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Esbit Solid Fuel Tablets

    Esbit Solid Fuel Tablets

    • $6.95
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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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    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)
        • Reviewer Profile:
        • Avid adventurer (13)
        • What Is Your Gear Style:
        • Survivalist / minimalist (9), Comfort driven (3)
        • Was this a gift?:
        • No (8)

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      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

        • What Is Your Gear Style:
        • Minimalist
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        • No

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        (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!

          • What Is Your Gear Style:
          • Minimalist
          • Was this a gift?:
          • No

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          (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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          • Minimalist
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          • No

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          (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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            • Minimalist

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            5.0

            Good Fuel

            By pico1180

            from Sacramento, CA

            About Me Casual/ Recreational

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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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              • Minimalist
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              • No

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              (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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                (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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                • No

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                (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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                • Comfort Driven
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                • No

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                (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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                  • Minimalist
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                  • No

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                  (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.

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                  • Comfort Driven

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