Had a chance to MYOG a windscreen and solid fuel burner/stand today. The burner was a failure as there was a lot of smoke from the .25oz Coghlan tablet.
There was a benefit from the process as when I looked at ways to save weight, I found that I really don't need the Snow Peak hot lips to enjoy my cowboy coffee, and have removed that from my kit. Windscreen, ti wing, Dan's 10oz pot, lighter, snack sized ziplock for stove and fuel, mini bic, and quart sized ziplock to keep residue on my pot off of my gear while in pack came to 1.8oz. Much better than where I was but there's room for improvement.
I boiled a cup of 40* water long enough to make some Turkish coffe and had fuel left over. I'm switching to dinners that only require 1 cup of water so in theory, if I were to switch to instant coffee, I could have my morning coffee and heat up my dinner off of a single Coghlans tablet. I'm not going to drink that garbage so just throwing it out there.
Dan's pot seems plenty sturdy to be packed away without a caddy. As with all things UL and lighter, a little care goes a long ways.
As far as my MYOG project goes, tonight's project wasn't worth salvaging so I'm going back to the drawing board. I'll post pictures later as I can't upload them from the phone.
Last thought on this tonight, getting below three ounces is fairly easy. Below two requires some resourcefulness, but to get to a single ounce including the lighter is going to take some work, I applaud Jeremy as that's quite an accomplishment.
To be continued…
