Hikers/Campers Trioxane tablest

[Whitehorse]

Does anyone here use trioxane? Or do you use Esbit tabs or just the mre heaters? I've heard the trioxane is only toxic if you ingest it, but is it toxic when it burns?

PS-this will be my first time using solid fuel. )I made my own stove which uses denatured alcohol.) How cleanly do the solid fuel tablets burn?

[Symphony]

we wuz issued these here little foil wrappers; inside a pill the size of a chocolate covered cherry; put that little bad boy under a homade c-rat can, upside down, touch it with a match; it would burn hot for 'bout three minutes.  Never did know what it wuz.  Made that canned spam taste pert gud..

'got chiclets, cigarettes, pnut butter and crackers in them c-rats too, all tucked in thar reel nice like...


     

[Whitehorse]

Well, it wuz cheap. That's what it wuz.  

Same wit aloominuhm. It givz yoo ayulzhymerz duhzees.

[Symphony]

Oh, Alzheimer's Disease!!    


Okay.  That took me a few minutes.  


     


 

[Whitehorse]

Yep. Alzheimer's disease.  

[Symphony]

 

[Whitehorse]

Okay-Pepsi can stove it is, with denatured alcohol. Plus an electric burner with a really, really, really, really long extension cord, just in case too much heat comes up through the middle and we go for option number two! (Or people don't feel like cooking in the great outdoors.) Alas...then it will just be me?  

[Symphony]

Those tab things we used didn't leave anything but a few ashes.  They burned white/blue hot.


I imagine the xtn. cord will keep you busy.   Why not just hike the trail beneath those high voltage power lines--the trail is ready made, and you'll have all the power you'll ever need, just for the climbing.  I hear there's no insulation on the wires.

Nope, seriously, I honestly don't know for a backpacker.  I guess trail regulations prohibit using any twigs and sticks, huh.

I'd probably go for what ever is easiest.  The tabs sound easiest.  

Speaking of easiest.  Why not just stay home??  

[Coyote]

I have used the military issue Trioxene, and it works pretty good, I always use good ventilation. I've found sterno is real good as well... learn from my mistake.. let the can cool before you grab it.

[Whitehorse]

Alas-we ended up sticking to traditional backpacker food instead of the MREs. Lighter and more variety. Hot water and Backpacker's Pantry. The stroganoff, of course, being the best. All good but the stew a little on the bland side for my taste.

And, it looks like all that research was for nothing. In the end I'll just keep using my homemade Pepsi can stove and denatured alcohol. The trioxane has an odor, and I'm guessing the MRE heaters can only be used with, well, Meals Ready to Eat. Which, we didn't use. We boiled water and add it to the goodies.

Did the tablets you used have a fishy smell? If so, I'm guessing trioxane. I don't think Esbits do, though.

I imagine the xtn. cord will keep you busy.  Why not just hike the trail beneath those high voltage power lines--the trail is ready made, and you'll have all the power you'll ever need, just for the climbing.  I hear there's no insulation on the wires.

Hehe! Well, no climbing this time. Just bumming around in the Smokies and Everglades.

[Whitehorse]

I have used the military issue Trioxene, and it works pretty good, I always use good ventilation. I've found sterno is real good as well... learn from my mistake.. let the can cool before you grab it.

Youchers! That would hurt!

I do like the idea of solid fuel-maybe for this summer. I don't particularly take a shining to liquid fuel; what if someone (me, for example) kicks over the stove...  

[Symphony]

Welcome back, Whitehorse.  


     

[Whitehorse]

Why, thank ya!

[tony]

Don't know much about cooking... although I like hiking/camping... I just take things that don't need cooking... makes life... sooooo much easier...  fruits, veggies, granola bars, nuts, pop-tarts, pretzels... well, you get the idea...  Home cooked meals are best enjoyed when Mother cooks them...lol...

Your Brother in Christ,

Tony

[Whitehorse]

Oh, the hiking food is so easy. It's dehydrated so it's lighter to carry. You just boil water for the hot meals, add it to the contents of a pouch, and let it sit covered for ten minutes. That's it. The stroganoff is the best. I like how that tastes. And the chicken with rice, too. The desserts you just add cold water, and you can just add it straight into the pouch. Saves cleaning another dish. The  buttermilk pancakes, on the other hand, I'm perfectly happy to let someone else cook over the open flame of a Pepsi can stove. I've never been a master at it over controlled heat, so I'll be happy to wash the dishes and compliment the cook on that one.

The MREs...well, they're "ready to eat," but of course you'd still will want to heat them. Unless you like cold turkey slabs.

Amen to the pretzels and snackins! I love fresh fruit on day hikes. I'll stick with dehydrated for multi-day backpacking, though. Oooh-granola bars and pop tarts! Yumm! And please don't forget the M and Ms! I also like to take fruit leather. Sweet, but light.