Mt Whitney Zone Forums General Discussion Stove explosion warning

This past weekend the MSR stove we were using exploded. It was its third night of similar use on this trip. We had cooked two batches of fish on a small frying pan and then had water heating in a pot. We had a large heavy duty foil ring/tube like a Lincoln hat around the stove to protect from wind and maximize heat. The bottom of the gas canister delaminated and shot the stove and pot of water into the air and shredded the foil ring. It was as loud as a 30-06 being fired and caused temporary deafness for two of us who wear working right next to it. We got very lucky no one got hurt. Careful with your backwoods improvements to gear. Tried to put pictures on here but not sure if it worked [img]https://www.zenfolio.com/karl8188/e2/p185921524[/img]