Winter and the White Box Aalcohol Stove

Inside on the kitchen table may not qualify as winter weather.

It is a nice stove, but not a winter stove.

I agree in that being indoors isn't as good a situation as being outdoors but the fact it will turn ice into boiling water is still pretty darn good.

I tested my stove outside last winter. It was -10F below zero and I left the stove outside with the fuel bottle and 2 cups of water for two hours prior to testing. As all alcohol fuel it was hard to light but it did light and the stove did boil the water that was nearly completely frozen.

I think if more people tried this stove they would become believers. It may not be the best choice for winter conditions but it will work.

Bill in MT

Not sure how safe it is but when I used the WB at just above freesing to boil a mix of water and ice I just lit a cotton ball smeared with petroleum jelly (Vaseline) and dropped that inside the stove. We use 95% Ethanol here.
It worked for me…
Franco