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Thoughts on Fire Maple’s wind resistant stoves?

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PostedMar 10, 2014 at 7:40 am

I just came across 2 stoves on Fire Maple's site that I just can't find any actual reviews of. I was wondering if anyone here has had experience or can comment on the design of them.

The stoves in question are:

http://www.fire-maple.com/en/productsinfo.aspx?pid=149
and
http://www.fire-maple.com/en/productsinfo.aspx?pid=148

By the look of it they remind me of MSR Reactor's radiant element, but without the enclosed system. My first impression is that without the closed system the heat transfer wouldn't be very efficient, even if wind-proof.

Dave Marcus BPL Member
PostedMar 10, 2014 at 8:24 am

Both are relatively heavy. If wind resistance is an issue, I wonder if it would be possible to attach the burner assembly from one of those stoves to the FMS-117T.

You also lack a preheat tube on all of those, so no inverted cold-weather use. One would have to adapt the body of the FMS-118 as well to get cold weather use.

Finished Frankenstove – FMS-121 burner, FMS-117T base/pot support, FMS-118 gas block and preheat tube.

They also have the FMS-100T (http://www.fire-maple.com/en/productsinfo.aspx?pid=16) that I haven't noticed before. Under 200g and appears to have a preheat tube and built-in windscreen around the burner.

PostedMar 10, 2014 at 8:45 am

Agreed, they're both rather heavy. And the lack of a pre-heat tube makes it a less interesting winter performer. But I'm wondering how good the burner design is, because if successful, I can see this stove in Titanium + preheat tube being very successful.

The 100T you linked looks like a potentially solid winter stove, although I wonder if that integrated wind screen actually does anything useful, since it seems to sit on level, not above, the burner.

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