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Ryan Jordan
( ryan - BPL STAFF - M )

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Greater Yellowstone
Re: hmm... interesting... on 11/15/2005 19:15:19 MST Print View

Yes, the Jetboil did fine. Slow, but a fuel miser, for sure.

What concerns me about the Jetboil (and any canister stove) is the preferential use of certain fractions of the gas, rendering remaining fuel less volatile. It would be interesting to run these tests until that big canister (the primus 450g is what I used) was empty, and see how performance changes as the fuel gets low.