alcohol stove. Who uses them? who makes there own?

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Waldamir

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I just finished making a pop can one. It boiled a cup of water in 4 minutes. Who else uses/ makes them? share some pics if you can.
 
I've made a few Supercat stoves, which I use regularly. You can't bet the simplicity of this design.
 
I may have made a few :D I have made more than I can count I will use a home made stove for a day trip or for making tea out and about . I have a brasslite too. it does ok but for serious camping I love my trangia 27 . I bought it off ebay before trangia stuff was common in the U.S. it is just old skool cool . You can make all the claims about how slow it is by the time you get a liquid fuel stove assembled and primed my trangia has been quietly heating water for 3 minutes :D
Roy
some of this witers stove trials along with some fire starters

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Never heard of 'em but I've done something similar with mineral oil, toilet paper, and a little imagination.
 
I had a spurt of alcohol stove mania a couple years ago, the pics are long gone, I favored super cat and penny, never got around to the jet ones. My final setup was a peanut tin as my base/windscreen inside was a penny stove in a height adjustable sleeve. My exhaust was 4 nuts and bolts that I tightened to the lip of the peanut tin.

I experimented with percentages of isopropyl and something else, maybe acetone.

Anyhow by the time I finished I was able to cook in a full size wok/pan with my modified super cat, it had to have a pilot light to keep pressure.

I think next time I have the urge I'll give the pressurized stoves a go.
 
I use this one by Vargo. It works well at above freezing temperatures. Just make sure to prime it by burning alcohol underneath it for a few seconds. It's also nice because you can easily recover unused fuel or flip it upside down and burn an esbit on it. Also be sure to get a good windscreen for any alcohol stove. I use the Vargo screen as well.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000AXVOLQ/
 
I have a Trangia for hurricane backup, but it works best with denatured or specialty alcohol like "heet"... I wanted one that would work with 70% isopropyl rubbing alcohol.... looked on the net and a couple of designs worked...they seemed to need a screen preheater and a lot of air supply, low in the body of the stove... I used some 1/4" hardware cloth, a double loop for strength at the edge for pot support, and a slightly shorter column in the center for a preheater... centered on a small disc at the bottom... the holes were done with a hand paper punch...screen needs to be red hot before placing pot

pic shows burning 70% isopropyl alcohol

 
I have a couple of End2End Trail Supplies, but he closed his doors

I use the Trangia compact set, which is excellent
If I was to go backpacking in England I would buy the U-27 and 2 person cook set with the burner as a part of the whole kit
 
Made an Axe body spray can alcohol stove a few months ago. Works really good but that stuff smelled awful while working with the empty can.

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I make my own pop can stoves. I do the penny stove variant. I mostly only use them in the mornings when camping to heat up my coffee and oatmeal water. I like them because you can get yellow HEET fuel de-icer (or generic version) in practically every gas station in the U.S.

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never made an alchy stove, but I use a Trangia from time to time. I prefer my MSR Pocket Rocket.
 
Are you waiting until the alcohol gets boiling good before you put the pot on? That's important with the Supercat stove. If you put the pot on too soon you'll waste a lot of fuel before the stove finally gets going well enough to pressurize itself and start producing some real heat.
 
I've got a pop can stove and a Trianga. Both work well in a pinch. Made a few of my own out of pop cans back when I used to drink the stuff. Fun little project!
 
I never had any luck with the pop can stoves I tried to make. A buddy gave me one that he liked, but it didn't work well for me.

BUT... I have a half-dozen Trangia burners. Fool-proof. Easy to find fuel. Small. Light. Great for short trips!

Stay sharp,
desmobob
 
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