YIPPEE! I fixed my stove!

“Some of you may have read about my Coleman Exponent Extreme stove which failed me by barely burning on my winter camping trip to Michigan's Pictured Rocks..well, when I bought the stove a decade ago I DID buy the trail maintenance kit..however, sometime during the last 10 years, the plastic bag fell apart losing half the components so I bought a new one and managed to decipher the directions enough to replace the filthy screen, gas tip, cam, finger plate and probe seal and it fired up like new! Now I know, replace screen every 10 years!”

“Good, now I won't have to wait as long for you to melt snow for my water, next year.

You can also bake me a cake while you're at it? LOL”

“I now own, ncthiker, a Steripen so I can sterilize the water you get through a hole in the ice without boiling it! HA!”

“How does the Steripen work, in cold water temps?”

“Don't you love it when you can fix something old and dear? Good job Matahari!”

“if the water's above 32F..it works fine...thanks Sassy, you're right...it's good when you're able to fix something you love....and, I like fixing stuff...it's what I like to do best at work.....”