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Hexi cookers/tablets
Don't use in confined space because of fumes.
Long shelf life for tablets, easy to transport and store.
Over time poorly stored tablets can go off, may be crumbly will still burn but not as hot.
The hexi cookers are still in service and stock as they are safe to handle and transport (unlike gas and liquid fuels)
Squaddies like Jetboils and some get issued them on frontline duty.
The crusader system sort of replaced Hexi cookers and went with alcohol jelly as the main fuel, they can also run hexi tabs, but the alcohol jelly is designed to burn as hot but with less visable flame than hexis, and less smell, this is a tactical advantage as being shot at while making a brew dosen't go down well.
You can also slip a hexi tab into a kendal mint cake wrapper and pass it on to (soon to be ex) mate and see if they try to eat it :) oh happy days..... of course eating a hexi tab is not ideal for you or your mate.
Some bargins for bulk buying hexi tablets online so a cheap fuel source, way cheaper than Esbit blocks which are a bit whiffy but efficient.