How Much Gas Produce 1 Involve For My Jetboil? (Or Other High Efficiency Stove)

Here's a perennial question:  How much gas create I need for my Jetboil?  And, really, this would apply to non solely Jetboils but to whatever high efficiency stove laid up.
A 1 liter pot from Primus.
Note the oestrus exchanger at the bottom of the pot.
Generally, a "high efficiency stove laid up" way an integrated canister stove (Jetboil, Reactor, Windburner, Eta Express, etc), but there's no argue that you lot can't become out too only larn a oestrus exchanger pot too create your ain high efficiency stove laid up.  Combine your existing stove amongst a oestrus exchanger pot, plough it downward to a moderate flame, too you've got your ain high efficiency stove laid up.

What's out at that spot inwards price of ready made high efficiency stove systems?  You mightiness desire to receive got a await at my article Integrated Canister Stoves – The State of the Art.

But dorsum to the master copy question:  How much gas create I need for my Jetboil (or other high efficiency stove laid up)?

Background
The "de facto" touchstone for uncomplicated backpacking cooking is the "two loving cup boil" (about 500 ml).  Why?  Because that's what most freeze dried backpacking type meals require.  Things similar ramen too require nearly 2 cups of H2O every bit create other pop backpacking meals similar Knorr's rice or pasta.  Of course of didactics some meals require to a greater extent than too others less, but 2 cups/500 ml is a pretty practiced starting place.

But of course, some people volition receive got hot meals 1 time per day, some twice, too nevertheless others 3 times per day.  So, it's non only "two cups" that we've got to worry nearly but too how often we boil upward our 2 cups.  And of course, at that spot are those who desire a hot loving cup of coffee, cocoa, or tea amongst their meals.

Let's await at 3 scenarios too run into what nosotros come upward up with.  I'm going to arbitrarily set upward these numbers for a 5 solar daytime trip, only every bit an example.  You'll need to arrange these numbers if your trip is either shorter or longer.

First, I'll briefly pull each scenario, too hence I'll receive got a nautical chart "doing the math" too comparison the 3 scenarios.  There volition survive a intelligence department afterwards the numbers too charts.

Scenario 1 ("Minimal")
In Scenario One, I'm going to pull somewhat "minimal" use.  Our backpacker hither volition non receive got hot nutrient every repast but rather volition receive got solely hot nutrient twice a day.  So, somewhat minimal but hardly extreme.  Now, this is a 5 solar daytime trip, but I'm going to assume that our backpacker volition consume breakfast before he or she hits the trail on solar daytime 1 too that he or she volition operate out the trail after supper on the concluding day.  This is commonly the way I ready my trips, hence I think this is a reasonable assumption.  Therefore our backpacker volition receive got 4 breakfasts too 4 suppers.  Our backpacker boils 2 cups/500 ml for each hot meal.  If you lot run your trips differently, arrange these numbers accordingly.

Scenario 2 ("Moderate")
In Scenario Two, I'll pull what I telephone telephone "moderate" use.  Our backpacker inwards Scenario Two volition consume 3 hot meals per day.  All else remains the same.

Scenario 3 ("Heavier")
In Scenario Three, I'll pull what I telephone telephone "heavier" use.  Our backpacker inwards Scenario Three volition consume 3 hot meals per solar daytime and will receive got 1 loving cup of hot potable per meal.  All else remains the same.

OK, hence let's lay this out inwards a serial of comparative charts.


Discussion
With a high efficiency stove laid up, it's perfectly reasonably to boil 2 cups (500 ml) of H2O amongst 5 g of fuel.  Of course of didactics you'll desire to know the Rules of Stove Fuel Economy so that you lot don't current of air upward blowing your grams per boil.

With "minimal" use, nosotros purpose solely xl grams of fuel for a 5 solar daytime trip.  That's pretty good! Since most pocket-size ("four ounce") size fuel canisters comprise 110 grams of gas, we're totally covered amongst 1 canister.  Nice.

With "moderate" use, we're at 68 grams for a 5 solar daytime trip.  Note that I used "4.5" every bit the release of days.  I'm nevertheless assuming our backpacker volition consume breakfast earlier starting too consume supper afterwards ending, but remember that inwards Scenario Two (moderate), our backpacker has a hot tiffin every day, hence I add together inwards an extra one-half solar daytime to job organisation human relationship for the extra meal.  I guess strictly speaking it should survive a 3rd of a day, but unopen enough.  Again, we're good inside the capacity of a unmarried 110 g canister of gas.

Even amongst "heavier" use, were nevertheless solely at 101 g of fuel used.  Yes, that mightiness survive cutting it a petty unopen to convey a unmarried 110 g canister of gas when you lot excogitation to purpose 101 g total. but if you lot ran low, you lot could forego you lot hot potable at tiffin on the concluding day.

Now, these are fairly stiff scenarios.  Every repast is the same.  But fifty-fifty if you lot flex things around a bit, hence long every bit you're non boiling to a greater extent than than nine cups/2.1 liters per solar daytime (and solely half dozen cups/1.4 liters on the offset too concluding day), you're going to survive OK amongst only 1 pocket-size size canister.  That's pretty nice.  That's the wages of a high efficiency stove laid up.   When you lot tin avoid sizing upward to the adjacent larger canister (or carrying multiple canisters), a high efficiency stove ready volition probable salve you lot weight overall.

Compatible Canisters 
"But Jim!  I receive got a Jetboil.  Jetboil solely sells 100 g canisters of gas.  If I purpose a non-Jetboil canister the heaven volition collapse, I'll larn a pilus lip, too my domestic dog volition moisture the rug."

Uh, no.  You tin pretty much purpose whatever build of canister amongst whatever build of stove.  Pretty much (there are exceptions).  You mightiness desire to banking enterprise stand upward for out my article Can I Use Any Brand of Gas Canister?

Why anyone would purchase Jetboil build pocket-size canisters when you lot tin larn to a greater extent than gas for the same cost past times buying some other build is beyond me.  Yes, it's "only" a 10 g difference, but remember that a 2 loving cup boil requires solely 5 g of gas amongst a high efficiency stove laid up.  You're giving upward two meals every fourth dimension you lot purchase Jetboil build pocket-size canisters.  No, thanks.

Cautions 
You should ever purpose your ain habits to guess your fuel usage.  Don't only rely on my scenarios.   These scenarios are meant to create your thinking non dictate your fuel usage.

If you're novel to this, you lot mightiness desire to survive a fighting to a greater extent than conservative inwards price of your allocation of fuel than what I've outlined above.

If you're melting snowfall to larn water, double all of the inwards a higher house estimates.


I promise you lot establish this postal service useful.  Thanks for joining me,

HJ

Appendix
Some people, depending on what type of device they are using, may abide by it easier to read the nautical chart inwards HTML format.  Here is the nautical chart inwards HTML format:
Minimal    Moderate    Heavier
H2O (ml) gas (g) H2O (ml) gas (g) H2O (ml) gas (g)
Breakfast 500 5 Breakfast 500 5 Breakfast 750 7.5
Lunch 0 0 Lunch 500 5 Lunch 750 7.5
Dinner 500 5 Dinner 500 5 Dinner 750 7.5
Per Day 10 Per Day 15 Per Day 22.5
Days 4 Days 4.5 Days 4.5
Total 40 Total 68 Total 101

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