View Full Version : a new idea for windscreen?
johnny quest
08-08-2008, 10:39
perhaps this has been addressed but i cant find it.
what about using the coleman stainless steel lantern globe for a windscreen? it will sit aroudn the entire cannister and stove and to my mind would allow air without letting in wind? am i wrong? is there still a cannister overheating issue? also, throw a couple stakes on top of it and it makes a good woodstove.
Stainless steel globe?? Not sure if I've ever heard of that before. I searched Coleman's site, but couldn't find one. Could you provide a link to what you're talking about?
Stainless steel globe?? Not sure if I've ever heard of that before. I searched Coleman's site, but couldn't find one. Could you provide a link to what you're talking about?
They dont make them any more if you find any get them all i buy some of you.Wal mart had some mark down cheap.
johnny quest
08-08-2008, 11:10
i have one. i couldnt find a pic either. ive read somewhere, maybe here, about using it for a woodstove so i tried it. makes a good one. if it does make a good windscreen then it will be a great little item
johnny quest
08-08-2008, 11:11
by the way, they suck when used as intended, as a globe.
Alligator
08-08-2008, 11:15
i have one. i couldnt find a pic either. ive read somewhere, maybe here, about using it for a woodstove so i tried it. makes a good one. if it does make a good windscreen then it will be a great little itemI think this (http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/showthread.php?t=25589) is the thread you are looking for regarding the woodstove use.
johnny quest
08-08-2008, 11:23
thats it. and you can look at the pics there to see what a steel globe looks like. i didnt cut the windows in my globe and it worked fine. so....does anyone have experience using it as a windscreen?
sheepdog
08-08-2008, 11:52
thats it. and you can look at the pics there to see what a steel globe looks like. i didnt cut the windows in my globe and it worked fine. so....does anyone have experience using it as a windscreen?
You might want to talk to zelph. He has used it as a windscreen, I believe.
johnny quest
08-08-2008, 12:14
i sent him a pm. i will put the answer on this thread for those interested.
That thing is pretty cool! I'll keep my eyes peeled for one.
It serves me well as a windscreen for my Ring Of Fire stove. And it works very well as a wood burning stove. Dual pourpose. Little Johnny Quest has used his a a wood burner. Sgt Rock made a wood burner out of a globe. He took it on the AT early this year. Maybe he'll chime in here and let us know how it worked out. Skidsteer found a source of one with the Brand name--Duh I forgot:-?
sheepdog
08-08-2008, 16:07
Could the brand name be Century?
johnny quest
08-08-2008, 16:24
Could the brand name be Century?
give the man a prize!!!!
http://www.centurycamping.com/accessories/lanterns/
i have just about decided to take mine with me next week instead of the giga brand windscreen i have.
NICKTHEGREEK
08-08-2008, 16:48
Brunton Lucy Lantern, snow peak and the older Primus micro lanterns use mesh "globes" I can't seem to recall problems with wind when I used the primus.
johnny quest
08-08-2008, 16:51
i think there is some confusion. im talking abotu using a mesh lantern globe as a windscreen on a butane stove.
Could the brand name be Century?
Nice find!!!!!
Same company has a list of companies (http://www.centurycamping.com/purchasing/)that carry their products.
It's not the brand name that Skids came up with. It was something like Northwest. I'll go look it up in the Globe Stove thread
Skidsteer
08-08-2008, 18:38
Nice find!!!!!
Same company has a list of companies (http://www.centurycamping.com/purchasing/)that carry their products.
It's not the brand name that Skids came up with. It was something like Northwest. I'll go look it up in the Globe Stove thread
Northwest Territory, I believe.
Academy has them last time I checked. About $5-6.
NICKTHEGREEK
08-08-2008, 19:34
Brunton Lucy and snow-peak pics
sheepdog
08-08-2008, 21:55
Anybody ever buy from these guys?
http://www.directmetals.com/products/wire/
Homer&Marje
08-09-2008, 07:14
Windscreen. 2' long piece of tinfoil, double layered, edges and center taped with aluminum tape. Made a small one for around the base of the alky stove, and a larger one that goes more around the pot, together they weigh about 2 oz and work very well. That's just me tho
http://whiteblaze.net/forum/vbg/showimage.php?i=26219&catid=member&orderby=dateline&direction=DESC&imageuser=17846&cutoffdate=-1