Originally Posted by
JoeMan
You might consider looking at Sno-Peak canister
http://www.snowpeak.com/ stoves Extreme light weight, reliable. Canister fuel is available many places if you are touring CONUS. I use their products for pack backing also. Carrying diesel fuel or gasoline is not an attractive to me while touring.
Have you tried using that stove on a cross country trip? I have an msr simmerilite that uses cannisters... They are not available in huge chunks of the Northern Tier but can't speak for the other routes. I would never do it again on that route. That was my experience. Even Walmart... one of the few places I could find them in the West don't carry them in the middle of the country. That was a fact in 2008.