Emberlite stainless steal or ti.

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An Emberlit is definitely on my list before a spring trip to Canyonlands.

Good lookin' setter you have there, Codger. :thumbup:
 
If anyone here hasn't caught on yet from my posting pictures and conversation about this stove, I am sold on it 100%. And I am 100% sold on very few things. It weighs practically nothing and takes up almost no space when packed up. It is fuel efficient and fuel for it is everywhere. I have mentioned here before thata State Park ranger gave me a pass on camping in designated site restrictions because of it's low impact. My cannister stove sits at home most times now. I am con=mfortable enough with this twig stove and an accelerant that I don't feel the need for a backup.

Just in case you run into a strict ranger in the Canyonlands, carry a heavy foil pieplate as a firepan to put under the stove. It will drop an occasional ember out the door or vents after it has burned a while.

Thanks on the complements on Jake. He is my full time partner in crime at home, on the river and in the woods.

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Now that is what I am Talking about Codger. Thanks for the pictures and also for including Jake.
 
I'm still in learning mode with mine. Trying to make tea on the days I work out of the house 2-3 times a week and will do this till I feel comfortable with it.

Doing this, regardless of weather is instructive. It's fast and easy when wood is dry. We've had a wet week so far and wood is still wet. Took a good 20 smoky minutes to get water to boil today.

The other solution, obviously, is to cut (saw) and split larger dead fall to get drier wood. But, if you count that as a part of the time, still looking at a good solid 20 minutes plus to get to boiling water.

Like all wonderful things in life (dogs, skis, sharp knives, I'll stop there...) it definitely takes practice, practice, practice.

FWIW, I think the same about all stoves, even canister stoves. Need to use them in crappy weather and when short on time. That's when the stove becomes second nature.
 
P, in the above riverside pictures, it had rained for three days and everything was soaked. The picture shows the plastic bag of fire sticks, accelerant which got the wet as-found wood burning without splitting larger wood. Steam is a part of that smoke you see in the pictures. I keep those sticks in my stove kit now. And often carry a chunk of seasoned hickory or charcoal as mentioned above. Miserly use of fuel allows this. And a typical load weighs less than one fuel cannister I had been using.
 
Got my Emberlit stainless last week and finally had a chance (and a break in the weather) to fire it up.

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As already mentioned, set up is a no-brainer, it's quite solid once its put together, and the packabilty is impressive.

It took approx. 12 minutes for me to boil 16 oz. of water in an uncovered cup, using a Wetfire tablet and some jute for starter, and then some paper and twigs for fuel. Part of the extended boil time was the result of damp twigs and a couple of stops and starts while I grabbed more fuel. If I had prepared properly and had all the fuel I needed next me, and if I had covered the pot, I think I could have easily chopped the boiling time in half.

Considering the price, the quality of construction and the ability to take it just about anywhere and use anything that burns, this is a great little piece of kit. :thumbup:
 
Hey Smithhammer glad you got it. You are going to love . Hey Codger I found some Jiffy Pop at a store and when the grandsons get here for Christmas we are going to fire it up.
Smithhammer said:
Got my Emberlit stainless last week and finally had a chance (and a break in the weather) to fire it up.

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As already mentioned, set up is a no-brainer, it's quite solid once its put together, and the packabilty is impressive.

It took approx. 12 minutes for me to boil 16 oz. of water in an uncovered cup, using a Wetfire tablet and some jute for starter, and then some paper and twigs for fuel. Part of the extended boil time was the result of damp twigs and a couple of stops and starts while I grabbed more fuel. If I had prepared properly and had all the fuel I needed next me, and if I had covered the pot, I think I could have easily chopped the boiling time in half.

Considering the price, the quality of construction and the ability to take it just about anywhere and use anything that burns, this is a great little piece of kit. :thumbup:
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Smithhammer said:
Got my Emberlit stainless last week and finally had a chance (and a break in the weather) to fire it up.

n6cw.jpg


As already mentioned, set up is a no-brainer, it's quite solid once its put together, and the packabilty is impressive.

It took approx. 12 minutes for me to boil 16 oz. of water in an uncovered cup, using a Wetfire tablet and some jute for starter, and then some paper and twigs for fuel. Part of the extended boil time was the result of damp twigs and a couple of stops and starts while I grabbed more fuel. If I had prepared properly and had all the fuel I needed next me, and if I had covered the pot, I think I could have easily chopped the boiling time in half.

Considering the price, the quality of construction and the ability to take it just about anywhere and use anything that burns, this is a great little piece of kit. :thumbup:
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I often move the process along with additional top loading for the first few minutes.
 
upnorth said:
Nice pot Codger. :thumbup:
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I love it. It is very well made, a gift from a mate in Australia. It had no name label as received, but is a product of Asia. It came with a small stainless pan which fits inside the rim which allows baking and steaming. I see them very rarely on Ebay. The Zebra is the closest readily available one I have found.

upnorth said:
I often move the process along with additional top loading for the first few minutes.
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Exactly. It is a part of my process for building an initial fire and coal bed before setting my pot or pan on the stove. I don't have the crossbars as my cookware fits just fine without them, but then if I want to add fuel by top-loading, I have to move the pot/pan. The initial load plus what AI can push thru the feed door is usually sufficient for the duration of a boil and subsequent extended cooking session. Like my pappy said, you just have to take it out and play with it! :D
 
Very pleased with my TI version!

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Also have a singles walled TI cup the the SS water bottles nests in, and a double walled TI cup to insulate the resulting beverage :D...!!

Still playing with how best to use it; got some TI foil and hammered a depression in one end of a strip that I shave pitchwood onto, light it and slide it in the feed-opening to get things started.

As if that weren't enough; check out the Titanium Fire-Box Grill - Doomed I tell ya; I'm doomed...

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Was it as good as I remember? :)

It does take some shaking to get most of it to pop. Now get you a Bemco oven to go with the stove.
 
Codger_64 said:
Exactly. It is a part of my process for building an initial fire and coal bed before setting my pot or pan on the stove. I don't have the crossbars as my cookware fits just fine without them, but then if I want to add fuel by top-loading, I have to move the pot/pan. The initial load plus what AI can push thru the feed door is usually sufficient for the duration of a boil and subsequent extended cooking session....... Like my pappy said, you just have to take it out and play with it!........... :D
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..........Weather dependant of course....... :D I have never found a use for the cross bars yet.
 
I bought a set of Walmart small pots you guys tricked me into buying that I have never used, but if I did the bars would be handy. Or I could drop a pair of tent stakes on top.

Here is a picture I just stole from Mikhale's website, an Emberlit on duty in Afghanistan with Shane Hunziker.

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