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Why does nobody talk about testing your camp stove in cold weather BEFORE the trip
I bought a new canister stove in November for a trip to Leadville and it worked fine in my backyard at 60 degrees, so I figured it was good to go. Got up there at 8,200 feet and it took 11 minutes to boil 2 cups of water while my old pocket rocket did it in 4, because I never checked how the thing handled cold. Anyone else get burned by testing gear in warm weather only, or is it just me learning this the hard way?
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nathan28924d ago
At 8,200 feet water boils way lower than at sea level so part of that 11 minutes is just altitude, but 60 to 30 degrees is a huge drop for canisters. What brand canister were you running, the cheap ones with mostly propane or the iso mix? I'm curious if switching fuel would've saved you or if it was the stove design itself.
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