Why is this post about a $6 camping stove?

So pack enough gas to boil water 3 times. Then what?

Take a sponge bath?

Solar shower setups available, search online. So nice

you should not be playing with matches......

I go "camping" the old fashioned way. A Gun and a Knife. Anything eles I get or make on the spot.

Its designed to hold a pot. I like that. I made the mistake of buying one of the first SilverFire Scouts. I can't believe an engineer designed the pot holder. Fricken idiot.

ya, its me that is handicapped. What do you do in a few days when that little canister is out of fuel?

Hopefully you would have already utilized the time you saved wisely. After you are out of gas, just use the ten other things you have to start a fire and do it the old fashioned way.

Count your blessings for the time you saved and start looking for some wood.

that cylinder should burn about 3 hours giving you approx
22 boils of 2 cups each. standard camp food uses two cups.

that's 5 days camping with a few cups of coffee thrown in for good measure.

Thanks for saving me the time to calculate that.

bullshitting towny..


lols

Nice, I use a biolite myself, the smaller version.

[link to www.bioliteenergy.com]

Its more expensive than this but it recharges via usb when burned and I like my rechargeable led camplights.

Last Edited by H. Rorschach on 04/24/2016 06:35 PM

I'm subscribed to that dude's channel. He's really informative AND entertaining! Thumbs up bro and thanks for the info!

I got one at Wally World a few weeks ago, similarly priced.

One option is the Solo Stove for backpackers. Uses wood for fuel and with a secondary combustion chamber is VERY efficient.

Because you do NOT carry fuel for it, other than some matches, you never run out of fuel!!

btw it got "Gear of the Year" award from Backpacker Magazine

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Solo Stove Lite - Compact Wood Burning Backpacking Stove
[link to www.amazon.com]

And there is also the Sierra Zip backpacking stove which is somewhat similar except that it uses a AA battery to power a fan to create a forge type effect and boost the heat output. Add a small solar battery charger and one can run the thing "forever" (typical AA battery lasts 6 hours of burn time per the product tests in various backpacking magazines though the company claims 8 hours)

Of course like the Solo Stove you are collecting wood or pinecones for the fuel ... so you do NOT have to carry fuel

(my comment: too bad they can't use the better more efficient natural stove design of the Solo Stove with a fan add on option)

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Good post OP. Always love your threads

You could have made a topic about a small wood gasifier or a cool alcohol stove instead of this thing.

'Brought to you by the folks at Mountain House. Mountain House provides good tasting, long lasting meals for all of your survival needs.'

Just kidding I like your videos but that was pretty blatant.

I bought one of these cheap stoves from china. It works good. In a adventure store same shut costs 100$

I swear to you, I've nearly begged Mountain House for free stuff for years. Nothing. That package in the video is some vintage MH I bought years ago. It would have expired 12-16, still awesome. I can't say enough nice things about them. Expensive, but worth every penny.

I like the solo stove, and it would be great to carry both, but nothing beats stuff up faster than one of these stoves. Once the fuel runs out, use the solo. It isn't all or nothing when it comes to gear.

This guy needs to load the wood better, but you can't beat the price:

hey dudes theres a dude in here thats a Dingleberry Harvester

This vijeo proves one of my points, with setup I could have turned the same mass of snow to boiling water in about 4 minutes...not 20. Again, I'm NOT bashing the other types of stoves out there, just pointing out the differences. Once the propane runs out, I'd be happy to have one.

Last Edited by Liberty's Teeth on 04/24/2016 10:46 PM

Agree, but with wood pellets it's pretty quick. I don't have this model but made my own, and though I haven't done a boil test, it puts out a fair amount of cooking heat for a good 45 min. plus another 45 or so hot coals. I have the poorest metal-working and video-making skills, but here's my last experiment video on wood gasifiers:

When those gas containers run out, you are SOL.
You are far better off carrying a wood gassification stove in which you can use free and abundant fuel from the environment.


Light Weight Wood Gas Backpacking Emergency Survival Burning Camping Stove Hike
[link to www.ebay.com]

Or I could carry both..or just start a regular fire.

Yup a lot of broken homes in the SHTF scenario.
Material to burn
You can make a small burner like that out of an old metal paint can too.