The reason for solid liquid fuel is that you can fill up pretty much anything, kerosene, petrol, diesel etc..

You can never board a plan with a gas canister which is why you will need to buy gas supply when you do a oversea hike. The problem when you buy oversea is that there is no standardised mounting for gas canister.. Thus making Solid fuel burner much versatile at the cost of weight due to more complicated designs.

I bought myself a titanium gas stove as it is much lighter and I thought I will never do oversea hike. Most oversea hike that I might do will be guided and food provided thus no need to bring my own gas stove.

yeah. i know.

talking about solid fuel tablet :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexamine_fuel_tablet

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its scary when remembering my childhood scouting days. i wonder if all those scout teachers back then knew the danger...

oh hexamine, good to light up a camp fire

Many ppl use solid fuel (Hexamine) coz it easy to use and the price is cheap here. Cost RM10 and come with stove or RM5 for the solid fuel only. Yes the flame quite smelly and your mess tin will be black in no time. :) Or wait for a clean solid fuel like Zip Military Fuel to arrive and available here
http://www.thebushcraftstore.co.uk/zip-mil...exy-13754-p.asp

If you don't want a smelly flame..use alcohol stove like Trangia spirit burner that cost around RM60. Or you can make your own burner if you want to. Then buy the fuel at hardware shop (spirit) or any farmasi (alcohol).

If you camping solo and cook only a little..get a gas canister stove. Much easier to use. It won't explode unless you throw the cannister into a fire. :LOL

But if you wanna masak quite a lot than better get a liquid fuel stove though it a bit leceh coz need to pre-heat the fuel first. Somemore need a bit maintenance once a while like cleaning the jet burner.

This post has been edited by waveweaver: Sep 17 2014, 01:32 AM

Any one use steri pen before ? I was thinking of to use this instead of purification pill

Ermmm anyone used this before ?

Not for me as I know where to get clean water source from the jungle. I used to use the purification tablets when I am new into hiking. Taste a little weird.

I plan to use either one of the method for my nepal trip. Read many blog saying that it is better be safe over there.

Aww ic. I never been to Nepal before therefore I do not know how's the water quality there. If you are okay with the tablets, you could opt for that. Share with us the pictures upon completion. Which trek by the way?

I am doing the 8 days Annapurna base camp trek. Hopefully dont freeze me death over there.
How was the taste when using tablet?

Drinkable but weird. Maybe you want to add those flavour thingy like apple/ orange powder.

lata hammer perting waterfall

I too prefer filteration compared to tablet.

this year or next year I'm might try lifestraw or sawyer filter. i'm might focus more into saawyer - since it helps filtering into dehydration pack.

anyone buy something from this shop before?
http://eco-sports.com.my/index.php is it reliable?

Just did Mt. Fansipan.. Difficult hike for my standard, especially with a very fatigue legs to begin with.

Extremely steep and later on became mud feast. Weather was perfect that day, could have been worse if it rains.

My friend invited me to hike Mt. Mera, guess I am not ready to do a 20 days hike yet. pass

Dangerous fall, do not play a fool. A lot of people died there. 20 ft deep with under water current.

Even my friend's friend drown there.

http://travel.asiaone.com/article/news/adv...re-clients-life

Difficult hike for your standard? Your stamina is quite good and Fansipan should not be a problem for you if you are to hike Rinjani before.

No need to head so far to try long hikes. Try Gunung Tahan via Kuala Tahan (7 days) or Gunung Noring (6 days).

I was extremely tired from doing Vietnam Mountain Marathon, could not even wear a shoe because all my toe nails are swollen.

I bought a fake Teva sandals and hike with it. The muddy part is a nightmare as mud goes between my soles, my feet start sliding between my shoe soles as well.

There's a cable car construction going on, the trail is badly damaged by the construction as it is a mud wonderland now.
The starting hike is very enjoyable, very scenic and cooling.

We have seen a triangle head, bright yellow/green snake too, freak the hell out of me as I am the first one to see it.


Lack of proper shoe is the main cause why I am so tired.

Snakes just too common. You will get used to see one if you look around properly.

Why wear sandals to hike? I never like sandals even I am to trek simple hills or even waterfalls.

Show us some pictures.

Caused my toe nail is too painful. i need something that is not blocking my toe nail

Picture of the snake or the hike? It's in my google plus but can't share now cause company blocks everything

This post has been edited by Sky.Live: Sep 29 2014, 02:37 PM