Gas canister stabilizer legs

No Roger I don’t already have some.  Just thinking.  Thanks for your thoughts.

IF you want to go the tape route, Can I recommend Kevlar tape? You can buy it on ebay for low$, quite wide. I gather it is commonly used for auto repairs, hence the ‘low’ prices. Kevlar and its adhesive is good to nearly 300 C.

Cheers

Roger – interesting idea.  I’ll look into it.  Thanks!

re: David Thomas’above post about the cardboard for use in starting a fire reminded me of an earlier post of his that mentioned the same thing. I was so darned curious that I hit my grocery store the next day and picked up a box they were going to throw into the trash. Well it didn’t work at all. I then contacted David. He asked me if the cardboard box was indeed coated with wax, which he said was the key ingredient. Mine wasn’t after all. He then kindly mailed me a small sample of his waxed cardboard, and it worked like a charm. I then made 15-20 ‘fire starters’ from a WAXED cardboard box and gave them to every camper I could find. They are truly useful when truck camping, and they provide a nice “WOW Factor” for those folks that hadn’t seen the technique before.

So this showed me just how clever David is, as well as his ample generosity. He became one of my all time BPL favorite people.

similar idea, I take a section of an egg carton, 0.25 ounce wax, put it in oven long enough to melt

The wax will run all over the oven so I wrap the bottom in aluminum foil, then remove after it cools

The energy density of wax is higher than cardboard so you want more wax, just a little bit of cardboard for a wick

0.25 ounce of wax is about the right amount to get a fire going with damp wood

My favorite David Thomas ideas are to use a torch lighter

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Pack+of+5+Eagle+Angle+Torch+45+Degree+Single+Jet+Flame+Torch+Lighter+Windproof+Refillable+Lighter+Assorted+Color&i=hpc&ref=nb_sb_noss

This one weighs 1.3 ounces.

Then use it on a canister when it slows down from being cold.  Just torch the side of the canister on the side at the bottom where the fuel is and it will quickly come back up to speed.

I wonder: what’s going to happen when y’all discovery dryer lint? 😉

Thank you for the kind words, Gary and Jerry.

Bonzo: Bellybutton lint plus earwax requires no weight in your pack.

Bonzo: Bellybutton lint plus earwax requires no weight in your pack.

Solid point…and even if I carry more earwax, it’s gotta be lighter that carrying around a dryer. 🤔

I tried no legs on my last solo trip with my MiniMo. I did have a larger fuel canister so maybe that helped? Worked great and I don’t think I’ll bring them on solo trips in the future. But I will continue to bring them on trips with children for that extra bit of stability.

Indeed. When dealing with a tipy tall set up, uneven surfaces, scalding hot water, and a live flame, I will go for stability ever time… but, hey… one man’s dodad is another’s stability… perspective is everything…

Rather than starting a new thread, I figured I’d add to an existing one…

I just picked up some of these little doohickeys. They snap onto the rolled seam on the bottom of the fuel canister. They come with some small neodymium magnets in the holes that can hold a windscreen to the canister or something, but I didn’t need them and they pushed out pretty easily. With the high likelihood of losing the small parts, I just put them on a loop of micro cord that is big enough to accommodate larger canisters. This is on a 100g canister. They fit okay on the 2 sizes/brands of canister I tried. Time will tell if they get loose with use. The weigh 5 g, compared to my normal stove base which is 27 g. Hardly worth bothering with unless you are really strapped for space in your pot for stove/fuel component storage. They offer a bit less ground-contact surface area than my standard stove base and I will see how that works on my local typical springy tundra/heather ground coverage.

Cool.  And where are said doohickeys sold?

Upside down bear can lid. Super wide and stable.

One more thing to bring, making the pack a few grams heavier. If you only boil water, it seems it would hardly be needed. I suppose if you’re stirring stuff it could be helpful.

@ Philip T

I’m curious to know where you bought the feet, too.

Upside down bear can lid. Super wide and stable.

Sure…if you are packing a 1.5 lb+ bear canister :)

If you only boil water, it seems it would hardly be needed

…or if the ground is very rocky, uneven or soft/spongy.

5g of plastic feet to reduce the possibility of losing your dinner in the dirt, or worse polluting the site of the spill and attracting animals, seems a quite acceptable price.  To each his/her own 👍

BTW, a google search revealed a Japanese site seeming to sell them, but I found no way to actually purchase.

Here

I found some on Etsy.

For comparison, here are the weights of a couple of triangular pot stands. The orange one is available as Jetboil from REI but I’ve also seen it on AliExpress. I got the black one from AliExpress. I think it’s the same as the one in DirtBag’s photo earlier in this thread.

I’m leery of using a stove without a base. The three-piece spotted by Philip is intriguing.

Well, I sprang for the 3-piece. Overall weight is 5.1g without magnets and with a shock cord. It’s a more secure fit on the canister than the black triangle. The shock cord isn’t needed for stability—it’s there to keep the pieces together.

Uh-oh, typo. It’s 6.1g without magnets and with shock cord as pictured.