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Just my thoughts on alcohol stoves.
Pro's
Light weight, cheap, fairly easy to find fuel (meths from B&Q, hardware shops, painting decorating shops, maybe even some larger super markets) no moving parts, nothing to go wrong.
Con's
Slow cook times (may or may not be an issue) liquid fuel so if burner is not sealable (like the trianga units) then you have to decant fuel back to storage bottle.
If you go for one, practice cooking at home, see how much fuel you use for boiling water and some basic cooking, will give you an idea on how much fuel to carry.
I use gas :) funniest thing i saw with liquid fuel was the classic messy filling and trail of fuel which ignited. Funniest thing i saw with solid fuel was someone cutting a square out of the tent groundsheet to cook inside (very windy/wet night on dartmoor)
Pro's and Con's to each system,(gas/meths/multifuel/solid/wood) you have to decide what works for you and where you are going to be. Example outside the UK/EU gas can be hard to to get so meths/multifuel are better.