Need a stove? The Primus Varifuel stove is a liquid fuel stove that’s great for long trips. Carrying liquid fuel instead of gas canisters is lighter and takes up less space than compressed gas - the downside is that you need to learn how to prime the stove so it doesn’t flare up or sputter little balls of flame when you start it up. Lighting the stove isn’t very hard though (Stove priming instructions: pump up the fuel canister, open the fuel valve so a little bit of fuel pools in the bottom of the stove, turn off the valve & light the pooled fuel, right before the fuel burns out - turn the fuel valve back on. That’s it. No sputtering. No flare ups.).
Assuming you’re adventurous, or already know how to run a liquid fuel stove, the Primus Varifuel is a good choice. Aside from being just $49.95, it runs on white gas, kerosene, diesel and other liquid petroleum-based fuels (not on alcohols though), weighs only 14 ounces, and has an awesome metal fuel pump that adjusts to simmer well and that you won’t melt into oblivion like a plastice MSR fuel pump.
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This entry was posted on Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006 and is filed under Cookware & Trail Food, Trail Gear & Packs.
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