Quartermaster: Backpacking Stoves

Troop 782 has four MSR Whisperlite Universal backpacking stoves: Charmeleon, Charcadet, Chimchar, and Combusken.
Combusken is currently with Bob Parks for repair.

Whisperlite Universal Use Manual: https://troop782-media.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/06111658/MSR_WLU_StovInst_EN_USJC_LOWRES-use.pdf

Whisperlite Universal Maintenance Manual: https://troop782-media.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/06111639/MSR_WLU_StovInst_EN_USJC_LOWRES-maintenance.pdf

Contents list: stove, fuel pump, windscreen, heat reflector, canister stand, small-parts kit, international instructions, and stuff sack.

Fuels: white gas, kerosene, isobutane

Minimum weight: white gas & kerosene 318 g / 11.2 oz; isobutane 268 g / 9.5 oz

Troop 782 has three older MSR Whisperlite White Gas Only backpacking stoves: Delphox, Darmanitan, and Darumaka.

Fuel

The troop owns X number of compatible white gas bottles, and X number of red & black fuel pumps in addition to the ones in the Universal kits.

We buy isobutane canisters as needed.

The troop does not own a FlipFuel to transfer isobutane from one canister to another; one of the leaders owns one.