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For heavy use in rugged terrain.
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Great fuel bottle
xtr5146919
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Durable, different enough from a water bottle that no one drinks out of it, No leaking problems. Childproof cap is nice. Even if you don't have children, it prevents the cap from loosening when crammed in your pack on a rough trail. MSR knows what they are doing!
What is the DOT rating as a fuel contain...
E. Savage
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What is the DOT rating as a fuel container?
Aaron Crabb
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Mine indicates that it only should be used with White Gas and lists compliance with 'CSA B140-2-1975'.
Fully agree with Sam
Ken
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I also have the dragonfly stove and these bottles are great. I am not the kindest to my equipment and have never had a problem with these bottles at all. As a father of 3 and 6 year old little boys the child proof cap is welcomed as they go with me all the time. I don't use a bear container to keep the bears out of stuff, I use it to keep "Sticky"(my 3 year old) out of stuff. Ken
Great Bottle
Sam
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The 30oz bottle is great for week+ trips in the summer time and 4 to 6 day trips in the winter when you need to melt a lot of snow for drinking water. I get about 3hrs of burn time out of my DragonFly with this container when it's on full blast. Great bottle and cap combo.
The 20oz bottle is my go too for most longish camping trips (4 to 6 days) in warmer weather and weekends in the winter when I will be melting a lot of snow to drink. It holds enough fuel for my DragonFly stove to burn for about 2hrs on full bore and longer if I'm doing a lot of simmering.
The 11oz bottle is perfect for extended weekends in the back country as long as I don't have to use the stove to melt snow for water, in which case it works for short overnight trips. I get about an hour of burn time, give or take, with this small bottle.
I, like the majority out there, miss the old bottle cap; however, I really don't mind the new "child proof" caps that much. The trick to these new caps is to NOT crank them down to tight as the child lock mech takes care of leaking issues. If you can get into the can the white gas (or whatever) comes in, you should be able to get into these without a problem, just don't use gorilla strength when you close it. If you do tighten it too much then use a stick or some other lever through the loop at the top to help get it open.
Old school bottle
Bj and Emily Chauvin
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- Gender: Male
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
My MSR bottle is at least ten years old, still going strong. Plus it's got the old school non-childproof top we all love! No problems with dents, or punctures. I use this bottle with the whisper lite international.
Does The Trick
Carson Dunbar
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I love my MSR stove, it's strong sturdy and everything I could hope for. Honestly though the fuel bottle disappoints me. It's lite and all I just wish it had thicker walls. They are easily beat up and punctured if on the outer pockets of your pack. Not really a longevity product.
Msr Fuel Bottle
Jesus Lira
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- Familiarity: I've used it several times
Really good and rough the bottle, I suggest the 30oz bottle for multiple days expeditions or camping
Good for fuel and oil
Grizzlygibbs
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- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
Will be using these for my chainsaw so I do not have to pack my gas can and gallon of bar oil when I am cutting firewood. I am not sure what to think of the new cap design but it seems that it wont loosen up when attached to my belt loop via biner.
MSR Fuel Bottle
Shaun
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MSR makes some great stoves. You will need these bottles for stoves designed for fuel bottles. If winter camping you can buy separate lockers that are not child proof.
Anybody knows where to get the rubbery...
serge.camp643274
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Anybody knows where to get the rubbery o-rings for the traditional caps? I've had mine so long, it's all cracked and a bit leaky!
Guy Geva
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Look at here:
http://www.backcountry.com/msr-expedition-service-kits
Phil Maher
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Just call MSR and ask them to send you a couple, or, hit the local hardware store and find one that's comparable.
pgunnz
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I would go with the hardware store option because I have heard MSR doesn't stock parts for older versions of products just as an FYI for anyone else wondering this
Don't really use stoves that much, could...
big5665737
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Don't really use stoves that much, could I use this as a water bottle? You know, human fuel?
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Matt Ries
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No, no, no, no, NEVER, EVER mix your (toxic) fuel containers with your drinkable water containers! Even if you are using a brand-new bottle, it's best to keep Fuel bottles as fuel bottles, water bottles as water bottles and pee bottles as pee bottles (just so someone you are camping with doesn't accidentally take a swig of something they didn't intend to)!
Shaun
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No! As another person posted earlier, never mix your water bottles & fuel bottles. You never want to be confused as to which is which. The bottle even with no fuel has a distinct smell that you would not want to drink from.
Works
John N.
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I have used these bottles from Denali to the Cordillera Blanca's in Peru and have never had any issues. They are lightweight, never leak, and simply work. The reason I give it 4 stars is because the new bottles come with the child safe caps. If it gets cold enough and the cap has snow or water in it, it can freeze locked. I replaced mine with the old caps which they sell separately.
Child and adult proof
April Pocorus
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Sometimes that child lock top is really difficult to remove the cap and even to screw in the pump. I once got my pump stuck in the threading and it took quite a bit of effort to get out of there. I'm not really sure if this was my stupid fault, or if they could've been made better.
MSR fuel botte
kzoodan
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Dont think I could make this leak if I tried. My wife and I have the 30oz bottle for big group trips. I plan to grab the 11oz size for when she and I will be out for shorter runs.
Its a bottle, it holds fuel, its made by MSR... in the US. What's not to love?
Banning Lyon
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Ill preface this review with my cut and paste statement that I work as a backcountry backpacking guide in Yosemite National Park. Nearly all of the products I take the time to review have seen at least a half a season, if not more, of use... and Im committed to not bothering to write a review until I feel like Ive really gotten to know a product. I never thought Id bother to write reviews, but Ive recently decided that since Ive spent so much time over these last many years reading reviews, and finding a tremendous amount of value in articulate and well-informed opinions, that I wanted to give back to the community. So, with that being said, here we go...
Every summer we beat the living bejesus out of these bottles. We wrap several feet of duct tape around them as a way to carry some extra duct tape around. The older pumps that screw on to these bottles can be, well, screwy... but the new pumps are fantastic.
However, this review is about the bottle, not the pump... and the bottles are great... all sizes of them. Never had a single complaint about one of them.
Does anyone have the diameter and overall...
Rob Gregory
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Does anyone have the diameter and overall height of the 20 and 30 oz bottles? I recently got the Dakine builders pack(2012) and want to store 2 bottles in the side pockets. Does anyone know if the 30's will fit? Thanks.
Rob Gregory
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I got the dimmensions from google.
11oz is 2.5"x7.3" 2.8oz
20oz is 2.85"x9.3" 4.9oz
30oz is 3.25"x11" 7.3oz
All dimensions are with the lid on.
Can i put gasoline in this bottle?
CP
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Can i put gasoline in this bottle?
Dave Marcus
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You can. Be sure to mark it, though, because gasoline will clog most stoves.
Philo in SD
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You can and I do, My multi-fuel stove runs well enough with unleaded. Use lower grade fuel as there are fewer additives that tend to clog the stove sooner.
11 oz with Custom bag
Julian Pineda
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The custom bag is for prevent scratches
20 oz, reppin' a goat.
Evan Tougas
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Great stove- crappy plastic pump
Gore Range Colorado
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MSR WhisperLite International Multi-Fuel Stove great stove!!! Too bad MSR still using the same crappy plastic pump the last 20-years. Look for same stove with metal pump in Optimus line and use Optimus fuel bottles.
Jason Livingston
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Fortunately it isn't the same plastic pump. About 4 years ago Cascade Designs re-designed the pump (badly in need of an update) with all new materials and inovative durability. Instead of an ABS-type plastic of the old pumps, the new pump now is constructed of fiber-reinforced composite material that is much lighter than metal and just as durable. We looked at every material, tested every material, put each material through torture test both in the lab and the real world. We found that the material used for the current MSR pump consistently performed the best, was lighter, and was the most reliable in extreme conditions. If you compare metal pumps from other manufacturers to the current MSR pump, you would immediately notice the weight difference first. After use, you would discover that it doesn't bind like metal does and how much smoother the pump action is. After several years of use (if you've avoided melting it as a result of human error) you would notice that it's still going strong. Again, melting is the only real disadvantage over metal pumps. If you have a Whisperlite International with an old pump, I would highly recommend updating the pump with a new one.
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