Oboy! Glad you asked.

We had an old kerosene cookstove and a kerosene space heater. And while
I've had some success with using kerosene, these two things were
completely unacceptable, even after rebuilding.

Replaced the cookstove with a two-burner Origo and could not believe the
amount of heat produced. My wife loves it (well, relative to the
kerosene stove).

We both agreed that if we ever went down the ICW in cold weather again,
we would unhesitatingly purchase the Origo space heater (which is
basically the same thing as the stove).

A minor caution: there is a smell that bothers some, not that everyone
warms up to the smell that's put into the propane or the kerosene smell.
One advantage of kerosene, of course, is that the soot doesn't smell much!

The alcohol system is really cost-effective compared to propane.
Kerosene may be cheaper still, but I'd rather freeze (and did).

Chuck

ps: you can easily get replacement burners from Origo. They last a long
time, but not forever. Tend to burn a bit with you let them run out of fuel.




Courtney Thomas wrote:
Have come into an old single burner and am considering it as a backup
source.

Opinions, caveats, advice ?

Thank you,
Courtney