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Esbit Solid Fuel Tablets

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Use these solid fuel tablets for your Esbit stove. The nontoxic, nonexplosive formula is virtually odorless and smokeless.

Generates up to 1400°F of intense heat, providing about 12 min. of usable burn time per cube
Does not liquefy when burning, and leaves no ash residue; burns efficiently even at high altitudes
Easily lights with ordinary wooden matches, and can be extinguished and saved for reuse
Can also be used as a safe and easy-to-use fire starter for campfires
1 box contains twelve 0.5 oz. Esbit Solid Fuel tablets

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Item 653344

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Esbit Solid Fuel Tablets Customer Reviews

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Esbit Solid Fuel Tablets

4.5

(based on 15 reviews)

93%

of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

Pros

Compact (15)
Functional (14)
Lightweight (14)
Easy to use (13)
Easy to set up (4)

Cons

Best Uses

Survival (13)
Backcountry camping (12)
Winter (10)
Camping (9)
Day trip (9)

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- Avid adventurer (13)
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- Survivalist / minimalist (9), Comfort driven (3)
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Apr

2012

(0 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

product performed as advertized.

By unstable1

from amelia virginia

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Pros

Compact
Easy To Set Up
Easy to Use
Functional
Lightweight

Cons

Best Uses

Backcountry Camping
River
Survival

Comments about Esbit Solid Fuel Tablets:

i was surprized the wind didn't blow it out,but it did it's job.would definitly recomend

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Mar

2012

(0 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

they work!

By the dove

from seneca pa

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Pros

Compact
Easy To Set Up
Easy to Use
Functional
Lightweight

Cons

Best Uses

Backcountry Camping
Campgrounds
Day Trips
River
Survival
Trips
Winter Camping

Comments about Esbit Solid Fuel Tablets:

easy to use,light, compact,simple to lite!

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Nov

2011

(4 of 4 customers found this review helpful)

4.0

Doesn't smell unless...

By KryoShift

from Dallas, TX

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Pros

Compact
Easy To Set Up
Easy to Use
Functional
Lightweight

Cons

Poor packaging

Best Uses

Backcountry Camping
Backpacking
Day Trips
Survival
Winter Camping

Comments about Esbit Solid Fuel Tablets:

I'm not really in a hurry when camping, so these and the stove are great for me. I tuck the stove into a GSI Minimalist set with 6 tablets (4 in the stove) and I'm ready to go.

Now, about the smell. Yes, these things smell like shrimp that's been left out in the sun... but if the packaging is secure, there is almost no smell. The problem is that the foil keeping the tablets in the packaging is so thin that practically breathing on it will tear it, and the smell gets out and soaks into everything.

I'm going to vacuum seal these things in the future.

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Sep

2011

(3 of 4 customers found this review helpful)

4.0

Work great! Smell not so great

By BendixKing

from Tramping, USA

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Pros

Compact
Easy To Set Up
Easy to Use
Functional
Lightweight

Cons

Best Uses

Backcountry Camping
Campgrounds
Day Trips
Survival
Winter Camping

Comments about Esbit Solid Fuel Tablets:

Purchased this as a cheap alternative to cooking meals while hiking and camping. Very surprised as to how fast they can cook pasta for two (1.5 cubes burnt and around 10 min, but that's with getting water hot, adding pasta ect). They light very easy, only have to hold the flame to them for a few seconds, once they are going their good till you blow them out or their done.

Only reason for one less star, the smell. I knew they were suppose to smell, but whoa. Think of 2 day old fish sitting in the sun. I wrapped ours in tinfoil (doubles as a windbreak when needed) and placed them in a ziplock bag. Their pretty rank and ripe but dont smell while cooking. Very happy with the product!

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Aug

2011

(1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

Good Fuel

By pico1180

from Sacramento, CA

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Pros

Compact
Functional
Lightweight

Cons

Best Uses

Backcountry Camping
Backpacking

Comments about Esbit Solid Fuel Tablets:

2 tabs lit together brings 3 cups of water to a rolling boil in a small, thin, lightweight steel cup (the kind that nest into the bottom of a Nalgene bottle) at 6k feet.

Lights easy with a match if you don't have to fight the wind.

This fuel is NOT for cooking. It is simply for boiling water and it does it very well.

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Aug

2011

(2 of 12 customers found this review helpful)

1.0

Finicky and May Stink-Up Your pack!

By SJenni

from Palo Alto, CA

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Pros

Compact

Cons

Difficult to Use
Hard to light
Ineffective
Smelly

Best Uses

Comments about Esbit Solid Fuel Tablets:

I'm surprised bears aren't attracted by this stuff because it [*] stinks! Honestly, it smells like 10-day-old fish and it will make your pack smell like 10-day-old fish unless you double-seal the Esbit tablets AND stove in Lopsaks or some other odor-proof bag.Also, the tablets are difficult to ignite. If it's cold out and there is any air movement at all it may take a dozen matches to get these things to combust (you can always drench them in white gas first, but that kind of defeats the purpose). Once you've finally got a steady burn going you might get two cups of water boiling in about 15 minutes. But mind the nasty black residue the Esbit tablets leave on the bottom of your pot - it stinks too!

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Oct

2010

(5 of 6 customers found this review helpful)

4.0

Good lightweight heat

By Sierra Sneaker

from Lancaster, CA.

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Pros

Compact
Easy to Use
Functional
Lightweight

Cons

Odor

Best Uses

Backcountry Camping
Campgrounds
Day Trips
Survival

Comments about Esbit Solid Fuel Tablets:

I have used these fuel tabs off-and-on for many years as an ultralight alternative to carrying a stove. They are easy to light, burn hot, and are low on weight. One tab isn't likely to boil a whole quart/liter of water, but is typically sufficient to heat enough water for a packaged backpacker meal. Like all trioxane-based fuel tabs, they emit a disagreeable odor when not being burned. That smell will permeate any adjacent gear, so I keep them in a tough poly bag.

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Sep

2010

(9 of 10 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

Simplicity, functionality, and value

By Captain Starbucks

from Seattle, WA

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Pros

Compact
Easy to Use
Functional
Lightweight

Cons

Stinky

Best Uses

Backcountry Camping
Campgrounds
Day Trips
Firestarter
River
Survival
Trips
Winter Camping

Comments about Esbit Solid Fuel Tablets:

So these aren't the most convenient to use for a daily use stove but they'll work for that. I use them for day hikes while backpacking in colder weather. I have a regular stove at base camp and then bring a few of these bars along with a ti pot, water pump and freeze dried meal for day hikes. It's really nice to have a hot meal where ever you go.

At first, I used these with the Esbit stove but you really don't need the stove. Just dig a little hole in the sand, set a burning bar on a small flat stone, set the stone/burning bar in the hole or depression and set your pot on top of that. Or you can build a little rock pot support if it isn't too windy.

They work great for fire starters in the rain too.

They do stink, even in the packaging. It's bad enough you don't want it next to any food. Just wrap a few of these bars in foil to prevent the smell, and use the foil for a wind block when required.

A must have for any survival kit.

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Sep

2010

(6 of 7 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

The best fuel source available

By the.root

from Columbus, OH

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Pros

Compact
Easy to Use
Functional
Lightweight

Cons

Best Uses

Backcountry Camping
Campgrounds
Day Trips
River
Survival
Trips
Winter Camping

Comments about Esbit Solid Fuel Tablets:

I have been using these for nearly a decade. No other fuel source out there compares in my mind.

It is definitely the lightest weight fuel out there. It is very versatile - in that it can be used for many other things. It boils a cup of water in ~5minutes. It doesn't add any unpleasant taste to your food. It is very safe for transport and storage. A few of these and the stove fit into the average pants pocket!

My only gripe is the stove (especially one thats really old) and used tabs smell kinda odd/bad. But that's what ziplock bags are for!

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Jun

2009

(5 of 6 customers found this review helpful)

4.0

Most Reliable Stove type

By tfruitz

from Singapore

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Pros

Compact
Easy to Use
Functional
Lightweight

Cons

Ineffective

Best Uses

Backcountry Camping
Campgrounds
Survival
Trips
Winter Camping

Comments about Esbit Solid Fuel Tablets:

This is the most reliable form of stove fuel.Fuel has many names, ESBIT/Hexamine Tablets/Solid Fuel.ESBIT does not seem to be a commonly known fuel outside the military. I had used up my fuel and couldn't find this stuff in any of the General or Camping stores in Yellowstone NP.[...] Only found it later in REI at Salt Lake City. Even there, there are employees who do not know what i was looking for (though one employee relished the opportunity to hunt for this obscure camping item).A windshield for the ESBIT stove is a must when there is a wind. Otherwise in my experience it would take two tablets to boil 2 cups of of water. ESBIT will leave black residues on the stove and cookery. Excellent for emergencies. Because the fuel is small, one can just dig a shallow narrow trench to use as a stove.