View Full Version : WTB: MSR windscreen for Whisperlite
Rufous Sided Towhee
01-14-2007, 13:55
New or gently used.
My budget is a grand total of 10 bucks including shipping, I can pay instantly via Paypal.
Pls email if u have one.
Hi Rufus!
If you are on a budget, I suspect the "official" windscreen may be a bit expensive, esp. once shipping and handling is factored in.
IF you do not want an "official" windscreen and just need something that works functionally the same, try purchasing a disposable cookie sheet (or similar) from the grocery store and cutting a windscreen to shape.
It is about the same thickness as the "official" MSR windscreen and weighs the same, too. Costs about about $1 or so.
Good luck on your hike!
troglobil
01-14-2007, 20:35
I noticed in another thread you have an old one. Just sell it to yourself.:D
Rufous Sided Towhee
01-15-2007, 01:32
I noticed in another thread you have an old one. Just sell it to yourself.:D
Ya mean the one I made from the turkey roaster pan? That I sliced my finger to the bone on? Yeah, want that. :eek:
terrapin_too
01-15-2007, 01:42
New or gently used.
My budget is a grand total of 10 bucks including shipping, I can pay instantly via Paypal.
Pls email if u have one.
Hmm. Get it at either Campmor (http://www.campmor.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?productId=13609&memberId=12500226&storeId=226&catalogId=40000000226&langId=-1) or REI (http://www.rei.com/online/store/ProductDisplay?storeId=8000&catalogId=40000008000&productId=617&parent_category_rn=4500639&vcat=REI_SEARCH) for $14.95.
Ya mean the one I made from the turkey roaster pan? That I sliced my finger to the bone on? Yeah, want that. :eek:
Hmm....never had that problem myself. What about smoothing it out with a bit of sandpaper?
Rufous Sided Towhee
01-15-2007, 02:30
Hmm....never had that problem myself. What about smoothing it out with a bit of sandpaper?
Really? You made yours out of a cookiesheet and it didn't slash you? From one of the cheapie disposable tinfoil ones that you can find at dollar stores and all?
I thought I did a really good job w/mine, hmm, maybe I'll make another, try your suggestion w/ the sandpaper. Maybe turn over the seams twice or something...:-?
It does seem alot to pay $15.00 for a new MSR one.
Another option is to use some heavy duty alum. foil folded over a few times. May be slightly heavier, but less of a "futz" factor than sanding down your cookie sheet one.
I'm cheap myself...would not want to spend $15 (plus S&H) for a "genuine" windscreen.
A sliced hand is not good, though. :-)
Well, a couple of nice things about the MSR windscreen are that it is malleable, doesn't fatigue, and no sharp edges. I've spend the $ to have an extra one, so I have one for my alcohol stove.
troglobil
01-15-2007, 09:48
Ya mean the one I made from the turkey roaster pan? That I sliced my finger to the bone on? Yeah, want that. :eek:
no, I mean this one "Now I use an old msr windscreen, the one that came w/my wisperlite.":-?
troglobil
01-15-2007, 09:50
How about double rolling the edges of the homemade version? Or would that be to thick to fold up for carrying.
Rufous Sided Towhee
01-15-2007, 11:43
no, I mean this one "Now I use an old msr windscreen, the one that came w/my wisperlite.":-?
Yeah, the operative word is "old". It's almost in two pieces now, metal fatique got it, I guess, after about 10 years of hard use...
terrapin_too
01-15-2007, 11:48
Yeah, the operative word is "old". It's almost in two pieces now, metal fatique got it, I guess, after about 10 years of hard use...
Spring chicken. Mine is about 18 years old. I doubt if anyone's going to sell you a "used" one unless they've stopped using the stove...
Rufous Sided Towhee
01-15-2007, 13:31
Spring chicken. Mine is about 18 years old. I doubt if anyone's going to sell you a "used" one unless they've stopped using the stove...
Here's what mine looks like:
http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/vbg/showimage.php?i=14397&catid=member&imageuser=11185
Yeah, that was what I was hoping, someone who has one but doesn't use their whisperlite. Or something...
Well, a couple of nice things about the MSR windscreen are that it is malleable, doesn't fatigue, and no sharp edges. I've spend the $ to have an extra one, so I have one for my alcohol stove.
I've used the same homemade windscreen on the Long Trail, PCT and Colorado Trail. Mind you, it looked it too. :)
But, it worked rather well.
YMMV.