Backpacking without a stove

[Deadeye008]

I don't do it very often and when I do it's usually one 16 or 20oz bottle. Someone needs to invent a powder Mt Dew mix that I can dump in some water!

x2. Maybe I'll invent it and retire early!

 

[Deadeye008]

Here's another lightweight option at only 0.4 oz for the stove.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002AQET2C/?tag=backcountrypo-20

I have a few stoves similar to this(http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005CB7FM8/?tag=backcountrypo-20) that I have used with trioxane tablets and they work well to heat water.

 

[Dan]

there are tons of options for lightweight stoves, but on extended trips, the weight tends to come in the form of fuel. so if you are out a week, even if your little soda can alcohol stove weighs 2 ounces, the fuel you have to carry to boil x amount of cups over that much time tends to weigh more than a more efficient stove.

the best options are probably the wood burning stoves, if you don't want to carry fuel. still 8 ounces though for most of them (with a pot).

two years ago on the PCT i gave up on a stove. for one, i was hiking close to 30 miles a day, so I didn't need hot food to get me going in the morning. i just needed food i could shove in my mouth while hiking. (i will probably never hike like that again, it's pretty boring.) however, going without a stove is great. i loved the simplicity, never had to worry about it. and it saves you around a pound when you consider fuel and the stove over a week's time. pretty sweet!

sometimes i did the cold starbucks thing, or cold chai. i don't really crave caffeine that much though, so no big deal. in the summer, it tends to be warm enough you don't need the comfort of a hot drink. ymmv.

anyways, it can be done quite easily if you are into it.

 

[Bill]

wheres the back country burner?​

 

[DOSS]

Here's another lightweight option at only 0.4 oz for the stove.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002AQET2C/?tag=backcountrypo-20

I have a few stoves similar to this(http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005CB7FM8/?tag=backcountrypo-20) that I have used with trioxane tablets and they work well to heat water.

I skip the esbit stove and get a empty cat food can from my grandmother in law with the plastic lid, put some air holes in the side and store my exbit inside of the new free stove Then use a Heineken can as a pot/cup and you have a seriously light coffee making setup

 

[Nick]

wheres the back country burner?​

Still not here! He promised that everyone would have a shipping notice by leap day but I didn't get one. To top that off, I emailed him to make sure he wasn't shipping to my old work address and he hasn't responded!

 

[Nick]

I have been taking packets of Starbucks Via instant, which I find to be pretty good, just dumped in my water bottle first thing in the morning with a couple of Splendas, and drinking it cold. It gets me going. To each his own.

Thanks for this advice John. I've been doing the Via straight up, no heat, no splenda, no sugar, etc. and I actually like it as much or better than when it's hot. Scratch that. Much better. Backpacking without a stove is great, I love the simplicity of it.

 

[barl0w]

I have the lightest option, although the stove burner is a really great idea ... invite a friend who can't live w/out coffee and you know will carry a burner so you can borrow it. Perhaps in return you carry something he/she wants - like the coffee. Make it a win/win!

I don't drink coffee, but really like the no stove choice when it's warm enough to not have a hot meal at dinner. I love the jerky, nuts, honey, peanut butter, and maybe an apple approach.

 

[moose droppings]

So I'm starting to lean towards option #4...

4. Get whoever I'm backpacking with to heat me up 2 cups of water in the morning - PRICELESS!

ah great, now my coffee is now all over my computer screen. thanks man.

 

[pixie1339]

I just completed my first backpacking trip without a stove, and it actually worked out pretty nicely. Starbucks also makes Via iced coffee packets, so I used those for my morning brew. Not bad!