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#3
11-04-2007, 06:25 PM
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I came back from an overnight hike yesterday. It was 26 F when I made coffee and hot oatmeal for breakfast.
I was using a canister stove. I didn't think it would work below freezing. The weather prediction was for a low of 40 F. Just can't trust those people. Slosteppin 
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#4
11-04-2007, 09:38 PM
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Similar to Big Load, when it gets below freezing I use a white gas stove. A lot of times, I melt snow / ice for water and nothing else does the job quite as well or as fast as my Simmerlite.
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#5
11-04-2007, 10:54 PM
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Nova with white gas.
I've tried several canister stoves in winter, including the JetBoil GCS, but have found them less than reliable for cold winter trips where I need to melt snow for water, or at higher altitudes.
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#6
11-08-2007, 07:21 PM
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Well, if I know I'm going to be below freezing and I have to melt snow for water, I always carry my creaky, old (not the new incarnation) MSR XGK white-gas stove. Sure, it's clunky, bulky, and heavy but it's never let me down in the most extreme conditions. And the fact that it's got so many battle scars by now makes it even more charming.
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#7
11-09-2007, 07:02 AM
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Maintenance
SVEA, Whisperlite and the last couple winters it has been a Optimus Nova.
A few winters ago on a cold as heck (5F) morning in the bottom of a high desert canyon in the SW my 20 year old Whisperlite International would not start. I called MSR when I returned, the lady asked if I had cleaned the fuel line recently. I had never cleaned the fuel line or done any maintenance on the thing. I learned my lesson.
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#9
11-10-2007, 03:27 PM
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That's an easy question for me...I use a Coleman Extreme stove with Powermax canisters...whether you are at sea level, 70F, 11,000feet or -11F it runs the same...always test your canister before you commit it to a trip...I've only had one bum one but that's all you need sometimes to set you back if you were in the wrong place at the wrong time....
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#10
11-11-2007, 07:58 AM
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For melting snow etc. I also carry a very old blast furnace: MSR XGK. (Ski mountaineering/ Trans Sierra trips). Non winter/snow a alcohol stove.
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