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    Michael Reagan
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    @michaelreagan

    Locale: Southern California

    This may be the most singularly useless item one could pack, or it might come in handy to a few. You decide. Take a jar of Carmex lip balm, add a wick, and presto: the Carmex Candle.

    Carmex Candle

    On the plus side, it smells really nice, and besides offering a bit of light, might help take the edge off any funky odors in your tent just a bit. Enjoy!

    Michael

    #1677175
    John West
    Spectator

    @skyzo

    Locale: Borah Gear

    thats a pretty good idea, I use a tealight candle to read. It weighs very little, and gives off a lot of light. How long does the carmex burn for?

    #1677187
    John Roan
    BPL Member

    @jroan

    Locale: Vegas

    Me likes! :~)>

    #1677203
    David Lutz
    Member

    @davidlutz

    Locale: Bay Area

    multi-use gear!!

    #1677233
    Javan Dempsey
    Member

    @jdempsey

    Locale: The-Stateless-Society

    "multi-use gear!!"

    If you can exercise both uses simultaneously, I'll be impressed. ;P

    Better yet, do it on video, one handed. ;)

    #1677251
    Henk Smees
    BPL Member

    @theflyingdutchman

    Locale: Spanish Mountains

    Very cool. Weight???

    Thought about using it for cooking? If one flame isn’t enough, may two??? Depends upon how long the candle would last, but this could turn it into triple use. :)

    #1677436
    Colin Krusor
    BPL Member

    @ckrusor

    Locale: Northwest US

    This is an excellent idea. My compliments, Michael.

    I had actually wondered in a pedestrian way about things like this before, but never tried it. Fats and waxes have a much greater heat of combustion in air than alcohol. I think Roger Caffin may have authored an article about candle-stoves that appeared on BPL a while ago.

    I wonder if you could use a solid vegetable fat like coconut oil for a large candle in a lightweight container. Then it would be quadruple-purpose:

    1. skin/lip protectant
    2. cooking fuel
    3. edible cooking oil
    4. light source

    #1677440
    Weiyi Wang
    Spectator

    @wwyjedi

    Locale: mid

    I gotta try this. where can i get some wick?

    #1677478
    Trevor Gwynn
    Member

    @gwynn1975

    Locale: Spokane Area

    You can get wicks at most craft stores like Micheals. I've even seen it at WalMart before.

    BTW: Great idea to the OP

    #1677510
    Roger Caffin
    BPL Member

    @rcaffin

    Locale: Wollemi & Kosciusko NPs, Europe

    Full article on candle stoves at
    http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/candle_stoves.html

    Explorations into Candle Stoves
    Mark Hurd and Roger Caffin

    Cheers

    #1677645
    James Langford
    Member

    @ekdog

    Great idea! I'm a little concerned, though, because the little Carmex containers, which used to be made of some kind of glass, are now plastic :-(. Would the flame be hot enough to burn or melt the plastic and produce toxic fumes?

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