I personally have witnessed about four near-catastrophes when untrained
people tried to light alcohol stoves (usually in conjunction with curtains
above the galley), and I yet have never witnessed a gas canister leak. I
think alcohol stoves are a menace, and a pain to cook with.
IMHO
--Dave S. (Demitri)
PS--The stove I have now uses the canisters of butane for camping. It has a
release lever that allows the stove system to be disconnected from the
canister when not in use. Push-button ignition, works great, cooks great.
Cheap as sin.
On 5/27/08 2:49 PM, "tim ford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> that's weird b/c I've used literally hundreds of small bottles over the
> last 30 years and
> never, not even once, had one leak.
>
> I've subjected them to untold abuse, left the things unattended in
> sheds, on neglected propane
> devices (mainly torches) and in tents and toolboxes and not one bit of
> trouble.
>
> Guess I'm living on borrowed time.
>
> But I worry about 500 times more about gasoline spilling out of the O/B
> when it's stowed below than I do about Prope.
> Or about the dipsh*t smoking a cigarette at the fuel dock, which I still
> continue to see about once a season!!!!
>
> tf
>
> ps....again, I dont suggest storing the big white tanks below, ever.
>
>
> Phil Agur wrote:
>> I've used these enough camping to know the valves don't always seal.
>
