Cheap Windsheild for a Bushbuddy

Here, have a look at this post:

http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/xdpy/forum_thread/22160/index.html?skip_to_post=178713#178713

Seems pretty smart to me. I think Noel's just stuck two tent pegs through the holes in the top piece of the Bush Buddy and used the pegs to hold a piece of foil screen in place.

Aluminum foil? (heavy duty, doubled up…punch holes with pencil/pen), join with a paper clip or spring clip.

A purchased solution might be an MSR windscreen (basically a very thick aluminum foil).

I'd think the local Home Depot/Lowe's/building supply store would have some aluminum sheeting used for heating duct work and/or for laundry dryer ducts.

Thanks guys. I would favour one like Noels because it seems to me to be pointless to go all the way down to the ground. By keeping it up there you can save weight.

I will head down to the hardware store tomorrow to see what I can find.

In the meantime, if any else has any ideas/designs then please let me know.
Thanks,
Paul

The last time i was in Knoydart, there was hardly a breath of wind. It rained solid for 4 days though.

Finding dry wood for the Bushbuddy may be more of a problem. ;)

I would carry a few esbit tabs, or an alky stove as back-up.

Hi Mike,

Indeed! Thats why tonight I've been playing with some Esbits to test what is needed to boil 350ml of water. :)

I've just been outside experimenting and to me, it seems you can rest a cylindrical tinfoil or even better some alluminum sheet, around the top of the stove, wrapping round the removable stand part. Does everyone know where I mean? I am referring to where you will wrap around the upper holes… It doesn't seem to affect the burning of the stove at all. I migth email Bushbuddy and see what they think.

Cheap, disposable broiler pan liners in the grocery store are a good source of lightwieght aluminum sheet for windscreens for various stoves. You can cut it to size with scissors.

Not my idea – saw it somewhere on BPL – but I've used it, and it works well.

I'm not quite sure what you mean Richard..can you post a photo?

Not exactly sure if they are the same thing, but you can get aluminium oven trays (disposable roasting trays) from your supermarket. They are very malleable, much stronger than foil but not as thick/heavy as the stuff from hardware stores.
Cut the size you are after with scissors. (measure it before you buy).

Franco

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmO7ZRiZ5JA

Tinnys version.

"I've just been outside experimenting and to me, it seems you can rest a cylindrical tinfoil or even better some alluminum sheet, around the top of the stove, wrapping round the removable stand part. Does everyone know where I mean? I am referring to where you will wrap around the upper holes… It doesn't seem to affect the burning of the stove at all. I migth email Bushbuddy and see what they think."

Sorta like this:

Works pretty good…use your body as a windblock helps it also. You may get increased soot thou.

Actually I had Fritz make me a pot stand without those air holes because I do think it helps on wind control.

b.gin

Paul,

Here's a picture. This is a deep pan. As Franco says they also come in shallow trays. I assume they have these in the UK as well. Hope this helps.

Sorry… image upload problems.

Paul,

Here's a picture. This is a deep pan. As Franco says they also come in shallow trays. I assume they have these in the UK as well. Hope this helps.

Thanks for the clarification guys. Here was Fritzes response, confirming as above:

The holes in the pot support section are for "tertiary air" flow to the flame.They also direct this airflow against the upward slope of the bottom ring that the wall of the pot support is spot welded to, preheating the air a little. With a very large flame, this additional air flow helps to reduce the tendancy to produce soot and helps the fire to burn more cleanly. With a smaller flame from Esbit I doubt that they contribute to an efficient burn and you are probably correct that they are more of a liability than an asset.
But the stove was designed primarily to burn wood. You might notice that when burning wood as a "campfire", even when overloaded, with pieces of wood burning within the pot support ring, the fire is still relatively clean burning, thanks to the inflow of air through these pot support holes.