On Mon, 27 Dec 2010 16:48:57 -0600, "Lloyd E. Sponenburgh"
lloydspinsidemindspring.com wrote:

Larry Jaques fired this volley in
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One of these works for day-long power outages here, along with LED
booklights. http://tinyurl.com/2v3hdqr
FWIW, those are _impossible_ to adjust for a low simmer (having only two
or three discrete "stops" in the adjustment; and no, you can't 'trim'
them).

I boil water or bring a meal to temp. What's to simmer?


They also are so affected by even a light breeze, that they're just about
unusable anywhere but indoors or inside closed-up tent.

Quite true.


I have a couple for indoor power emergencies, but don't really like them.

When I got to brew and drink coffee during a long (day) power outage,
I praised mine highly, TYVM.


OTOH, I have a little Chinese two-burner butane stove I got from a
Haitian importer friend, and it's about the dandiest little miniature
stove you could want. It tunes to anything from a roar to a bare simmer,
and the canned butane is sold by many ACE hardware stores.

Cool.

--
Make the best use of what is in your power,
and take the rest as it happens.
-- Epictetus