+Bloencustoms Posted July 1, 2003 Share Posted July 1, 2003 I found this site and just had to share it. Homemade backpacker stove "The fertilizer has hit the ventilator" Quote Link to comment
+WildcatRegi Posted July 1, 2003 Share Posted July 1, 2003 I appreciate the your effort at posting this. I'll probably never be able to do a thru-hike but I have been doing sections of the AT. I've heard of these stoves but I've never seen more detailed explanation as to making them. Thanks. "The hardest thing to find is something that's not there!" Quote Link to comment
+haggaeus Posted July 1, 2003 Share Posted July 1, 2003 If you don't feel like making it yourself, you can buy a similar one for $12 at http://www.antigravitygear.com/products/stove.html (includes a windshield). I didn't trust ethanol stoves before I tried it, but I was quite nicely surprised by its efficiency. Czech caching in US. Quote Link to comment
+PDOP's Posted July 1, 2003 Share Posted July 1, 2003 These were brought up in the forums a while ago but I'm to lazy to dig out the thread and Markwell you Here's a web page with plans for a number of different designs. PDOP's GPS Pages Quote Link to comment
+yumitori Posted July 1, 2003 Share Posted July 1, 2003 For more lightweight stove discussions (as well as numerous related topics), check out BackpackingLight at Yahoo! Groups. Ron/yumitori --- Remember what the dormouse said... Quote Link to comment
+Searching_ut Posted July 1, 2003 Share Posted July 1, 2003 Back when I was a kid, we would just coil a piece of cardboard, stick it in a tuna can and fill the can with wax. Worked great, and was probably safer and easier than alcohol. By the way, the primary justification for using the stove, 0 failures, isn't very compelling when you looked at the data they used. There is a serious sample size problem, that pretty much makes the comparisons meaningless. That said, I seriously doubt the thing would have failures even with proper sample sizes, other than maybe starting a forest fire if you accidently tipped it over. Quote Link to comment
+georgeandmary Posted July 1, 2003 Share Posted July 1, 2003 There was a local cacher who hunted without a gps who used to leave these as a signature trade item. I took one when I came across it. george Wanna go for a ride? Quote Link to comment
+DapperDanMan Posted July 1, 2003 Share Posted July 1, 2003 I remebering doing that also when I was a scout. quote:Originally posted by Searching_ut:Back when I was a kid, we would just coil a piece of cardboard, stick it in a tuna can and fill the can with wax. Worked great, and was probably safer and easier than alcohol. Quote Link to comment
gm100guy Posted July 1, 2003 Share Posted July 1, 2003 coleman stove I have had this stove for 15 years and it still works like brand new. Just needs tlc and they keep going and going. Not a shameless plug. My 2 burner is just as old and was my Dad' hand me down and still works to. If you want to cook with out a stove tin foil can be made in to any pot size you want. If all else fails hotdogs on a stick with homemade bannick, oh and some mustard.... Call me when you need a cake from the Dutch Oven. That is surviving in the woods... gm100guy http://members.rogers.com/gm100guy/cachepage.htm Ontario geocachers http://groups.msn.com/GeocachinginOntario/homepage Quote Link to comment
+Huntnlady Posted July 1, 2003 Share Posted July 1, 2003 I've got the same type of thing on my other web site: How to make your own backpacker stove ______________________________ If an infinite number of rednecks riding in an infinite number of pickup trucks fire an infinite number of bullets at an infinite number of highway signs, they will eventually produce all the world's great literary works in Braille. http://www.geocities.com/cacheinon Quote Link to comment
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