What did Santa (or Santa’s thong-clad minion) get the very undeserving Commander Zero for Christmas? One of these bad boys. Burns gas cannisters, kerosene, gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, camp fuel, white gas…anything you dont wanna smoke a cigarette near, this baby will burn it. Yowza!! And since my liquid fuel o’ choice is the lovingly stable and deliciously long lasting kerosene, this thing is going to fit right in. Order up a few spare parts, find a good container to hold it all in and this baby is going to get bumped to the top of the gear list. For those keeping track, i currently was using a Coleman Peak1 multifuel stove with an extra generator for kerosene. Also have an old primus #71 (http://stovecollector.tripod.com/images/primus71_50s_60s_m.jpg) that is all brass and is basically World War One technology..no pumps, no no pressurizing, no fuel bottles. A simple and utterly foolproof little cooker. Its an amazing example of low-technology that equals high-tech and then surpasses it with its no moving parts and unbreakable materials..not a lick of plastic on the thing. (Reference: http://stovecollector.tripod.com/br_primus.htm) However, despite its bulletproofness, one drawback is that its pretty much restricted to the one fuel. The Omnifuel, however, will run on whatever I can find … and extremely useful quality to have when you never know what fuel may be available. I could scavenge out of oil tanks, car gas tanks, truck diesel tanks, kerosene lamps, etc, etc. Truly, a Mad Max-suitable piece of gear.

Mondo cool.

I’ll pull a fuel bottle out of the bunker tonight and try it with camp fuel to familiarize myself.