Jim J Solo wrote on Mar 26^th, 2013 at 2:11pm:

Not sure what the attraction is with the small wood burners. Guess it's like the wooden paddles and canvas packs thing.

I'm getting old Jim (or at least folk keep trying to convince me  ;) ). I'm no longer the pack horse I once was. I'm reevaluating every single piece of gear I have. If I could leave most of my fuel at home (bulky, heavy) and just worry about heating some water in a relatively quick manner for my simple needs (coffee and oatmeal) that would be a good thing.

I even emailed Cooke Custom Sewing to see about getting an 8x8 tarp instead of my 10x10.......Less and less folks can go for 2 or 3 weeks so why do I need a big tarp?

And by George I like my spare wood paddle.........It doesn't blow away when I set it down to make a cast  ;D