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Sometime online advertising almost gets it right.
At only 19.8 lbs this is awfully tempting for a long hike. :D
I think I'll pack it between the dutch oven and the side of beef.
https://www.bioliteenergy.com/
BuckeyeBill
10-10-2017, 11:14
You pack it in and I will gather wood and enjoy it with you.
One Half
10-10-2017, 14:35
Sometime online advertising almost gets it right.
At only 19.8 lbs this is awfully tempting for a long hike. :D
I think I'll pack it between the dutch oven and the side of beef.
https://www.bioliteenergy.com/
You do see the van in the background right? Not meant for a backpack trip.
I own a Biolite Stove, bought it out of curiosity and because I did a design of a similar stove.
The Biolite Stove is nicely built and works.
But sure not for hiking!
You could put it on the llama! :) (Actually did do a llama trek. Lots of fun.)
Alligator
10-10-2017, 15:56
They do have a truck photo too on the page. They don't say this is for backpacking. They have a backpacking one which I thought was too heavy.
cmoulder
10-11-2017, 08:25
The more I backpack and the more I see of areas stripped clean of downed wood and live trees being sawed down by total imbeciles, the more I believe that camp fires and wood-burning stoves should be strongly discouraged.
Carry adequately warm clothing. Carry a stove. LNT, right?
All my humble opinion, of course. My apologies if anyone thinks it's 'preachy'.
Realistically, wood burning stoves were never much of a thing on the AT. They don't use that much wood either. I used one for a couple of seasons.
cmoulder
10-11-2017, 08:46
Yes, early on I used an Emberlit Mini... just a few finger-sized twigs... but messy and with a smell that permeated everything when packed.
Realistically, wood burning stoves were never much of a thing on the AT. They don't use that much wood either. I used one for a couple of seasons.
On my section hikes I have always seen a lot of downed wood.
Really surprising just how much.
But not enough I want to spend the time at night to gather wood.
You do see the van in the background right? Not meant for a backpack trip.
Hence the "misses the mark" portion of the title. :rolleyes:
All recent (as in months) search history connected to any of my devices is highly backpack-centric, but someone's algorithm assumes all camping is equal and thought this would be a product I might crowd-fund.
This is really nothing more than a fancy rocket stove (check out rocket stoves on YouTube).
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