Quote:


I hope your fuel estimates are better than your movie line recall

You've mixed up your Gumba's. It was the great Robert DeNiro as Travis Bickle in the classic "Taxi Driver" that uttered that famous line.

Pacino might work too IF you used his famous line from "Scarface" when talking about your "cozie". "Say hello to my little friend"
Naw, without the M-16/M203 grenade launcher as an accessory, it's not the same

ST has the movie trivia down. I always get those guys mixed up .

Db I'm talkin isopro. I guess I could be off target but it wouldn't be by much. I'll double check just to be sure but a can every 3 days seems about right (the bigger can).

I'll do some fish in foil on the grill once in a while while I watch my bobber to .

OS if you have ever had to rehydrate freeze dried food and had limited fuel supply you would see the need. It takes a while, and rather than spend 10 minutes simmering I can just set it into the cozie and set it aside. It will be piping hot and fully hydrated 15 minutes later and all I had to do was boil the correct amount of water. A considerable fuel savings.

And yes, I have a cozie for my cozie! How cool is that! I figure that will keep it from getting trashed. It is an important piece of gear I had better take care of it.

Hey Db how about a pic of your "paddle cozie"?

db wrote on Dec 27^th, 2010 at 11:16pm:


I'm hurt .

The thought never crossed my mind you were tellin a tall one rather I had never seen a paddle case out of Denim. I suppose I can envision it. What would be so odd about that? I was having trouble understanding why people would tease you about it. I thought perhaps it was sort of unique in a picturesque sort of way.

I have a paddle case from duluth pack that I paid a pretty penny for. A denim one from Grandma would be just fine and a good keepsake to boot.

marlin55388 wrote on Dec 26^th, 2010 at 3:36pm:

I also ran this same sequence .. AL, SS, Ti (with some coated AL thrown in).  As Marlin suggest, if you want to take Ti, then you need to consider taking a heat diffuser if your are doing more than heating water.  They do scorch easy ... Evernew product a bit quicker than MSR version (I guess there is a reason they cost more).

I do generally take my MSR Ti set on trips, but IMHO if you want the best combination of everything (weight, heat retention, scorch resistance, easy clean-up, etc), the hands down winner is MSR Duralite (a coated aluminum product).  It seems to hold its coating a little better than Blacklite (another coating but a Duralite set equivalent).

Also, I'll admit that my heating habits are a bit different on a solo ... I save weight by eating directly from the cooking pot.  Who ELSE on the trip is it going to bother!

BTW:  I only take freeze dried foods on backpacking trips where the weight REALLY makes a big difference (but then only sparingly).  Its not so much of a weight (or even taste issue) with me as much as the rock in my gut after about 4 days of FD food.

However, if you are committed to the Freeze Dried thing, you might want to consider an alternative to the pot cozie, after all you are more interested in keeping the FOOD warm than the pot.  Go to one of your local Chinese food places that have take-out and see if you can get a hot/cold bag.  Its foil lined and designed to keep things hot or cold.  Then after you've added hot water to your food pouch, drop it in the hot/cold bag.  Its probably not quite as good as the cozie, but likely to be close enough with less volume to deal with.  (I guess you could just reuse a foil pouch that the freeze dried food comes in, but you'd have to clean it and it doesn't offer as much insulation.)  If you are uncomfortable raiding a restaurant for a bag, you can buy them or even something better (e.g. (You need to Login or Register to view media files and links) or maybe the (You need to Login or Register to view media files and links)).

dd

mastertangler wrote on Dec 28^th, 2010 at 3:53am:

Yes, the GSI spatula is in my cooking kit, but since you are an MSR fan, I'll also offer the (You need to Login or Register to view media files and links) for your consideration.  I wasn't totally convinced this kit was strong enough to take some abuse, but it has served me well for going on 10 seasons now.  (Well, I take that back, the spatula stayed on a campsite on Kawnipi gleefully drying after morning pancakes as we departed a few years back, so it had to be replaced.)

dd