DIY wind screen thingy. Probably safe.

[Adrian Griffin]

I’ll have to look at the Gear Skeptic’s videos again. The windshield that reduced efficiency in some circumstances might have been the one that had a curved bottom reflector. The Gear Skeptic suspected that the airfoil effect was pulling the flame away from the pot.

[Jon Fong / Flat Cat Gear]

Keep in mind that Simmershield designed there system to be fuel efficient.  To me, the inlet and exhaust pathways look fairly restrictive.  Note that Simmershield states the following:

Windproof is quite a claim, and we won’t make it. No adventure stove works very well on an exposed ridgeline in a howling gale.

SimmerShield performs better in the wind that a lot of other options, but for best performance you should still try your best to shelter it behind a windbreak (a shrub, log, rock, pack, your body, etc.) when possible.

They also mention that the stove should only be operated at a low flame setting.

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