How much lighter can my cook kit get?

[Rthur]

Evernew .6L 3.28 oz
Soto Windmaster 2.3 oz
5.58 oz

Get the Evernew from Zpacks and they'll include a light storage bag as well.

R

 

[Ryan Avery]

So Ryan, how did you go about preparing your food? I could definitely go without coffee, not that big of a deal to me, but a hot Gatorade and bourbon sure is nice in the evenings, before bed.


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I have to take that back it was 24 Nights, I did take my stove on my scouting trips.


AK Troutbum,

I just did a short video on what I used. I will get it posted soon. It's a very spartan like diet Bars, and bars. I hate eating when I'm hot so I don't eat much at night. But in the morning I eat everything! I used Green belly meals and the bars from Off Grid and a few other items.

I'm going to have to try the hot Gatorade trick with some Canadian whiskey...... bourbon is for you tougher folks. HAHA
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[Ryan Avery]

32 nights back packing in, or a mix of base camp (aka car camping) and spiking out? I pack very differently depending on the type of camp.

When camp is not on my back I pack Heavy ( camp chef two burner, propane etc..). When I'm backpacking it's a Soto windmaster and modified jetboil pot.

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Backpacking. I don't count car camping. Because I don't eat freeze dried food unless I absolutely have too, I hate them.

 

[colonel00]

Here's some photos of the setup I mentioned earlier:

Cup with lid, stove, lighter, foil for cooking or windscreen and the "heavy" pouches for cup and stove

Just cup w/ lid and stove

All packed up with a fuel cannister (not full so ignore the weight) and some salt & pepper packets. Pro tip: flip the lid over with all of this in the cup.

 

[Ryan Avery]

Brad,

Have you used that stove much?

I've had issues with cheap stoves?

 

[veganhunter]

I have a BRS and have had great reliability with it but I only take it for long day trips when I know I'll want hot water for afternoon coffee. In my opinion, its inefficient enough that the added fuel weight would outweigh the benefits on a long trip. For backpacks, I've been running Andrew Skurka's Cadillac Stove System. Very happy with it.

 

[colonel00]

I've used it a little but not enough to truly say how reliable it is. The one thing that I would really want to test would be how well it works at altitude.

I picked up this kit basically for a few uses. One would be as a backup kit or a kit I could take to a spike location for for day use. Another is for situations where there are 3 or more of us and it's nice to have a second stove. A third one would be for trips like the packraft rondy where there are several groups of people. The little stove would be fine for heating water and if it failed, other folks have stoves that could be used.

Until I use it more, this is the role I have in mind for it. However, as mentioned by someone previously, this stove does get a good bit of hype and solid reviews in the backpacking community. Now, they may not be in some of the nasty weather that we are dumb enough to trudge into but it seems to have held up for most of the reviews I've seen.

If anyone wants to put it through some tests, let me know and I'll send it your way. Then again, for $13 or whatever, it's probably more expensive to mail it back and forth versus just buying one.

 

[Jared Lampton]

SUL Windscreen for BRS-3000T Canister Stove - Backpacking Light

Diy windscreen for the brs.

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I've used the BRS off and on for a couple years now and while it's light and small and hasn't really failed me yet, I have a hard time trusting it for longer trips.

Its loud.

Some gas spews out of the canister every time I screw it on.

Don't ever leave the stove attached to your canister overnight. I did that and my canister was empty in the morning.

I mostly use it for day hunts when I want coffee or a warm lunch, or for super light quick overnighters when I'm only going to need a couple boils.

I tested it against the Jetboil and to boil 8 oz of water the Jetboil required 6 grams of fuel and the BRS required 9 g of fuel ( with a Ti Toaks cup, no windscreen)

I haven't tried the windscreen described in BL but it might be worth it.