Bushbuddy windscreen

Well I got a chance to try it today in a moderate breeze and I'd say it was a success. It could probably stand to be a bit longer, but even with that large gap it performed admirably.

Has anyone else been able to make a windscreen for a bushbuddy or bushbuddy ultra? I'd like to make one but I don't really know where to start.

Ideally I'd like a windscreen that I could use both with the bushbuddy in regular wood burning mode, as well as with the pot stand alone (plus and alcohol burner inside of it) for efficient alcohol stove use.

Anyone had any luck with this?

As efficient as the Bushbuddy is at combustion it is woefully inadequate at preserving all that heat.

Your windscreen goes a long way to correcting that problem, Good work. Maybe the manufacturer will take note and offer a similar wind screen as standard equipment. Your hook style supports that fit over the Bushbuddy's top lip is clever.

** I'd suggest that you make the screen cover more of the pot circumference for even more heat retention, leaving just enough space to feed the stove. i.e. make the screen more than "just" a windscreen but also a heat retention screen. This may mean making the screen diameter smaller to more closely fit the pot you use most often. You can also make different sized screens for different pots.

I purchased a Trail Designs Sidewinder (Caldera Cone) stove with the Inferno wood-burning insert precisely because that design is the most efficient at preserving and directing heat to the pot. Even with an oversized pot sitting on top of the outer cone (instead of inside it) the Sidewinder is still more efficient than the Bushbuddy.