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Talking about titanium wood burning stoves...
There is a new series of them from FourDog stoves.
The smallest is 0nly 2.5 oz , 4" high,3.5"wide. $80They are double wall.
The advantage of the zip is the battery operated fan, however it should not be too hard to use a hand version...
http://www.fourdog.com/index_files/bushcooker.htm (http://www.fourdog.com/index_files/bushcooker.htm)
Franco
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e389/Francophoto/Bushcookers.jpg
Heh, that was my name in high school.
Talking about titanium wood burning stoves...
There is a new series of them from FourDog stoves.
The smallest is 0nly 2.5 oz , 4" high,3.5"wide. $80They are double wall.
The advantage of the zip is the battery operated fan, however it should not be too hard to use a hand version...
http://www.fourdog.com/index_files/bushcooker.htm (http://www.fourdog.com/index_files/bushcooker.htm)
Franco
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e389/Francophoto/Bushcookers.jpg
Franco
How about a gear report?
Egads
I don't have one.
I spotted this one at BPL in the G forum, about 10 days ago.
http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/forums/thread_display.html?forum_thread_id=22135 (http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/forums/thread_display.html?forum_thread_id=22135)
Based on my trials with the Caldera cone, the J. Falk stove and my version of the Bushbuddy as well as my battery powered version of something in between those last two, the Bushcooker looks very interesting indeed. Particularly like the size and the simple (non fiddly) design.
http://site283.webhost4life.com/afmservices/trailgear/compactstove/falk-compact-stove-features.htm (http://site283.webhost4life.com/afmservices/trailgear/compactstove/falk-compact-stove-features.htm)
Franco
My first reaction to looking at this was a sort of excited "Well, my birthday is coming up ...". But then doing the math and comparing a 2.5 oz sort of modern "multi-fuel" stove to a 0.2 oz cat food can alcohol stove plus a 0.8 oz plastic alcohol fuel bottle, I realize that on a 3-day trip I about break even on weight. But as (a somewhat cautious fellow) I'd likely carry a couple of Esbit tablets (1 more oz) as backup, so call it a 3-day trip that breaks even on weight.
$80 (stove) plus $35 (Snowpeak mug) is a bit to spend to just save weight on longer trips where a ready supply wood twigs could be anticipated.
I still want one, just mulling over how often it would be justified for me! If I didn't already have a stove & pot, however, and depending on what longer term reviews say, this sure sounds like an excellent choice.
Mrs Baggins
07-07-2009, 14:14
My husband and my sister's husband spent 3 days up in the Marble Mountain Wilderness area of California a couple of weeks ago. My brother-in-law brought along his Sierra Stove, a much older version of these (though still made and available to buy new) and my husband took along my Pocket Rocket. The Sierra Stove weighs a full pound. They burned moss and sticks in it. My husband absolutely loved the thing. They ended up using it for most of their cooking. He wanted to buy one but didn't want the extra weight. Now maybe he'll look at one of these instead. I sent the link to my brother-in-law as well. My husband usually carries a Whisperlight and fuel bottle.
The website does not offer enough info on the Bushcooker. Is it just a cone sitting on a pot top and filled with fuel? How is it double skinned? Does it leave a burn mark on the surface? Does it need to have fuel added as it burns? How is it filled and lit? Does it only fit specific pots...no one size fits all? I would at least like to see a photo looking into the stove from the top down and a video of it in use from start to finish. As for using other fuels it appears just to be a windscreen for an alcohol stove or esbit stove.
I am not a novice with woodburning stoves and their use along the AT. For $5 I would highly recommend you pay for excellent directions on how to make your own, eg. the Bushwacker:
http://trailgear.org/
If you go to the Backpackinglight link provided above , there are some pictures there of the inside. Hard to see at first but it does have a double skin. Note that the holes inside don't correspond with the ones on the outside and that it is a cylinder inside not a cone.
As for the pots, the ones in the pictures are the recommended size to fit the burner inside it, obviously as long as the pot is wider than the pot stand (but not too wide....) it will work.
The original poster at BPL (you don't need a subscription to read that) stated that he boiled 2 cups with 1.2oz of wood, so I expect that for boiling only you don't need a refill, for cooking the gap created by the pot stand should be big enough to feed bits of wood through it.
Franco
pretty sure the 'double skin' thing was more of a marketing hype feature than anything. i'm almost certain your boys over at BPL busted that myth.
personally i'd spend $40 and buy a dremel tool and make your own wood stove from a coffee can. it'll work just as well
take-a-knee
07-08-2009, 22:49
pretty sure the 'double skin' thing was more of a marketing hype feature than anything. i'm almost certain your boys over at BPL busted that myth.
personally i'd spend $40 and buy a dremel tool and make your own wood stove from a coffee can. it'll work just as well
Compared to a Bushbuddy it'll still suck though.
mine gets water to boil no problem. does it 'suck' b/c i didn't spend $100 on it?