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One good thing about the COVID-19 thing......

Posted: Sun Dec 27, 2020 7:38 pm
by Termite
Hand sanitizer.

For preppers, there is now alcohol fuel for backpacking stoves EVERYWHERE, and cheap.

The 90% stuff is best, BTW.

Re: One good thing about the COVID-19 thing......

Posted: Sun Dec 27, 2020 9:47 pm
by Greg
Personally I want something like this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_Kettle

Re: One good thing about the COVID-19 thing......

Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2020 6:04 am
by Jered
Are you talking a Trangia type stove?

Re: One good thing about the COVID-19 thing......

Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2020 12:16 am
by Weetabix
Seems like old bottles of hand sanitizer are more liquid than gel. I wonder how one could accelerate that liquefaction? I must have made about a hundred soda can stoves when my son was in Scouts. I always used Heet as the fuel because it was cheap and the bottle sealed up pretty well. I think I have a Trangia somewhere, too.
Greg wrote: Sun Dec 27, 2020 9:47 pm Personally I want something like this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_Kettle
I've always meant to try one of those. The Hobo Stove accessory on the base looks like a Solo Stove. I'll bet a Kelly Kettle would work a treat on a Solo Stove. Must think...

Re: One good thing about the COVID-19 thing......

Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2020 7:52 am
by HTRN
Termite wrote: Sun Dec 27, 2020 7:38 pm Hand sanitizer.

For preppers, there is now alcohol fuel for backpacking stoves EVERYWHERE, and cheap.
Why not use Everclear? Unless you're burning copies quantities it's relatively cheap, and as a bonus, you can drink it in mixers. :ugeek:

Re: One good thing about the COVID-19 thing......

Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2020 9:22 am
by Netpackrat
Still using the big bottle of hand sanitizer in my garage that has been in there since I moved in 2017, and was in the previous garage for a few years before that. I'll probably actually use it all up in a month or two.

Re: One good thing about the COVID-19 thing......

Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2020 6:11 pm
by Termite
HTRN wrote: Tue Dec 29, 2020 7:52 am Why not use Everclear? Unless you're burning copies quantities it's relatively cheap, and as a bonus, you can drink it in mixers. :ugeek:
Everclear indeed works, but it isn't available everywhere. And only for folks over 21.

Crap, the alcohol hand sanitizer is for sale EVERYWHERE. And can be bought by kids even.

Re: One good thing about the COVID-19 thing......

Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2020 1:55 pm
by MiddleAgedKen
Termite wrote: Tue Dec 29, 2020 6:11 pmEverclear indeed works, but it isn't available everywhere. And only for folks over 21.

Crap, the alcohol hand sanitizer is for sale EVERYWHERE. And can be bought by kids even.
Some schmoe will start the Hand Sanitizer Challenge on TikTok or some crap, and then Karen will take care of that. ;)

Re: One good thing about the COVID-19 thing......

Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2021 1:20 am
by Vonz90
Just remember my motto (one of several).

"Build a man a fire, and you will keep him warm for a few hours. Set a man on fire, and you will keep him warm for the rest of his life."