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Fire Maple Petrel HX

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Peter Leonard BPL Member
PostedDec 29, 2023 at 3:28 pm

Does anyone know where you can buy a Fire Maple Petrel HX ? I saw a review by Flat Cat and am interested in getting one. Can’t find anything on Google, AliExpress etc – maybe it’s not released yet ? Or my search skills are not what they used to be 😀?

baja bob BPL Member
PostedDec 29, 2023 at 5:18 pm

Check Amazon. You have to buy a stove, spoon and flint with it for $74.

baja bob BPL Member
PostedApr 20, 2024 at 7:29 am

Petrel  is now available on Amazon without the stove kit  for $23.

baja bob BPL Member
PostedApr 20, 2024 at 3:22 pm

Looking at the support arms, not without bending those arms.

Is this the fire maple equivalent of the BRS? In one of these threads someone said they were able to modify the BRS to make it work. Fire maple sells the Petrel with the hornet.

PostedApr 22, 2024 at 12:34 pm
baja bob BPL Member
PostedApr 22, 2024 at 3:36 pm

Jon, I have that Widesea stove you linked.  It came as part of a set with the Widesea HX pot.  The pot support doesn’t really fit on the Windmaster.  The stem of the Windmaster is a larger diameter.

The pot support is flexible enough that it can be bent into the Petrel grooves.  I am going to try to permanently bend the pot support to see if I can get a better fit.

baja bob BPL Member
PostedApr 24, 2024 at 8:11 am

Correction on the Widesea Windmaster knockoff Jon posted.  I must not have had the pot support installed properly. It does fit the pot but not perfectly.  The burner is a little smaller than the Windmaster.  The pot support fits the Windmaster and  is a better fit for the Petrel using the Windmaster.

Mart BPL Member
PostedApr 29, 2024 at 2:42 pm

Toaks Siphon stove and stand with the Petrel Hx pot.

The Petrel pot works well with the Toaks Siphon stove and it’s stand.

The stove, stand, and pot are a good fit. The stove’s flame is well protected.

The stove directs the flames to the center of the bottom of the pot to enhance efficiency.

Everything seen in the top photo, plus 8 fl oz of Yellow Heat fuel and a mini-Bic  weighs 17.6 oz.

I live in central Texas. Monday afternoon, 29Apl it was 86°F and there was a ~5 mph breeze. This combination brought 2 cups of tap water (@76°F) to a boil in 6m 51 s. For me, this is the sweet spot. Fast enough to be useful, but long enough to poor–and enjoy–a wee bit of Buffalo Trace. The Toaks stove can be snuffed out by placing the Petrel pot bottom over the stove opening (the stove fits through the bottom opening on the pot–barely). Starting with 30 ml of fuel, I had 10 ml remaining post-boil.

 

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