I haven't been around for a while (lost a job and had some pretty serious financial reversals), but some of you may know of my backpacking stove addiction, er, hobby. Finally got around to doing stove reviews again. My current write up on the Bobcat system which works with either alcohol or hexamine (e.g. ESBIT).
I've been using the Bobcat stove system for my solo trips for several months.
I've found it to be a good system: reliable, stable, and easy to use. I particularly like that everything fits inside the pot, which makes things pretty handy.
If you're interested in such things, here's the full review on my blog:
The Bobcat Stove System
This article is actually part I of a series. Next in the series (Part II) will cover how I use the system to bake muffins out on the trail. Yes, not exactly typical "long trail" fare, but trust me the rest of the family sometimes mysteriously becomes willing to participate on my little outings when I mention that I'll be baking fresh muffins.
Part III will be on a "universal" alcohol stove, a stove that will burn ethyl (the major component of denatured alcohol), methyl (e.g. HEET), or Isopropyl (rubbing alcohol).
HJ