Originally Posted by
kyakdiver
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.
True. The cannisters are very hard to find. I bought a bunch and had my gal drop mail them to me (two at a time) when needed. Worked well. Beats the heck out of lugging around alcohol, white gas or kerosene. Clean packing, clean burning, very quick heating and light-weight. Ya just gotta plan ahead.