Morning monkeys!
Moar office today. My excitement can hardly be contained.
Be safe out there.
Moar office today. My excitement can hardly be contained.
Be safe out there.
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Friday, and it's my birthday!
It's Wednesday if you play your cards right!
HBD, 'Squeeberama!
HBD, 'Squeeberama!
went riding after work last night. and it was good.
Morning.
The little guy didn't sleep that well last night so the wifey and I are fairly tired this morning. Ugh... I need moar coffee.
EDIT: Oh yeah, and happy b-day Pesqueebster!
The little guy didn't sleep that well last night so the wifey and I are fairly tired this morning. Ugh... I need moar coffee.
EDIT: Oh yeah, and happy b-day Pesqueebster!
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considering a camp stove... hvae a quasi immediate need.
Rode local track with das kid last night....he stopped after an hour of laps, pretty much the full time...I should have as well, too. Le pooped.
platty this weekend?
for car camping? I got one of these a few years back an they're bombproof...
You goin? Thought it was just Sammich at this point. It is still a possibility. Trying to determine if I can get a sunny Saturday off from fam & get back for 4pm party, or go for the rainy all day Sunday deal.
I also have to work on the dh bike, ehhh.
I also have to work on the dh bike, ehhh.
i was considering that, but for how much they cost i can get something the same price i can use for backpacking & kayak camping too.
I'm considering something like this:
http://www.rei.com/product/830343/msr-windpro-ii-backpacking-stove
because it runs on propape and i can refill my 16oz cans. but for backpacking i'm not too crazy about the notion of having to carry propane tanks or other canisters.
i've also considering the biolite stove, but that thing is kinda big, and as cool as the charger functionality is, it's something that wouldn't get frequently used methinks. althought i know one guy that has one and swears he'll never use anything else again.
right now its me and andy. anyone else is welcome to join, although i know most people are going to creek for the GRT.
OK, I will let youse guyse know! I would prefer Saturday 10-2. Luckily, I rode the DH bike so little last season that I think that it therefore needs little work!
I have a WhisperLite that's probably 20 years old. It will burn pretty much any flammable liquid with the correct nozzle and weighs only slightly more than that one. It's taken a serious beating and still works very well. The new ones are built almost exactly the same. I highly recommend one if you don't want to go the canister route.
i like the universality of this one:
http://www.rei.com/product/830342/msr-whisperlite-universal-backpacking-stove
but still requires carrying a fuel source.
You have to burn something. Planning on extracting hydrogen from the atmosphere?
edit: at this point i'm between something like the universal whisperlite and the biolite one... i like the biolite one for the fact that i won't have to carry fuel, and you can apparently get that thing to work in pretty much any conditions... super cold (my buddy that swears by it got it to work at like 20 below) and even works with wet wood/sticks (although it apparently produces a good amount of smoke)
Can't go wrong with the whisperlite. The last few seasons I've been using the Primus ETA for dinner meals and a Jetboil for coffee/breakfasts. (Car camping) On backpacks I pack the ETA and a coffee mug. I like them but hate canister fuel.
I've been checking out the biolite and it looks pretty badass! I don't know how much I'd use the charger but it is there if I did need it I suppose. (maybe it could charge my mtb night light?)
I've also been looking at the Kelly Kettles.
Cheers
I've been checking out the biolite and it looks pretty badass! I don't know how much I'd use the charger but it is there if I did need it I suppose. (maybe it could charge my mtb night light?)
I've also been looking at the Kelly Kettles.
Cheers
biolite uses biomass (branches, sticks, leaves, grass, etc). apparently it works with wet fuel even.
I don't think i could really go wrong with either... although I may not like the total size of the biolite, i do realize that by the time i include a fuel canister of whatever kind with the whisperlite, size would be about the same. at which point i'd still prefer the biolite because i wouldn't really have the concern about running out of fuel.
I have a Whisperlite as well... and it's over 20 years old. It's not the multi-fuel version, but it's bombproof apparently.
If I were buying a stove now, though - I'd probably go for the Dragonfly from MSR - it has a way better "simmer" control. Simmering with the Whisperlite involves a lot of practice combined with some Voodoo.
Two nights ago I dreamt that we had a fire drill at work. Yesterday we had a fire drill at work, and I remembered the dream only when the alarm sounded. Trippy.
I have a dragonfly, and used to have the Whisperlite (I passed it on to my brother so I could "upgrade"). The thing to keep in mind about the dragonfly is its LOUD. Like jet-engine-taking-off-loud. I kinda miss the Whisperlite for that. Also, somehow, the Whisperlite doesn't seem to get as gunked up as the dragonfly and the jets are easier to clean.
I still vote for a two-burner table top stove for car camping expeditions... how else are you going to brew your coffee and cook your bacon at the same time?!?!?!
bacon.
flavored.
coffee.
flavored.
coffee.
Actually looking at a stove too for climbing trips. Convenience. I have the Whisperlite intl for more than 10yrs now, awesome burner. Not much control as Simmerlites but it burns any flammable liquid. Pump it...
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