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Sep 9, 2007 at 4:58 pm #1224983
Ok, I have a Snow Peak giga stove and I have found myself in some very windy conditions. I don't feel like dropping the cash for a wind screen, but I feel like I will save fuel by caring one. Any ideas for a homemade version that Snow Peak offers?
Sep 9, 2007 at 5:33 pm #1401630I tried making one just like what Snowpeak offers out of flashing and it melted. There is just too much heat in that area. A titanium version might be able to stand the heat.
I just use a doubled-up sheet of heavy duty foil wrapped 2/3 around the stove, canister, and pot – in the most traditional way – held down by a couple of rocks under a lip of the foil. It's simple, easy, and packs well. If you face the screen toward the wind and leave it 1/3 open, the canister doesn't get hot. It probably works better than the integrated Snowpeak windscreen.
Sep 9, 2007 at 6:19 pm #1401643Thanks for the insight. You don't have a picture of that in use, do you? Although I understand what you are saying, I am much more of a visual learner.
I'll give that a shot and let you know how it turns out.
Sep 9, 2007 at 8:30 pm #1401665Just a piece of foil like usual:
…weighs about 1/2 ounce compared to the steel 2oz. snowpeak wind screen.
Sep 9, 2007 at 10:10 pm #1401682Ahh, so simple! Now I wonder why I never thought of that. Thanks!
Sep 10, 2007 at 8:01 am #1401716Using $12-13 of materials (a SP Titanium Bowl)
Homemade Ti (Snowpeak) Windscreen
Though I will probably simply use my TD/TiGoat Tri-Ti in the future… Quad-Ti
Sep 10, 2007 at 8:52 am #1401722The "frying pan" lid that comes with some of the snowpeak cooksets would also work. I have a 25 oz pot that came with such a lid.
I went on a quick overnight to Jeff. Park Saturday with my son for his birthday, and the wind made it a bit of a challenge to get our water boiled even witht eh heavy SP windscreen in place. It doesn't shield the flames very effectively, though admittedly, I was using a near empty canister – as I always do on short trips so I can use them up.
Simon
Sep 11, 2007 at 6:48 pm #1401899Careful though. It's not recommended that you use a windscreen for butane stoves that encloses the canister.
Sep 12, 2007 at 3:51 am #1401933> It's not recommended that you use a windscreen for butane stoves that encloses the canister.
Myth promoted by lawyers for certain stove vendors.The reality is that any experienced walker who travels in bad weather and snow country uses a windshield ALL the time. Usually in the vestibule of their tent too.
I did, for 3 months in France.Cheers
Sep 13, 2007 at 9:07 am #1402055I make a windscreen out of a pie pan. It's very easy to make, lightweight, reasonably durable and it encloses just the burner so no worries about canister overheating. You can see it here
Sep 13, 2007 at 4:56 pm #1402110Hi Roger,
I rarely use a canister stove so you would probably know better than I. That's in cold weather and would seem to be OK since the ambient temp. would mitigate any possible overheating; plus, the reflected heat would seem to keep the fuel warmer and make it more efficient. But in your experience, would you say it's also OK to enclose the canister during summer use? It won't overheat and be a potential danger?P.S. When I use my Snowpeak Gigapower, I never use a windscreen. I really only use them for my alcohol stove.
Sep 13, 2007 at 7:11 pm #1402128There's no problem enclosing a canister during summer temperatures. Especially if you're only running the stove for a few minutes as most ULers do.
If you're going to cook for longer, or if it's hot out, just make a radiation shield. Cut a disc of foil or flashing with a hole in the middle, and put it on the canister like a collar before you attach the stove. This will reflect heat back upwards to your pot and keep your canister nice and cool. (Remember to check the canister temperature every so often, of course.)
Check out Roger's article on exploding canisters.
Sep 13, 2007 at 8:20 pm #1402143Hi Jason
> would you say it's also OK to enclose the canister during summer use? It won't overheat and be a potential danger?
Well, I always use a windshield, but I ALWAYS monitor the temperature of the canister.When boiling 1/2 litre for tea & coffee in the summer I use the windscreen with a 3/4 wrap to block the wind. The winsdshield plus a lid cuts the gas used by about half.
If cooking dinner for a while I usually add the radiation shield *in the summer*. However, in France this (Northern hemisphere) summer I never once used the rad shield – it was never hot enough to worry.
Cheers
Sep 14, 2007 at 7:31 am #1402170"Careful though. It's not recommended that you use a windscreen for butane stoves that encloses the canister."
Neither option I showed encloses the canisters. :D
One is simply a wind break (and can obviously be adjust to be more or less open), one is exactly like the windscreen that SP provides.
Sep 14, 2007 at 4:06 pm #1402218Hi Joshua,
Just to clarify, I was referring to the above post with the fully enclosed windscreen. Not your original post. I was actually trying to point out that most designs for canister stoves are more like yours, with only the top of the stove enclosed and not the canister itself.Jan 8, 2008 at 7:56 pm #1415390I wanted a screen that packed well and was simple to use.
Borrowing freely from Joshua Mitchell’s titanium pot approach and inaki’s foil liner approach I created a one-piece foil windscreen for my canister stove.
I was fortunate to have nesting pots, with the largest able to hold my pot cozy, so the end result would fit over my cozy, on my cooking pot, with miscellaneous kitchen stuff, all inside a stuff sack.
After removing the rim of an aluminum foil deep dish liner I reformed the foil liner by squashing it between the nesting pots. I got some additional folds, but the end result was very uniform.
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I created a paper template that fit over the burner and rested on the support pivots, taped it to the bottom of the liner, and cut away the foil with an exacto knife.
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$1.00, 15 minutes, and 20 grams later I had a windscreen that fit nicely on the stove.
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And packed well for easy transport.
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Jan 9, 2008 at 10:01 am #1415450Nicely done, Greg.
Jan 9, 2008 at 3:49 pm #1415497When you're willing to drop $12 you could make a terrific windscreen of a Snow Peak Titanium Bowl. Here's the one I made in about an hour, using a Dremel Tool. Works great in windy conditions.
Feb 18, 2008 at 7:49 pm #1421084I'm really surprised I missed your windscreen, Dennis. However, well done. TiBowls and Dremel Tools are two under appreciated implements… especially the TiBowls…
Jun 6, 2011 at 10:14 am #1745526Hi Greg,
How has your Al foil windscreen for your Snow Peak canister stove worked? Has the Al melted? Did the stove get enough air?
Thanks in advance.
Casey
Jun 6, 2011 at 12:31 pm #1745592Casey,
The windscreen is still going strong. I did melt out one one the slots in the bottom when the screen tipped before I got the pot in place. There is no signs of melting or heat on the side wall.Jun 6, 2011 at 12:42 pm #1745599Thanks Greg,
Your solution is much easier than trying to locate/customize a snow peak titanium bowl. It looks like you added some air inflow ports at the bottom.
Casey
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