Anyone ever tried this before?Seems easy but then again.Cheaper than REI.Carry a bottle of alcohol and a beer and your set. http://www.realfarmacy.com/how-to-tu...camping-stove/
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Anyone ever tried this before?Seems easy but then again.Cheaper than REI.Carry a bottle of alcohol and a beer and your set. http://www.realfarmacy.com/how-to-tu...camping-stove/
I'll be trying that tomorrow.
We had a penny can stove thread here a few years ago. I've built three or four of them. I think there are better designs than that one. Would you like me to dig up a few Youtube videos? There are about 100 different Youtube videos of penny can stoves. They are fun. Zippo fluid works great. DO NOT USE COLEMAN WHITE GAS. DO NOT USE COLEMAN WHITE GAS.
EDIT: After watching this video, and seeing how it works, I actually like this method a lot.
I made one like this kind, but found it needed a stand because if I put a pot right on top, it would go out. This video is good to watch because the cutting method used is better.
https://www.ar-15.co/threads/24143-Hobo-StoveQuote:
Originally Posted by Irving
Ugh, I'm annoying in that thread.
http://ts2.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.46220...30421&pid=15.1Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
Good info guys,thanks.
I built a few last year in the thread Irving was referencing I ended up buying the titanium one for durability and will use it in Moab in a week
I've built a few as well but ended up going with a brasslite stove for my kit. I could never get the performance out of the penny stoves that I wanted.
I have made and tested a few and they never impressed me much for the style of backpacking i do. They work but when you add altitude and wind to the mix they fall short of how my white gas/multi-fuel stoves perform. I do like the idea of an alcohol stove because in one bottle you have fuel, something to clean wounds with, a disinfectant and if you use Everclear something to drink if you wanted.
They are cheap and easy to put together so why not make a few and see how you like them.
These would have been an attractive alternative to an Optimus in terms of weight.
I am guessing you are talking about the svea stoves. If so, yes they are much lighter and much more compact another added benefit to top it off is you do not have the loud hiss other stoves make.Quote:
Originally Posted by hatidua
Actually, I was thinking about the Optimus 111's, which were crammed into the bottom of most people's packs 30-40 years ago. Any one of them would have liked to have shaved a few ounces off of those boat anchors! Granted, I suspect a great many of those are still quite functional today, long after their original owners have sprouted grandchildren.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rabid
I'm done collecting up the stuff to make a couple tonight. Should be fun.
You should try a "Cat-Stove." Tis made out of a cat-food can and a tuna can. You should be able to find plans for it on the net. I use one. They are supposed to be the best. I had a cook-off, against my propane stove, and it beat my propane stove.
They are easy to make and the only thing that you need is two old cans and some insulation.
This guy has cool stove videos.
nice little stove, but the video could be about 1:30 long without all the fluff.
Yeah, all his videos are painfully boring with that low key instrumental metal in the background.
OK much much lighter and much much more compact. Looks like the svea and the 111 use the same burner for the most part, wonder what made the 111 popular. Maybe the good ol American idea at the time of "bigger is better"?Quote:
Originally Posted by hatidua
I tried two last night. I got the one in the OP to work, but not one that was linked in a later post. It just would not light. The one that didn't work was the one where the guy used a 1" spacer to cut the bottoms off of 2 cans.
Did you put alcohol around the top? That helps heat up the alcohol in the can so you can burn off the fumes.
Lots of alcohol everywhere. After filling it, I poured alcohol all over and just lit the puddle. It burned nicely until all the fuel on the top and the floor was used, then it went out.
What kind of fuel are you using?
91% rubbing alcohol. It burns great in the one version and makes a nice little flame when you light a puddle on the floor.
I thought I had posted in that thread, but maybe there was another thread somewhere about penny stoves.Quote:
Originally Posted by ChunkyMonkey
Edit: found it. https://www.ar-15.co/threads/48885-G...ighlight=Stove
It tried using isopropyl alcohol and there was too much water in it for it to work. I think I was using 71%. Try it with something like zippo fluid as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tim K