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What have people found is the best fuel for MSR stoves ie least priming and mantanance.

Neil

In reply to neil O'Brien:

Gas

In reply to neil O'Brien:

Coleman is the cleanest and best but expensive and hard to find.

I've always used unleaded petrol which is fine. You never have a problem getting it straight off a flight at 10pm en route to a campsite.

In reply to richard kirby: Thanks for the info, amazing how these querys arise on a slow day at work. o well back to stove mantanance

Neil

In reply to neil O'Brien: mine likes petrol, though you get more fuel density with kerosene or diesel, but you've got to carry priming fuel.

an an associated issue, does anyone know where i can get hold of decent priming paste/gel?

In reply to neil O'Brien:

I have a coleman peak 1 which I run on "essence C" as bought in French hardware stores. Its sold as dry cleaning fluid and works a treat. Don't use "essence F" though I did and it burnt a bit hot. I switched it off pronto as the pre heat element was glowing a dull coppery red in about 3 seconds flat,and that didn't seem right.

Worth a try for your MSR I'd have thought.

In reply to fhyndoh:

I've used paraffin in my Whisperlite quite a lot, and it doesn't need priming paste since there's a wick to get it lit. It's a little bit harder to light than petrol, but burns hotter once it gets going. It makes things even sootier than petrol when priming though.

In reply to stuartf:

Have been using paraffin but it can be i right pain to light, and it is a right pain to clean the stove. i think petrol may be the way forward as its dead easy to light and get hold of any where also it does burn a bit cleaner, not much but the cleaner the better for me.

In reply to neil O'Brien: In case you've never seen it, this is quite handy.

http://www.welcomehome.org/backcountry/fuel.names.txt

In reply to mike swann: And this ones a bit tidier.
http://fuel.papo-art.com/