>>1641949>What are the benefits of solid fuels?Weight and space mostly. Hexamine is extremaly energy dense. Also, haxmine stoves double as acceptable wood stoves in a pitch.
>>1641966>Even MRE's don't use solid fuel to heat the main meal.Many do, actually. Heaters are nice, but not very flexible in their application.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYUpUOThRgY>>1642010>I needed literally 4 tabs to boil a canteen cup's worth of water in warm weather at sea levelA single 14 g tablet should burn for 12 minutes and boil 500 ml of water in 8. You can fit 6 of those tablets in the stove itself. You were probably using the smaller 4 g tablets.