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EmberLit Stove
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Unfortunately any changes I made to the stove dimensions impacted it's function in a negative way. I did come up with a solution however. I have little adapters that snap into the top of the stove that will allow for virtually any sized pot to sit securely on the stove.
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I just got my second one
My first we have used heaps , I seriously like it , mostly cos Im lazy and it uses so little fuel for so much heat
I bought a second for my partners pack , I ordered it shortly after taking delivery of my first one last year , and the post stamps show that its been shunted around the mail system for a few months till it arrived a couple days ago
Got no complaints against the maker , want to make that clear , its just the mail system works great sometimes , and totaly sucks at others ... took long enough Id forgot I ordered it at all .
This is a dam fine little stove . I car camp mostly .. itd suck trying to hike the distances I cover , so weight isnt an issue really , but the small size and the heat output on so little fuel make it just the ducks nuts for making a coffee or a quick feed without a heap of setting up to do .
I gave this one to my mum , since my wife and I are always together and ours is enough for us , but my mum is often heading off with her friends , she is happy as a pig in mud with it took it out , set it up , pulled it down , set it up again a few times till she was happy with being able to do it ( she saw mine all sooty and wasnt about to try to learn on a dirty stove ) lit it up boiled her billy with it and has pronounced it as being good .
My first we have used heaps , I seriously like it , mostly cos Im lazy and it uses so little fuel for so much heat
I bought a second for my partners pack , I ordered it shortly after taking delivery of my first one last year , and the post stamps show that its been shunted around the mail system for a few months till it arrived a couple days ago
Got no complaints against the maker , want to make that clear , its just the mail system works great sometimes , and totaly sucks at others ... took long enough Id forgot I ordered it at all .
This is a dam fine little stove . I car camp mostly .. itd suck trying to hike the distances I cover , so weight isnt an issue really , but the small size and the heat output on so little fuel make it just the ducks nuts for making a coffee or a quick feed without a heap of setting up to do .
I gave this one to my mum , since my wife and I are always together and ours is enough for us , but my mum is often heading off with her friends , she is happy as a pig in mud with it took it out , set it up , pulled it down , set it up again a few times till she was happy with being able to do it ( she saw mine all sooty and wasnt about to try to learn on a dirty stove ) lit it up boiled her billy with it and has pronounced it as being good .
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we have a couple small stoves that run on gas bottles , and we have the emberlit ... this last trip I forgot I had it at all till we ran out of gas botles
With our gas stoves , I typically wake up predawn when camping , and get to see the dew form , then turn to frost or just soak everything depending on if we have enough cold happening , its a beautiful thing , and I like to have a hot coffee to see it with .. to just boil a kettle on the gas stove we have that uses the pressurised gas canisters that look like flyspray cans I load one into the stove , light it up , run it at max heat till the flame dies real low .. the canisters chill down and lose pressure as they do , so I swap it out , put in a warmer canister with some pressure , and keep going , usualy 2 or 3 swap outs back n forwrds with the same canisters will get the kettle boiled and the camp wakes up to hot coffee .
With the emberlit I walked around for a couple minutes picking up sticks and twigs set it up , lit it up , boiled my kettle on less than I picked up the camp wakes up to hot coffee and bacon just because I was happy at not having to mess with freezy cold wet gas cans ( even in 0 % humidity they find moisture from somewhere ) and i really enjoy poking sticks into a fire , the stove gives me an excuse to do it now .
It IS bushfire season here ..I am parinoidish about fire safety ... I was impressed repeatedly how little coals sparks and embers get out of the stove , there is virtually none . I sit the stove on one my of my stainless steel plates a precaution against any possibility of heat damage to whatever its sitting on when we are in civilized areas and have painted surfaces makes it into a socially acceptable conversation piece
hey better than people knowing you didnt count on having such a caffeine addiction youd run out of gas cans to brew it up with let them think Im smart and trendy and hip and stuff instead
the single biggest plus tho , is that fuel is literally picked up off the ground and its free . no being reliant on the man to sell you special fuel cans so you can cook any more .
biggest downside , in my experience is waiting for the fire to die out totally before dumping out the ashes and packing the stove up ... most the time the fire is dead and cold by the time my second mug of coffee is gone other times kick a hole in the dirt , tip the ashes into it , and add water to make sure of it being out , if Im fealing man vs wild ish Ill use my own pee to do the job ...
anyway , thats just my experience with it anyway . Kept my caffeine and bacon addiction well fed so Im a happy camper
With our gas stoves , I typically wake up predawn when camping , and get to see the dew form , then turn to frost or just soak everything depending on if we have enough cold happening , its a beautiful thing , and I like to have a hot coffee to see it with .. to just boil a kettle on the gas stove we have that uses the pressurised gas canisters that look like flyspray cans I load one into the stove , light it up , run it at max heat till the flame dies real low .. the canisters chill down and lose pressure as they do , so I swap it out , put in a warmer canister with some pressure , and keep going , usualy 2 or 3 swap outs back n forwrds with the same canisters will get the kettle boiled and the camp wakes up to hot coffee .
With the emberlit I walked around for a couple minutes picking up sticks and twigs set it up , lit it up , boiled my kettle on less than I picked up the camp wakes up to hot coffee and bacon just because I was happy at not having to mess with freezy cold wet gas cans ( even in 0 % humidity they find moisture from somewhere ) and i really enjoy poking sticks into a fire , the stove gives me an excuse to do it now .
It IS bushfire season here ..I am parinoidish about fire safety ... I was impressed repeatedly how little coals sparks and embers get out of the stove , there is virtually none . I sit the stove on one my of my stainless steel plates a precaution against any possibility of heat damage to whatever its sitting on when we are in civilized areas and have painted surfaces makes it into a socially acceptable conversation piece
hey better than people knowing you didnt count on having such a caffeine addiction youd run out of gas cans to brew it up with let them think Im smart and trendy and hip and stuff instead the single biggest plus tho , is that fuel is literally picked up off the ground and its free . no being reliant on the man to sell you special fuel cans so you can cook any more .
biggest downside , in my experience is waiting for the fire to die out totally before dumping out the ashes and packing the stove up ... most the time the fire is dead and cold by the time my second mug of coffee is gone other times kick a hole in the dirt , tip the ashes into it , and add water to make sure of it being out , if Im fealing man vs wild ish Ill use my own pee to do the job ...
anyway , thats just my experience with it anyway . Kept my caffeine and bacon addiction well fed so Im a happy camper
The pouch from a bottle of Crown Royale works nice.
Cheers!Now THAT'S what I call recycling!Off to the liquor store!
Get the Black if you can, that's some fine Whiskey, the pouch is black on those. It fits so well you can pull the cords snug and hook them (on the outside), to the bottom corner of the stove:thumbup:
Speaking of storage for an Emberlit, does anyone have the dimensions of the bottom plate and of the bottom of one side including the tabs? I'm thinking of putting one in a Maxpedition EDC pouch, but I'm not sure of the packed dimensions of the stove.
Thanks.
Thanks.
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just got mine today. it's 5"x6"...fits fine inside a maxpedition edc with room to spare.
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If they'd had the ti adapters yesterday, I probably would have bought an Emberlit ti stove, adapters, and pouch. Way to kill a sale, Codger!
His backorders only last a week or so. He has them cut locally. Order up and tell him to ship it all together when he gets the next shipment of adapters. Otherwise, they'll be sold out not long after he gets them in. You snooze, you lose. Besides, I haven't mentioned the bottle opener part, have I?