Coghlan's Fuel tablets - Boil Test 1 - Reloaded

Original upload: Nov. 3,2010

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Hiram

Original Text:
In the past I've had many requests to do a review on Coghlan's fuel tablets but I was never able to do one because they are not to be found anywhere around here and there was no was I was going to buy them on eBay and pay more for the shipping than what the tablets cost. Then last week bushcraftmaster12201 told me that a place called Vitacost.com (http://www.vitacost.com/Coghlans-Fuel...) was selling them at a reduced price. Checking out his lead I found that they indeed were selling them at a reduced price, $.99 instead of list price of $3.29, for a box of 24 tablets. So needless to say I put in an order for 5 boxes so I can try them out.

In this video I test them using my WetFire Stove that I got from Cheaper Than Dirt. I've done a couple of tests on this stove using WetFire tinder and Esbit cubes. You'll find links to these videos below.

Price comparison per cube:
Coghlan's Fuel tablet @ list price: $0.14
Coghlan's Fuel tablet @ sale price: $0.04
WetFire Tinder: $1.00
Esbit cube: $0.70

weight comparison per cube:
Coghlan's Fuel tablet: 7g = .20 oz = .014 lb
WetFire Tinder: 5g = .15 oz = .01 lb
Esbit cube: 15g = .5 oz = .094 lb

Lab0144
Title: Coghlan's Fuel tablets - Boil Test 1
Room temp: 60°
Humidity: 41%
Weather condition: Sunny
Burner: WetFire Stove
Stove/Pot stand: WetFire Stove
Pot: Standard pot #1
Fuel: Coghlan's Fuel tablet
Amount of fuel: 1 cube = 7g = .20oz (no wrapper)
Amount of water: 2 cup(s)
Water temp at start: 60°
Time to boil : NA
Time to run-out: 10 minute(s) 39 second(s)
Water temp at run-out: 181°
Note: Small amount of residue on bottom of pot.

NA = Not Applicable / Not Available

Info on previous WetFire stove tests using Esbit and WetFire Tinder:
WetFire Stove Boil Test 1 - WetFire stove using Esbit cube (Lab0058)
Results in this video were:
2 cups of water (@ 57°) to boil (212°) in 8 minutes 9 seconds

WetFire Stove - Using WetFire Tinder Boil Test 1 & 2 (Lab0108 & Lab0109)
Results in this video were:
Lab0108
2 cups of water (@ 59°) did not boil, reached 151° in 6 minutes 49 seconds (time to burn-out)
Lab0109 - tried test again because I got times much lower that I expected.
2 cups of water (@ 58°) did not boil, reached 143° in 8 minutes 2 seconds (time to burn-out)


The WetFire Stove and the WetFire Tinder are items from Ultimate Survival Technologies.
Their website is www.ultimatesurvival.com.
They are also sold by Cheaper Than Dirt - http://cheaperthandirt.com
WetFire Stove - CAMP-234 $9.97 (might not be current price)
WetFire Tinder (eight cube pack) - CAMP-221 $7.97 (might not be current price)

The Esbit I bought at Nester's, my local sporting goods store.

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