Sub-Zero Shootout - Stove Fuels Head to Head in Cold Weather!

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A Comparison of camping stove fuels in real winter conditions. Here I take every butane and isobutane canister I could find along with a multi fuel liquid fuel stove, freeze them outside overnight at -15 degrees, then try to boil water with each one when the temperature is between -5 and 5 degrees. The results might surprise you! should you rely on canister stoves in the winter or not? The results seen here support my experiences with them in multiple real life scenarios.
0:00 Into
0:53 Choosing a fuel
1:57 Test Beginning
2:20 XGK EX Multi Fuel Liquid Stove
3:00 Optimus Fuel
4:25 Kovea Fuel
5:55 GSI Outdoors Fuel
7:40 Snow Peak Giga Power Fuel
8:38 Jetboil Jetpower Fuel 4oz
9:56 Jetboil Jetpower Fuel 8oz.
10:44 Max Fuel
12:38 Coleman Butane Fuel 8oz
13:36 Sterno Fuel
14:25 Coleman Butane Fuel 16oz
15:18 MSR IsoPro Fuel 4oz, 8oz, 16oz.
15:40 MSR IsoPro Fuel 4oz
17:03 MSR IsoPro Fuel 8oz
19:20 MSR IsoPro Fuel 16oz
20:56 Closing Thoughts
Equipment tested in the video:
MSR Reactor, 1.7L.
MSR XGK EX with the Arctic Fuel Pump, using 91 octane pump gasoline.
MSR Titan 2 Pot Ultralight titanium Cook Set, 1.5L pot.
Optimus Energy Gas/Gaz fuel, butane/isobutane/propane mix, 3.88oz/110g.
Kovea Premium Blend Fuel, isobutane/propane mix, 3.9oz/110g.
GSI Outdoors Fuel, isobutane/propane mix, 3.9oz/110g.
Snow Peak Giga Power ProIso Gold Fuel, isobutane/propane mix, 4oz/110g.
Jetboil Jetpower fuel, isobutane/propane mix, 8.11oz/230g, 3.53oz/100g.
Max Butane Fuel, High Preformance Fuel Blend (unknown), 8.1oz/230g.
Coleman Performance Blended Fuel, butane/propane mix, 15.5oz/440g, 7.75oz/220g.
Sterno Fuel, isobutane/propane mix, 8oz, 230g.
MSR IsoPro fuel, isobutane/propane mix, 16oz/450g, 8oz/227g, 3.9oz/110g.
Here is where I acquired all the items in the video:
MSR Reactor, msrgear.com
MSR XGK EX, msrgear.com
MSR Titan Cook set, msrgear.com
MSR IsoPro fuel, all sizes, R.E.I.
Jetboil Jetpower fuel, R.E.I.
Optimus Fuel, R.E.I.
Snow Peak Fuel, R.E.I.
GSI Fuel, R.E.I.
Colman Fuel, Walmart.
Sterno Fuel, Walmart.
Kovea Fuel, Menards.
Max Fuel, Menards.
I am not associated with any equipment or companies in this video at all, and don't receive anything from them. I listed where I got everything to help people find the products they may want.

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@dustinfrost5214 12 сағат бұрын

Wouldn't catch me out camping in that weather 😂😂

@fredt.1374 Жыл бұрын

Good Video!

@lesliemartin-od1dq 10 ай бұрын

Try a remote canister stove with a preheat tube over or next to the burner that can be used with the canister inverted which will feed liquid fuel first to the preheat area that can be used to around 0 deg F

@wanttogo1958 5 ай бұрын

Anything below 30 degrees F for isobutane begins to degrade performance. Below about 15 degrees F at lower altitudes and what you demonstrated in this video is the result. You can preheat the fuel canister inside your jacket or sleeping bag then place it on an insulated surface such as a piece of closed cell foam. Next attach your Moulder strip (search for it and choose the Backpacking Light search result; no membership required to read it) and a neoprene cozy to insulate the canister some as it cools from use. Then light your stove. If you protect it from wind you should be able to operate a stove such as a Pocket Rocket Deluxe, that is regulated, down to a temperature close to zero degrees F. A better choice but possibly a little heavier one is a remote canister stove that is designed to run with an inverted canister. You will still want to insulate the canister and warm it just prior to lighting the stove in the upright position initially, then once it’s running and heating the preheat tube in the burner, then invert the canister. Then you’re in business. But really if you’re out in temperatures that are consistently below 15 degrees F then you really need a liquid (white) gas stove and larger pot in case the only way to get water is to melt snow.