fancy feast and tealights next time out. google jason klaas and andrew surka for examples One guy has figured out how to turn the alcohol stove, which can only burn on high, into an adjustable heat stove - google j falk 4 in 1 cat stove. I havent tried it yet, but looks good.... Not yet convinced!  On: 2009-10-31I have been making this soda can stoves, and until recently, I did not find an alcohol stove to be manufactured them. The material on this thing, great! Very lightweight, and built well. They should have added to the product as a package, the windscreen. If used without the windscreen even with a soft breeze, this thing would not work as one would expect it would. Making the diameter of this thing a little bit wider, would have helped too, so that it could hold a wider range of cooking cups. As of now, Im not sure if I would recommend this. I have made better tin stoves than this. alcohol stove  On: 2009-06-03An excellent stove for minimilist backpacking. You will find none lighter than this one. I have used this for my trips on the PCT. (100 mile week trips)The stove has performed well every time. I use "Heat" alcohol with this stove and it burns well. A word of caution! be carefull at higher elevations in the wind! You cannot see the flame in an alcohol stove. I lit my down jacket on fire in the High Sierras! I was in wind and the flame from the stove was jumping all ower the place! I didnt realize the flame had jumped to my jacket until I saw and felt it burning up the arm of my jacket. I could have prevented this with a proper wind shield. |