This is my first post at BPL and I figured showing off my new stove would be a good intro. Why? Well you see I only recently started backpacking and my new hobby was kicked off by this very thing. One day I randomly clicked a youtube link to a Pop Can Alcohol stove.. I love to tinker and found the entire concept fascinating. Of course I built 2 of them that very day, but in order to use them I would have to start hiking. Off to REI to pick up some gear for myself and my entire family of 5 and we spent last summer on several hikes in Norther Virginia.
Sure I may have spent 1000 bucks on tents, sleeping bags, packs, and whatnots but I'm still rocking that free pop can stove! I decided as the new year is coming up it was time for an upgrade. There is no way I was going to buy one so I picked up some Titanium online and a sheet of Aluminum. I spent a week building models out of cardboard and paper before I ended up with the final result which I'd like to share with the community here that has given me so much reading the last year.
The stove is designed for my MSR dualist pot set as I'm normally heating for a large family out. I wanted something that was light (duh), but very stable so my kids could use it, and able to hold not only my pots but the odd fry pan brought along for pancakes or whatnot. It weighs 2.5 Ounces and I could probably shave some here and there but this is just my first prototype. I'd like to work in a shallow pre-heat area under the stove but haven't gotten that far nor have I found a need yet.
How does it perform?
70 degree water inside with .75 Oz of fuel it boiled the 2 cups of water in 4:50 ( 212 degrees ) with flameout at 5:30 using paint can alcohol.
Here is the new stove ( stand, potstand, windscreen, + alcohol stove ) next to a coke can for a size comparison.
This is how it breaks down for storage.
With the MSR pot on top. Very stable.
And lastly the weight. Coming in at 2.5 Oz. ( without fuel )
