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Ti-Tri Without The Tent Stakes

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Dan Yeruski BPL Member
PostedMar 14, 2013 at 4:24 pm

That was a great deal of testing William. Thank you very much for your time.

(Both Starlytes were more efficient than the 12-10 stove when used with a 1/2 inch shim (in a Keg-F and a Sidewinder with wide 0.6 liter Evernew). What did surprise me was that in the Keg-F, the standard Starlyte had a faster boil time than the 12-10 as well.)

Based on that info I'm going to make some Foster kegs with support ridgeline in the appropriate place so the StarLyte Burner can be resting on the ground. No need for a support under it.

PostedMar 15, 2013 at 6:16 am

With the ridgeline placed slightly higher, it would mean that there would be a bit more pot inside the cone. Sounds like a win-win to me. I hope Dan will ship to Turkey;)
Incidentally, the most efficient set up of the ones I used was the modified Starlyte with 1/2" shim in the TD Sidewinder with 0.6l Evernew wide pot, with the standard Starlyte in the same set up nearly as fuel stingy. Very close behind was the modified Starlyte in the Zelph "Titanium Titan-3" windscreen, which used 0.63g more fuel to heat 400ml from 14 to 98 degrees C.
I was testing at about 70 metres above sea level. I'd be interested to know how the Starlyte stoves do at higher elevations.

PostedMar 16, 2013 at 6:13 am

"Do you guys have any idea how happy I am to have found a community of such nerds??!!"

You'd love the club at my college. Everyone's a gearhead. :)

PostedMar 16, 2013 at 10:09 pm

Just to check, as I've seen it mentioned before:

Has anyone noticed different boil times (with their Tri-Ti) using the Ti floor or a foil floor?

*Just been curious if that makes any noteworthy improvement…

PostedMar 25, 2013 at 3:22 am

I haven't tested this in a Ti Tri, but I've just done a few test boils with a Fosters can, an unmodified Starlyte stove paired with Zelphs Titan-3 windscreen, and a slightly shorter MYOG screen in a similar style.
Using a Ti floor, boil times decreased by between 30 seconds and a minute and fuel efficiency actually improved (very slightly). Using a foil floor knocked another approximately 30 seconds off the boil time, but was slightly less efficient. I guess the Ti floor hit a sweet spot where it was reflecting enough heat to improve the boil time, but not enough to overheat the stove and decrease efficiency.
I doubt you generalise these results to different stoves and set-ups, though.
BTW, the Starlyte and Titan-3 seems to be an incredibly efficient set up for the Fosters can, at least at low altitude. I'd still love to hear from anybody with experience at high altitude.

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