Thanks to my buddy, Paul, here's something kinda exciting!
<http://www.instructables.com/id/Build-a-low-tech-CFV-stove/?utm_source=related&utm_medium=rhs

From that site: "The most popular alcohol fuel based DIY backpacking and camping stoves utilize aluminum beverage cans to provide a laminar or pressurized vapor fed flame. However, they have limited fuel storage and thermal generating capacity, durability and adaptability. Most require an extraneous pot stand or holder and have additional construction, storage, startup and usage needs." --- "Fortunately a low tech CFV stove can overcome the limitations and disadvantages of both the high tech CFV stove and the alcohol fueled beverage can stove by using low temperature evaporation..." By: "watermelon"

I'll have to try this and see how it goes. After reading a little bit, it sounds like a pretty efficient design, and depending on burn times, could be advantageous for long cook/simmer items like rice.

The only strong disadvantage I see is that unless you have a container that has a base smaller than the walls (like the coffee pot at the end) then all the flames go straight up the sides. When I was making my pot stand for my DIY alcohol stove, I tested different heights and when the stand was too low and the flames were going up the sides, it took forever to boil. And with this design (unless I missed something) the flames are going right up the sides...might be okay for a Heine pot?

Possible future product from MSR along this principle:

http://www.military.com/soldiertech/0,14632,Soldiertech_Stove,,00.html

The article is from 2005, so maybe not...but it gives you some more info on the topic.

Reminds me of zelph's fancy feast stove.

http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/showthread.php?t=27262

The more I look at it, the less I see that this is a capillary force evaporator or capillary force vaporizor or capillary force anything. It's a sideways circular wick that you're burning around the circumference. It might be possible to design a CFV as a camp stove (and now that I've seen it I have to try!), but this certainly isn't it.

The more I look at it, the less I see that this is a capillary force evaporator or capillary force vaporizor or capillary force anything. It's a sideways circular wick that you're burning around the circumference. It might be possible to design a CFV as a camp stove (and now that I've seen it I have to try!), but this certainly isn't it.


Should have said DIY camp stove. MSR and Vapore have teamed up and made one already.

It's a rip-off of Zelph's Ring of Fire (http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/showthread.php?t=22425&highlight=Heineken+Doodah+man)(ROF).

Bound to happen sooner or later.

WhooooWhoooo!!!!!!! I made one:sun

It's called the SSHTHCFE = Stainless Steel High Tech Horizontal Cappilary Force Evaporator. (http://www.bplite.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&p=5020#p5020)

It's an updraft stove of the unconventional type. All the flames go up the side of the stove. It's a side burner, burns the sides of the pot only:D

In the dark flame pattern does look a little like the Ring Of Fire:banana

I included some photos also at the above link.

WhooooWhoooo!!!!!!! I made one:sun

It's called the SSHTHCFE = Stainless Steel High Tech Horizontal Cappilary Force Evaporator. (http://www.bplite.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&p=5020#p5020)

It's an updraft stove of the unconventional type. All the flames go up the side of the stove. It's a side burner, burns the sides of the pot only:D

In the dark flame pattern does look a little like the Ring Of Fire:banana

I included some photos also at the above link.

Zelph, which fiberglass material are you using for the porous material?

Zelph, which fiberglass material are you using for the porous material?

I used the course woven EMW available at Automotive stores. Anyone attempting to make one of these I suggest making it to fit a Snapple energy drink aluminum bottle.