New windshield system for canister stoves: Simmershield

[DAN-Y]

It is a bit fiddly, at the first few times you put it together.  Once you spend some time with it, it’s pretty quick and easy.

I dislike fiddle factors witha passion :-)

[SimmerShield]

obx hiker: “it seems you’re saying the efficiencies are only realized with the BRs3000? Is this something to do with it’s ability to really simmer at some um-matched low fuel consumption rate?”

Nope, there isn’t anything special about the BRS on the efficiency side.  For our system you just need to make sure that the fuel burns completely while still inside the shield, which is a pretty low bar.  Any burner is at least that good, so the efficiency should be the exact same for any burner.

If the efficiency is the same for each burner, then you might as well use the smallest and  lightest option.

As a side bonus, the BRS produces a nice stable flame even at very low power outputs.

Thanks for the question!

[DAN-Y]

I saw that 13.5 liters boiled with 4 ounces butane claim in their Reddit post and I’ll wait till someone confirms it independently.  They claimed “twice the efficiency”

 

Everyone should purchase the system at that efficiency

[Brad W]

$99 for a BRS-3000 a mug and some sheet metal?

[Jon Fong / Flat Cat Gear]

@ Brad W

~$17 for the stove / ~$32 for the mug & lid / say $5 for the cozy = that’s about $44.  Maybe 25% discount on bulk orders for these OEM parts.

That leaves $55 for the 2 piece titanium windscreen.   Got to make a profit somewhere.  I hope they do well.  My 2 cents.

[Jerry Adams]

“Got to make a profit somewhere.”

Running a small business is tough.  Dealing with unhappy customers, sometimes unreasonably.  Paying for all your overhead.  Paying for stuff that doesn’t sell…

Charging twice as much as the cost of the parts is more than reasonable.

Thanks to any small business owners.

[Roger Caffin]

Rarely factored into the costs for a small business are the time for negotiating and dealing with a customer, then the time for packing the goods up, then the time for posting the goods. But that is just the start.

Dealing with any problems which arise can take a huge amount of time as well. I have had a stove gone missing in the post, a stove damaged in the post, several stoves got blocked up by dirt so they didn’t run properly, stoves were damaged by the customer being a shade too rough, and more. All these things are overheads, which cost time and hence money.

Is being a small manufacturer profitable? One sometimes wonders!

Cheers

[DAN-Y]

Is being a small manufacturer profitable? One sometimes wonders!

Cheers

Why do you continue Roger? It’s because you make a huge profit on your stoves 

[Roger Caffin]

Oh yeah, sure, a HUGE profit …

I did work out at one stage that I was earning about $3/hour. Very Chinese. There are so many parts to a stove, and they each take so long to make.

It’s a hobby.

Cheers

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