RACCC TRIPPING COURSE 2018 CAMPING STOVES

RACCC TRIPPING COURSE 2018 CAMPING STOVES

WHAT KIND OF STOVE? 1. Where are you going? 2. How many going? 3. What kind of cooking? 4. What s your type? fiddly/fixer or ``hopeless` / Tidy or messy OK 5. Fuel: What kind / Availability / Amount Near stores Tundra/Boreal Fly-in / drive-in 6. Environment: recycle, reuse containers, toxic https://capitaljunk.ca/ottawa-recycling-guide/#letterp 7. Cost DIY? ONLINE? STORE?

1. Where (When) are you going? Car camping Easy canoe trip Expedition Cold: Tundra / Winter Backpacking Kayaking Weather / Temperature / Altitude Packing space (limited / lotsa space) Environmental concerns: Overused site Fire ban, Can t fly with fuel (stove) Containers: reuse or 1 use? Weight and volume?

2. How many going? # of people 1-2 4-6 8+ Size and # of pots Size of stove (or # of stoves) Fuel: Kind Amount Safety!!! Sturdy stove Pot Size/weight Solid and balanced

3. What kind of cooking? (what kind of stove) Heat and eat 1 pot meals Cooking from scratch Lots of pots So.. Time to cook? Just boil Simmer needed? Bake? Amount of fuel

4. Tech/Repair Requirements Your maintenance/repair skills? Adept Fiddly/fixer Need/want Low maintenance Hopeless absolutely hopeless No matter what stove you have: Have repair kit, supplies, extra pump Maintenance manual (print and or have the knowledge ) Google: how to repair. MSR Stove etc What could possibly go wrong Practice

5. What kind of Fuel? White Gas Propane small canisters Isobutane Alcohol (Methylated spirits) Solid fuel (toxic fumes) Charcoal Wood bio mass

Flying Checked in Baggage ONLY Empty Clean No vapours, residue Leave the cap off the bottle: see that it s empty. Google: Flying with a camp stove

MSR: Stoves 101: How Much Fuel Should I Carry? Stoves: tested at sea level 70 F no wind. TIPS: Be ready before you lite the stove Use a Windscreen Use a lid: leave it on! (listen for a boil, watch for steam) Sustainability and lower fuel costs long term, liquid fuel stove is the way to go. https://thesummitregister.com/stoves-101-how-much-fuel-should-i-carry/

Calculate fuel How quick does your stove boil 1 Litre water.. # of people, # of hot meals, # of hot drinks x # of days Dagmar:.25 L /person/day

How Much Fuel? # of people Weather Temperature Intensity of activity Cooking time Heat up quick? Cook from Scratch? Gourmet? NOLS Cookery: Pg 35

6. Environment: Make a choice. Reuse and Refill Or Non-refillable Recycle (doable: effort and commitment) https://capitaljunk.ca/ottawa-recycling-guide/#letterp NOTE: People are tossing them!!!! Forest behind the camp By Parks Garbage and Recycle bins To Landfill

Stove Flare up Cause: cold gas, burning unit not hot enough, not enough pressure cold gas leaks out into the cold burning unit Prevention: warm up the canister first Pump up for enough pressure Enough gas in the priming cup turn on only when almost burned out

1. Twig Stove ($25) Dot s pick: winners 2 Fire Box ($100) Black Spruce Gear - Almonte 3. (Back up) Coleman Peak ($130 + gas) 4. Dagmar s Dutch Oven! ($75 + charcoal)

Dot s other fav: ZIP Stove $57 - $129 US A Battery Replacement motor: $7.25

RACCC folks like these.

Smallish refillable gas tank / bottle $120 200 $130 $150 ish Old time primus stoves.

Smallish use 1 time fuel can $60 140 $125-175

Multi-fuel naptha Gas $250

$100-150 Sorta big

Wood burning stoves Lotsa Sizes Shapes Weight Puzzle work Recharge batteries?

$200 + Really big

Just LARGE

Fire boxes - Groups - Plentiful Wood - Lotsa pots - Heavy - Warping fun

Kelly Kettle $100 +

Alcohol stoves Triangia etc $25 50 ish Triangia: $75-150

Solid Fuel. $25 35 ish Fuel: $10 20 pkg

$ 100 ish Outback Oven!

Dutch Oven Charcoal.. Or coals Heavy! Big!

Reflector Ovens $65-150 +

Coleman Baking oven $35 US + shipping + customs

DIY? Hobo Stove Tin Can Rocket Stoves Tin Cans Alcohol Pop Can or Tuna Can Solar Baking oven charcoal briquettes

Solavore Sport Solar Oven Portable Solar Cooking Package Complete with All Season Solar Reflectors, 2 Granite Ware Pots, Oven Thermometer, and Water Pasteurization Tool CDN$ 1,002.63 FREE Shipping Only 5 left in stock - order soon. 4.3 out of 5 stars 95

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Have fun!! Check out my stoves at the back table