BRS-3000T Windscreen?

[Cameron M]

Has anyone developed a good BRS-3000T non-jetboil windscreen? Everything I have seen posted and the one I jerry-rigged seem totally flimsy and mickey-mouse.

[David Thomas]

How about a 24" x 7" piece of heavy-duty aluminum foil?

Flimsy, yes. But very light weight and adaptable to each campsite each night.

Then use a new piece at the start of your next trip.

[Roger Caffin]

There is of course zero reason to mention the type of burner. The same windscreen (as described by DT) will work with any upright canister stove, and with most any remote canister stove as well.

Cheers

[M B]

I use ul pots, and like a small tight windscreen around pot bottom and burner.

Problem is short support arms

Make them longer

Problem solved

How?

Thin music wire
Bend into shape that can attach
Or drill holes thru arms to help attach. Needlenose pliers work.

Windscreen sits on extensions

[DGoggins]

Sorry…could you post a picture of that setup?

[Cameron M]

Thanks David. The reason I mention the BRS-3000T is because so far I have not seen an elegant windscreen solution that is not flimsy and that does not involve too much fiddling each time. In addition, and specific to this head, the little valve control is very close to the burner, making it a bit hard to get to. Most windscreen designs seem to exacerbate this problem.

I have been using an Esbit tri-leg holder for years, and the windscreen I have for that sits on the ground and does not move with the wind. Before that, I used a Snowpeak head, and the dedicated windscreen for that head is elegant and solid, albeit heavy. So in my idle time while stuck here in Los Angeles waiting to get back onto the trail, I wonder if something better than creative tin foil shaping is possible for the BRS-3000T.

My best solution so far is to attach three tin foil legs to the canister to hold up my Esbit windscreen. This all weighs virtually nothing, and it does work reasonably well, except that valve handle is hard to get to, and strong winds push the windscreen around. I am positive that a better, non-flimsy, non-fiddly solution is possible.
Legs attached to canister alongside stowed windscreen
Top view of windscreen on legs

[M B]

Wind screen

[Cameron M]

Looks good !

[Greg Mihalik]

I only boil water. I don't "cook".

I assemble the canister, burner, canister shield, JetBoil cup, and slide the windscreen into place, down the cup, and over the cup supports. Cutting the slots for the windscreen is the key to success. Mine is tight. I can slide it up and down and it stays.

Although it is difficult to see in the photo, there is a disk that drops over the burner head to re-direct radiant heat away from the canister and back to the pot.

It's all titanium, 'cause that's what I had on hand.

When the water boils, I "disconnect" the cup from the burner.
Sometimes the windscreen follows the cup, sometimes it stays on the burner.

If the former, I'm done. If the latter, I slide the screen off, and I'm done.

Simple, effective, light.

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