Bushbuddy in the rain

Well, kind of. . . . It was snowing fairly hard but I had gathered twigs and pine needles just before everything got damp and stored the fuel to keep it dry. It was fairly easy to start the fire with dry fuel in spite of the precipitation and to keep it going was no problem. The real challenge for me would be to start the fire w/ damp fuel and I have not had the experience yet. I guess the place to practice would be in the back yard and test ourselves by hosing down our twigs prior to starting the fire.

Daniel,

My experience is limited because of the short time with the BB UL, six days/nights out. So far I have had it out on one cold drizzly day / night. I pitched the silnylon tarp high, about 4.5 ft at the point where I used the BB. I had no problems with the tarp whatsoever, even when I had no pot on the stove and was using it as sort of a "campfire". I'm not sure any stove would perform well in direct rain but even a small roof should suffice, just watch the height of your roof.

That night my starter wood came from a dense grove of pine trees. I snapped off small, low twigs and whittled some shavings into the 5 driest twigs. Still, I doubt the fire would have caught without the dead pine needles collected from low on the same trees. Feeding the fire with the needles 4 times had the fire going strong. Slightly damp wood and pine cones then burned reliably with some smoke.

I don't worry about finding dry enough sources of wood under most any condition here in the midwest where fuel is abundant. I will always carry half of a Strike-a-Fire stick which will get six fires going for under 1/2 oz. I haven't needed them yet. Personally, I am comfortable using the BB UL under a tarp with a high pitch.

Love this little stove. Hope you keep your experiences with the BB coming.