Hi All,
I was just curious as to how long your soda can stoves take to boil a pint of water. I've been reading a lot about it, and it seems that it should take 5 minutes. First off, is this a rolling boil, or the small bubble boil before the rolling boil? My soda can stove takes about 9 minutes to get to a rolling boil. Also, how much fuel does it take to get to the rolling boil? 2 TSB? Mine takes about 3 1/2 TSB. Am I doing something wrong? I used the Cobra stove directions here:
http://www.boblog.org/at/cobrastove.htm
for it's ease of construction. Basically, sandwich 2 soda can bottoms onto each other, drill 16 1/16" holes around the ridge, one 3/32" hole in the center for a fuel fill, and you're done. I don't have fuel leaks, and I have a nice blue flame. I've tried varying the number of holes and the size of the holes, but it seems like my original stove works the best. Maybe I'm expecting too much from my little stove. What are your experiences with boil time and fuel usage?