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- From: bonn@networx.com (David Bonn)
- Subject: Re: Info on Whisper Lite Stoves
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.175912.635@networx.com>
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- References: <1993Jan16.181053.25990@porthos.cc.bellcore.com>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 17:59:12 GMT
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- Alex F. Dietz (afd@bellcore.com) wrote:
- : All the Whisper Lite stoves I've seen use the MSR
- : fuel bottle. Is this really necessary? Wouldn't any old
- : fuel bottle with the right threads work just as well?
-
- The instructions with my MSR Whisperbomb say "Use only MSR fuel bottles with
- your Whisperlite stove, other fuel bottles from other manufactures may fail."
- (Not quite a literal quote, but that was the gist of it).
-
- While this may be a typical marketeering attempt to force me to buy more
- products from the same company, I don't even want to think about what fuel
- bottle failure might imply. Probably it would be very, very loud.
-
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- David Bonn "the fast ones always ride for free"
- bonn@networx.com
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