Camping using my H Revo - am I kidding myself?

I love the Kifaru wood stove as I like to be able to get warm and be able to take a warm "towel bath", and dry wet cloths etc.  I have used it in all but the warmest parts of the summer. I have also used it in some very wet nasty cold weather and I has kept me warm every time.  Very good customer service and a quality product, spendy but quality.

PP what is this Kifaru wood stove made of?  Is it galvanized sheet metal, stainless, or just plain ol mild steel? 

Insayn, the talk of the Kifaru got me interested as well.
The description says its stainless with a lifetime warranty.  Looks nice.
http://www.kifaru.net/stovspex.htm

I love the Kifaru wood stove as I like to be able to get warm and be able to take a warm "towel bath", and dry wet cloths etc.  I have used it in all but the warmest parts of the summer. I have also used it in some very wet nasty cold weather and I has kept me warm every time.  Very good customer service and a quality product, spendy but quality.

Nice stove.  Does it take much time to set it up?

I love the Kifaru wood stove as I like to be able to get warm and be able to take a warm "towel bath", and dry wet cloths etc.  I have used it in all but the warmest parts of the summer. I have also used it in some very wet nasty cold weather and I has kept me warm every time.  Very good customer service and a quality product, spendy but quality.

Nice stove.  Does it take much time to set it up?

it took me some practice but I can now do it in about 10 minutes.   The stove, fittings and the stack are all stainless

Stoves, what do you all find worth while?  Type and make etc. White gas, isobutane, butane, multiple fuel? Am looking at the brunton Vesta Isobutane Stove
http://www.brunton.com/product.php?id=620. Would you go with just a wood burner like the Thermette that Zee menitoned.  Am thinking minamalize for sure.
holt

For longer trips I make the first three days dinners at home and vac pac and freeze (you can get a lot of food in a small soft side cooler), just reheat in the bag, in a pot of water (doesn't even have to be potable water). Pasta, rice, polenta, legume style dishes with meat and veg added.  Ditto on the meat subsitutes, they travel well and have a much larger margin of safety as far a temp abuse goes.  

My goto breakfast is Musli/oatmeal with dry milk powder and dried fruit and some sugar/jam packet all vac packed into single serving bags, just add hot water to bag and give it 10 minutes, hot, filling, lots of energy and fiber .  I make one for every day I'm out.

Lunch: Onion Bagels (I like onion as they make good "bread" with dinner too)  with PB&J (those jars with both in one are nice). I cook off a couple pounds on bacon at home (nice and crispy in the microwave) and add it to my PB&J's in the field or other dishes that need a kick, it keeps well if keep "cool" as it is already cooked and quite salty.  Instant miso soup is also a fav of mine in the field.

I could go on forever, making freeze dried backpacking meals is a hobby of mine

I've had a few brunton pieces and they're cool but they don't last. I've been using MSR stoves for the last 10 years, specifically the simmerlite, pocket rocket, whisper, & xkg. they take no maintenence, no love, and never quit working.

MSR hands down.

For stoves I am huge fan of the Coleman dual fuel backpacking stoves.  I tried living with my MSR isobutane stove and it was more trouble than it was worth- especially above 12000ft and <20*F.  Closer to sea level and above 50*F it is okay, but I prefer something a little sturdier like the Coleman despite the weight penalty.

Did you say you put bacon on a PB&J sandwich?

you need an XKG at that altitude. white gas.

+1 on the MSR.  Whisper user here.  Finally broke down this year after 18 years.  Well, sort of broke down.  The gasket seals on the pump valve wore out and have a slow leak ... easily replaced.

-Allen

I've had a primus with piezo lighter built in for several years now.  It's been all over the planet with me, and never failed.  It fits nicely in it's stuff sack, which then fits into a titanium mug that has a titanium spoon tied to it with a short string, then all that fits inside a 2qt titanium pot I use to boil water. 

The only place it didn't work very well was camp Sherman.  But that was ok cuz I only carried it as a secondary up there. 

I've been considering disaster survival for some time now - yes, the big one.  I have BBQs and a number of 20# propane bottles.  It has been a while since I looked at backpacking stoves, but one issue I have with them is that they lock you into proprietary fuel sources with funky connectors.  Does anyone sell adapters for standard propane bottles to MSR stoves (for example)? 

Anyone here a thermette user?  I've seen some good reviews of them ... http://www.thermette.com/

-Allen

Anyone here a thermette user?  I've seen some good reviews of them ... http://www.thermette.com/

-Allen

I have been oh so close to buying one, but the bulky size and the fact that you can only boil water with it has kept me on the fence.  They are neat and do work well.  A  buddy of mine has a "kelly kettle" (same concept different brand) He keeps it in the truck to boil water for tea or lunch when out winter steelhead fishing, works great and is a nice little hand warmer too.

Anyone here a thermette user?  I've seen some good reviews of them ... http://www.thermette.com/

-Allen

I have been oh so close to buying one, but the bulky size and the fact that you can only boil water with it has kept me on the fence.  They are neat and do work well.  A  buddy of mine has a "kelly kettle" (same concept different brand) He keeps it in the truck to boil water for tea or lunch when out winter steelhead fishing, works great and is a nice little hand warmer too.

You can not only boil water with them, you can cook with them too.

-Allen

Looks like I might just "need" one of these now..  Winter steelheading is about to start and all.  I do like the option to boil river water without using a ton of carried fuel.  The kelly kettle is stainless and fairly tough, I wonder how durable the copper is?

The only warning I remember seeing on the Thermette is to not fire it up without water in the kettle.  The kettle overheats and the solder joints fail.

-Allen