winter is here.. who loves winter camping?? I like. but recommend which is better camping stove made of steel or titanium?
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$h!t, i'm only an hour n change west of you n i'm not seeing that winter's started. any way, welcome aboard this crazy train of misfits n reprobates. winter campin'? sign me up. now to your question, camp stove? cooking or heat? cooking, most of mine is done over an open fire n bed of coals. sometimes the coleman. heat, i do an upside down fire. a 24" cube will last aprox 6 hours. another good fire lay for long heat, search rakovalkea. it also works well. oh, by the way, a tent? 
don't own one.
don't own one.
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chupacabra
My brass Svea 123 stove has never failed me, at any altitude, at any temperature; bought it new 49 years ago. Still works great with zero repairs or real maintenance. One moving part (the needle for the jet).
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^ yeah, but it's not titanium 
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george.
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lol))) thank you))) I looking for cooking and heat too))) It's very cold in Canada right now. And I'm a little jealous of you! What kind of tent do you recommend?$h!t, i'm only an hour n change west of you n i'm not seeing that winter's started. any way, welcome aboard this crazy train of misfits n reprobates. winter campin'? sign me up. now to your question, camp stove? cooking or heat? cooking, most of mine is done over an open fire n bed of coals. sometimes the coleman. heat, i do an upside down fire. a 24" cube will last aprox 6 hours. another good fire lay for long heat, search rakovalkea. it also works well. oh, by the way, a tent?
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Thank you so mach! What better gas stove or wood stove?
hey martin, we gotta toughen you up if this is very cold
it's got a long way to go before it's very cold, right now it's only chilly
. why you jelly man?tent??!??!! read my last 2 sentences again, i don't own one so it's tough to make a recommendation
but i can make recommendation for heat..............a hot busty redhead with the correct chromosomes.......................yeah, you know what i'm sayin'
@MartinClark , this is what winter looks like, last night in the motherland, -15c, that's only cold
wanna go camping?
wanna go camping?
Did someone mention winter camping?
Are you looking for a cooking stove? Stoves that run on isobutane mix do not work well in cold weather. Choose something that runs on liquid fuel, like the Svea 123 mentioned above, a Coleman stove, or something like the MSR Whisperlite. I always tent camp, so I don't have experience with wood stoves for camping.
Are you looking for a cooking stove? Stoves that run on isobutane mix do not work well in cold weather. Choose something that runs on liquid fuel, like the Svea 123 mentioned above, a Coleman stove, or something like the MSR Whisperlite. I always tent camp, so I don't have experience with wood stoves for camping.
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chupacabra
The Svea runs on gasoline or alcohol. Wood is not practical if there is any significant snow.
tent??!? what the fox that?
curious why you say that
1911
chupacabra
curious why you say that
I should have been more specific - my winter camping is backpacking with cross-country skis or snowshoes (no vehicles). Wood is impractical to carry, and when you make camp it takes too long to forage and cut wood compared to lighting a gas stove. When the snow cover is heavy enough for skis or snowshoes, dead wood takes longer to find. At least in the places I have winter camped (Colorado, Alaska, New Mexico).
mine is truck campin' n firewood is fairly accessibleI would welcome to be proven wrong, but the 123s are not designed to be used with alcohol. I am not sure how well they would run, and would be hesitant to do so with how they are designed. They were made to be run with white gas/naptha/coleman fuel but will certainly work for a while on pump gas.
I have a pak cook (svea 123r clone) that was old when I first used it 25 years ago in scouts and is still going. It has never had any maintenance.
1911
chupacabra
That may well be so; I thought I remembered the original instructions that came with mine saying alcohol could be run in a pinch, but that was 49 years ago and I no longer have the instructions. I've never used anything in mine but white gas/coleman fuel.
looks like we've scared off the OP. maybe we shouldn't have posted winter pics
Where's that Titanium stove?
surfpig
The Anti-Tech
Unfortunately due to isotopic decay, it's now unobtanium.
Im in Alaska. For stoves to cook: for backcountry skiing, hiking, biking, hunting I use a MSR pocket rocket (I have 3).
For camping closer to my truck I use this GSI and also have a 20+ year old Coleman duel fuel.
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For heating my tent (when it gets much below 0F (-17C) I use one of these. Only kick it on ~30 min before I have to get out of my bag.
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I also greatly prefer canvas tents for winter camping close to my vehicle (as they are heavy). They breath and don’t turn in to a steam room/ice block. I struggled with wood stoves for 20 years, my 0.02 is they are nice when you are going to set up somewhere for a week or so (I still use one when we fall caribou hunt above the arctic circle) but a massive PITA for just a couple of nights.
For camping closer to my truck I use this GSI and also have a 20+ year old Coleman duel fuel.
Selkirk 540 2-Burner Camping Stove | GSI Outdoors
The GSI Outdoors Selkirk 540+ 2-Burner Portable Camp Stove is perfect for families and groups of friends who love cooking outside. The portable camping stove has a built-in carrying handle and push-button, piezo ignition system.
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For heating my tent (when it gets much below 0F (-17C) I use one of these. Only kick it on ~30 min before I have to get out of my bag.
Little Buddy® Heater
Mr. Heater Portable Buddy® Propane Heaters are the Most Popular Portable Heaters in America.
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I also greatly prefer canvas tents for winter camping close to my vehicle (as they are heavy). They breath and don’t turn in to a steam room/ice block. I struggled with wood stoves for 20 years, my 0.02 is they are nice when you are going to set up somewhere for a week or so (I still use one when we fall caribou hunt above the arctic circle) but a massive PITA for just a couple of nights.
