Xtreme stove in winter – regular Powermax cartridge sideways or upside-down canister with adapter?

Hi EJ,

I'd go with the Powermax option. IIUC they have a fairly high propane fraction and of course, are the lightest option. They'll equal or perhaps better an inverted Lindal valve cartridge. Easier to pack, too.

Win-win.

Cheers,

Rick

Thanks, how many of the larger size Powermax cartridges would you budget for cooking for 2 + snow melting for 3 days? For cooking one would be more than enough, but for snow melting?

EJ, this sudden spate of Xtreme related questions makes me think that maybe it was you who outbid me for the Xtreme that sold on Ebay last night. Am I right?

LOL I picked mine up off of eBay as well, but last year. It was a great deal, especially since I could barely find one at the time. Great cold weather stove.

Agree entirely with Rick. The Powermax canisters are really good.

And stock up on the Powermax canisters while you can – a case or two in the cupboard is a Good Thing.

My wife and I use slightly less than 30 g of gas per day for 3-season for the two of us, and up to 60 g per day when melting snow. For 3 days with all your water melted over the stove, that would come to 180 g, which is slightly more than a 150 g can but much less than a 300 g can.

Cheers

I'm going to pick up a few cartridges but never like the idea of storing a lot of gas around a residential area (I know we're probably in far greater danger from a neighbor's massive butane barbecue tank than the Powermax cartridges). I really hope they a) don't stop making the Powermax cartridges and b) make lighter stoves to use with them.