elkbowkevin
WKR
So I hunted 12 days using my jetboil at least 2x sometimes 3x a day. Temps were in the low 30's every morning, and a couple were upper 20's. I froze my ass off basically on most mornings.
I had two gas canisters. One was the grey Coleman can, the other was the black Brunton gas can. the bigger ones
I had issues in the am trying to make coffee and heat up some water. The JB just did not want to start, and barely put out any heat the first 3 cold mornings.
I attributed it to COLD cans and COLD ambient temps. Just suffered through it and finally got hot enough water after about 7 min with the stove on max. (usually its barely on and heating under 2.5 -3 min)
Then I got the idea of sleeping with the gas can in the bag to keep it warmer. Worked better but still not like normal. Still tool well over 5 min and once the can started cooling off performance dropped fast. Cans were all at least 3/4 full or more.
Last 3 mornings I took to sleping with the cans, they were warm. As for the stove, I put on my puffy to stay warm held the stove part in my fingers warming it up hot box style holding it under and in my toasty warm bag while sitting cross legged, in my bag.
After feeling the stove metal cube had warmed up, I put it together and heated up my joe water much quicker but still certainly not the 2.5-3 min like normal.
On the coldest day below freezing and frost and ice on the rig. I also set up my optima CRUX (backup stove) and tried it side by side with the JB and it was easily on full max flamage while the JB was still barely more than a bic lighter in the wind.
Later in the afternoons I would heat up some more water of for a MT duce meal or tea after setting the cans in the sun to warm up on the hood of my rig while the bag was airing out and drying.
In your experience, has anyone else had to resort to this tactic just to get a cup of semi hot water for some joe in the AM on a frigid a$$ mountain morning with a jet boil.
Worst thing was the last morning and closing day, I had spent all this dang time to get my coffee, it was all done steeping in the jetboil cup, ready to sip and eat with my last Svenards breakfast claw pastry, I proceeded to spill the hole 20 oz onto the pumice dust from the bumper of the suburban, all due to my inept and tired state at 4:30 AM. I was NOT happy after that.
I had two gas canisters. One was the grey Coleman can, the other was the black Brunton gas can. the bigger ones
I had issues in the am trying to make coffee and heat up some water. The JB just did not want to start, and barely put out any heat the first 3 cold mornings.
I attributed it to COLD cans and COLD ambient temps. Just suffered through it and finally got hot enough water after about 7 min with the stove on max. (usually its barely on and heating under 2.5 -3 min)
Then I got the idea of sleeping with the gas can in the bag to keep it warmer. Worked better but still not like normal. Still tool well over 5 min and once the can started cooling off performance dropped fast. Cans were all at least 3/4 full or more.
Last 3 mornings I took to sleping with the cans, they were warm. As for the stove, I put on my puffy to stay warm held the stove part in my fingers warming it up hot box style holding it under and in my toasty warm bag while sitting cross legged, in my bag.
After feeling the stove metal cube had warmed up, I put it together and heated up my joe water much quicker but still certainly not the 2.5-3 min like normal.
On the coldest day below freezing and frost and ice on the rig. I also set up my optima CRUX (backup stove) and tried it side by side with the JB and it was easily on full max flamage while the JB was still barely more than a bic lighter in the wind.
Later in the afternoons I would heat up some more water of for a MT duce meal or tea after setting the cans in the sun to warm up on the hood of my rig while the bag was airing out and drying.
In your experience, has anyone else had to resort to this tactic just to get a cup of semi hot water for some joe in the AM on a frigid a$$ mountain morning with a jet boil.
Worst thing was the last morning and closing day, I had spent all this dang time to get my coffee, it was all done steeping in the jetboil cup, ready to sip and eat with my last Svenards breakfast claw pastry, I proceeded to spill the hole 20 oz onto the pumice dust from the bumper of the suburban, all due to my inept and tired state at 4:30 AM. I was NOT happy after that.
