Cool New Thing Everyone is doing... or at least I am

[SquatchWorks]

so the other day I was browzin the interweb... and came by here... I was instantly turned on to this Idea after spending alot of time trying to find a stove on ebay... I wanted something that I could cook food/ boil water with out a ton of smoke/Fire.

I tried it, and It works GREAT!!! you should try it!!!

here is are more ideas/ designs
and here

Word to the wise...... DO NOT USE WHITE GAS!! (my 1st one melted) dont use Iso Alc. only use "marine fuel alcohol" or denatured alcohol.. just a side note

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[aflineman]

so the other day I was browzin the interweb... and came by here... I was instantly turned on to this Idea after spending alot of time trying to find a stove on ebay... I wanted something that I could cook food/ boil water with out a ton of smoke/Fire.

I tried it, and It works GREAT!!! you should try it!!!

here is are more ideas/ designs
and here

Word to the wise...... DO NOT USE WHITE GAS!! (my 1st one melted) dont use Iso Alc. only use "marine fuel alcohol" or denatured alcohol.. just a side note

I use HEET in mine. The yellow bottles that you pour into your gas tank to dry it and your fuel lines out.

 

[chase]

Yeah that design has been around for a while. Its a great option for ultra light hikers and backpackers. Its cheap and you cant beat the weight.

 

[Andy]

A friend of mine and I brought a full can (or 24) of beer with us camping and a while back and made a project out of it with our leathermans. If I remember correctly you need two cans per stove.

Anyway, it worked great.

Someone came out with a commercial titanium version too:

 

[coctailer]

Subscribed.

Cool idea. I like the titanium one also.

Silly question, btu what kind of booze will work if there isn't any Iso Alc around?

I mean common booze like whiskey, Vodka, or Rum, not Everclear.

 

[SquatchWorks]

dont use Iso alcohol, however everclear, and bacardi 151 will work the higher the % the better, the lower the % the more water/ other stuff, but denatured alcohol works best for the $$$$$$$$

just buy/bring a quart of denatured alcohol with you and you should be set for a while!!! I pour like 1.5oz in my burner and it goes for about 15-20min or more, and can boil a quart of water in a few min.

I would also recoment a wind shield.

 

[durango#95]

Thanks! I would have never known about these w/o this thread
I'm off to cut up a can now

 

[littlecars]

this is cool. I have never sean one of these before. I am going to biuld one tonight

 

[treemanx]

Thanks, very neat idea!

 

[greenLED]

Just a couple of mine:



I'm particularly fond of the one on the right; I used no epoxy or other sealant for that one.

On the store-bought front, I also have a Triangia one - really nice. I had a collapsible titanium one (forget the brand) but it was poorly assembled; the legs were welded on crooked, so anything you put on top of it would be crooked as well. I checked the store and all of them looked the same. No thanks, I'll stick to my home-made ones.