ManBearPig wrote on Feb 4^th, 2011 at 4:52am:

These posts are all helpfull  :D and have given me some great points to think over.  I think mostly it will be used to get a percolater going on cold mornings before we go out laker fishing.  It will be used for canoe trips primarily but I would also like to take it on some high altitude backpacking trips.  I am willing to sacrifice noise for compactness and boil speed but it needs to be able to cook and simmer too.  Maybe I am asking too much  ::) but I will keep looking.  Thanks again for all the help.

So how high altitude are we talking?  Colorado high, Denali high ... a bit more than that?  The noise versus compact is the reverse ... the smaller the stove, generally the louder it is.

Give us a heads up when you get your list narrowed.  I'd bet someone around here has some feedback on particular models that might be useful.

Marlin -

So, how many stoves to you have?

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