Fastest Boil Time ?

He he he
OxyAcetylene is for novices. Try a thermal lance!

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A little old school eyebrow singeing speed boiling on my Coleman Model 400 – 2 cups under 2 minutes:

Roger, the thermal lance looks heavy  but doable ;)

We need a small blue bag of Thermite powder so we can make some cubes the size of esbit. See the blue bag in the beginning of the video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqUiD3VLwdg

John, ouch ouch ouch says the camera lens  Had the lid been on your pot, the time would have been 15 sec faster for the boil. John, your time is well documented…. your are the winner! Very nice pot selection and stove.  Everyone noticed the dangers and noise of a canister…thanks for the heads up 

What caused the flare up?

Obviously none of you have ever stolen cordite from an artillery powder bag or used a smidgen of plastic explosive to boil the billy, otherwise you would all know the meaning of a fast boil

Ahem.

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Dan,

Flare up due to the generator tube being too cool after turning the stove off and me turning the fuel up all the way. There is a stove setting that takes air-fuel mix from the top to prevent this that I skipped. I love that old aluminum scout kit. That is the bottom half. The top half has angled sides but was a bit slower. Neither is ultralight but I still love them. I also tried the Olicamp heat exchanger pot but the stove flame pattern was too big for it. Ended up melting part of the pot before I realized why the water was taking so long to heat up…  :(

What caused the flare up?

Thanks for the explanation John. Canister users take notice ;-)

When ever I design a stove I use a scout pot with bail. It’s what works best since the beginning of my adventures.

Obviously none of you have ever stolen cordite from an artillery powder bag or used a smidgen of plastic explosive to boil the billy, otherwise you would all know the meaning of a fast boil

Ouch!!!! I knew about C4 but thought not to mention it ;-)

Another nomination (vintage 1995) charcoal and LOX

Charcoal LOX wins hands down!

Caramel Candy?

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PS: this is NOT something you eat. Add ‘rocket’ for searches.

Caramel Candy has too much smoke ;)

Using alcohol, the Warp 2 stove boiled 2 cups 70 F water using 20 ml SLX – average time to boil ~3:35.  This was done almost 8 years ago

https://youtu.be/-jj4dv4MqXw

Efficiency and robustness is far more important than speed.  My 2 cents

In real world use, one of the guys I was with in Alaska had a MSR Reactor stove and it was unbelievably fast even with a breeze and near freezing water.  It would be too heavy for me to carry, but it was fast.

Reactor type stove with HX pot = 4 cups heated in 4.5 min.

Watch video:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Bulin-1-5L-Capacity-Portable-Outdoor-Fast-Heating-Pot-Utensil-Camping-Cookware-With-Gas-Stove-for/32835927792.html?spm=2114.search0104.3.132.6fe33fb6RAq4S4&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_5_10065_10068_10130_5731315_318_10890_5730315_10547_319_10546_10548_317_10545_5728815_10696_10084_10083_10618_452_5729215_10307_532_5731115_5731415_5731215_10882_5731615_204_328_10059_10884_5731515_323_325_10887_100031_320_321_322_10103_5731715_5728415-5731415,searchweb201603_55,ppcSwitch_0&algo_expid=cb6a2478-9342-4d2e-9768-cb1833ab1d12-21&algo_pvid=cb6a2478-9342-4d2e-9768-cb1833ab1d12%3C/div&gt

I don’t have a specific time for my JetBoil (it has to be what everyone else got) but I think this basic design has to be the most efficient. (I think there’s also  an MSR version that is better in the wind.) The heat exchanger fins,  closed design seems to work well and also keeps the flame contained, making it safer. Altitude can change boiling time as well.

And I actually like the expensive JetBoil skillet, probably used it at least 60 times this year. Very low heat. I’ve modified the spreader which makes it much easier to use.

Very low heat.
That is likely to be very high in CO emission.

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Some good HX pot info going on in this thread.

Forget about FKTs as you know them, we know have FKT boil times!  Fudge yeah!  Take that, no stove cookers!

I use an MSR Pocket Rocket and a 1L GSI Haulite kettle.  I can get water boiling in 3 minutes or less depending on conditions.

My main interest is the ability of water to absorb heat. Recent tests with HX Pot and HX Windscreen/skirt showed some very interesting results…….2 grams of fuel used to heat 2 cups of water. If a pot had the same amount of heat fins on the side of the pot as the bottom, heat could be transferred at a very interesting rate. Water can and will absorb all that can be thrown at it. The faster it absorbs, the less fuel used.

It’s related

Worth noting that the Olicamp brand seems to be rebadged Asian stuff, but with a higher price. Stoves and pots, and probably much else. Well, they can’t make it themselves, so they have to buy it from someone who does make it.

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