okies after my original post regarding using these instead of hexi blocks i dipped into the coffers and bought a couple of bags to try. They are pine blocks with no additives and used like a firelighter but i thought they would make a good alternative to hexamine blocks due to the price. They retail at £2.99 for a pack of 72 compared with approx £2 for 8 hexi blocks.
please note my cup on the swiss volcano is always sooty (prior to the burn ;-0 )
They will not light from a ferro rod directly so they either need a squirt of alco gel or use matches/lighter to get them going, from which they light very easily.
they burn for approx 10 mins and easily brought my cup up to the boil.
Whilst burning they put out a little bit of black smoke but nowhere near as much smoke as my previous burns with collected twigs. The water did not pick up any taste taint (which i have had with using sticks)
I used 2 blocks which pumped out enough heat to obtain a rolling boil in approx 7 mins and the blocks where still burning strong when i had finished.
To sum up i love hexamine blocks for no fuss little smoke cooking but these babies cant be sniffed at for the price...
Cheers for looking and maybe someone can resize my pics lol
please note my cup on the swiss volcano is always sooty (prior to the burn ;-0 )
They will not light from a ferro rod directly so they either need a squirt of alco gel or use matches/lighter to get them going, from which they light very easily.
they burn for approx 10 mins and easily brought my cup up to the boil.
Whilst burning they put out a little bit of black smoke but nowhere near as much smoke as my previous burns with collected twigs. The water did not pick up any taste taint (which i have had with using sticks)
I used 2 blocks which pumped out enough heat to obtain a rolling boil in approx 7 mins and the blocks where still burning strong when i had finished.
To sum up i love hexamine blocks for no fuss little smoke cooking but these babies cant be sniffed at for the price...
Cheers for looking and maybe someone can resize my pics lol