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Old May 28, 2007 | 07:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Nightshade
I was looking at those Whisperlites over at REI the other day. I was curious how they do at high altitude like say 4k+ ? was wondering if they had any fuel feed issues.

I suppose burning anything you could come with what works best at your working altitude though.

being able to pick your fuel type is pretty cool
high elevations you can use certain fuel that wont solidify and lower ones you can burn anything you want

there are also kits to buy that allow different types of canisters to attach, so it can be pressurized or just a bottle

i havent ever had it above probably 3500 ft, but my brother took it to colorado and took it onto 7000+ no problem at all running white gas

the shitty part is its a little tripod stand kind of setup, so unlevel ground blows, and it takes a little know how to get it going and burn consistently

the most recent time it was used was at the 3 day DMB concert, where my friends had an rv, but we used my little stove since it was way easier
beerbrats with that thing and costco brats and beast ice beer were amazing, and only took like 3 minutes to cook

it will back in use when i do the rogue river trail again in a few months, then possibly a 4 day sisters area hike at the end of summer, not sure exactly where yet though
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