Caldera Cone Fuel Bottle |
Mylar Package Fuel Bottle |
This bottle has about 4-meals worth of fuel in it (larger packages can be found in the baby food aisle in your grocery store). When I say 4-meals, I am talking about boiling enough water to rehydrate a meal that I prepared beforehand - of course, another way to save weight - and not for preparing food at a steady boil for 8-10 minutes. I'd say that the bottle weighs maybe a half ounce, or perhaps less. And I'd guess that the cons to this contaner are durability, and trying to get fuel in the small mouth of the bottle; the latter can be mitigated by including a small plastic funnel in one's bounce box.
Anyway, I've just included this fuel bottle in my cook kit, and am eager to try it out next time I am on the trail. What are your thoughts on this idea?
** A few days after I posted this, I heard from Heesoo. He says, "The fuel bottle idea was mainly to fit the fuel bottle inside my cook pot. With the chopped caldera cone, I can get the cone, four+ days of fuel, stove,and lighter in the cook pot. I like having it all contained in one spot instead of having a 1L pot and another ~1L container for the cone, fuel and stove. The squeeze fuel bottle does have durability issues. It can develop pinhole leaks where the bottle repeatedly flexes."