Cheap and easy windscreen/stand

[Michael M]

I’ve decided to leave my beloved GSI mug behind and try out a narrower more mug shaped pot as both my water boiler and coffee/tea beverage holder. I own a TD Caldera Cone thats works very well with a Modified Starlyte burner and the .9L Evernew Ti pot I have now. So I decided to mimic this design in a DIY windscreen for the future pot. Still waiting for that new pot to arrive I built and tested this DIY version using the .9L Evernew and I’m both happy and slightly annoyed to report it operates exactly the same as the Caldera :)

Materials:

• 1 wire coat hanger
• 1 Spring from a click pen
• 1 grease catch foil tray

Tools:

• Scissors
• Hole punch
• Wire bendy thingy (or pliers would work)
• Wire snips
• Tape measure

The stand is 2″ in height and is as long as the new pot is wide. I will likely be making a new wind screen for the new pot as its dimension are different than the Evernew fortunately the grease trays came in packs of two.

Here are the picks of the setup:

 

[Matthew / BPL]

Nice use of the spring as a hinge.

[Cameron M]

I think if you did a test you would find that the holes are unnecessary, and in a strong wind might even lessen performance.

My windscreen is similar but is the height of and wraps around the pot, so the pot can be used to store other items.

[Michael M]

Thanks Cameron, good to know this is my first DIY cook kit and while I had a suspicion I was still a little surprised that it worked just as well as the commercial product. I’m willing to try it the height of the stove for sure. With the stand height and this particular pot that would put the screen just barely over the bottom of the pan, do you think that would still work? Do you put any holes in the windscreen?

I suspect with the new taller and narrower pot that could work better. Though I’m not sure what else I would store in there since thats the entire kit :)

[Cameron M]

Hi. I think you did a nice job. My comment is just from my own DIY, I found that the holes can be a problem in high winds. We all know about the need for holes when we made DIY charcoal starter tins from coffee cans. I think the need for oxygen in that situation demands air. Alcohol or esbit demands very little air, so there is certainly enough air inside the screen for those fuels without the need for holes. I like wrapping the screen around my pot because I do find a use for the pot as storage, including a pile of esbits, a 110 g gas container with stovehead attached, or a cup. I got my initial design from this site, and I think the connector piece is smart and works.

http://www.howardjohnson.name/Backpacking/Stove/Howards_Esbit_Stove_3.0.html

[Michael M]

Thanks Cameron, your link describes a tall screen with holes in it however. Is that the one you meant?

I do like the interlocking idea I will incorporate something like that in my next screen.

Re hole you are probably right the Caldera I have can also function as a wood burner (something btw my DIY unit can not do with the very thin Aluminum I used) where the holes would be helpful. I did try this design sans holes and it actually did not get my water to a boil I’m not sure if there was some other human error at play but I didn’t bother to test again since the material is so cheap I just punched a bunch of holes in it.

 

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