Makaira Metalworks S.P.S 2 ---- Stainless Pack Stove and WildWood I Backpack Stove

norcalblacktail

norcalblacktail

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I primarily use a MSR Pocket Rocket and have been looking into getting a collapsible backpacking wood stove to add some versatility to the food I am able to cook and to lighten the load on extended hunts. Plus I really like cooking over a fire. After researching it I think I have found the one I want. It is called the S.P.S 2 ---- Stainless Pack Stove by Makaira Metalworks. I was wondering if anyone here has any experience with them or with similar designs.

Link to site ----> http://www.makairametal.com/outdoorgear.htm

Video review -----> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUdJeXoiC1I&eurl=http://www.makairametal.com/outdoorgear.htm

Description:
S.P.S. - Stainless Pack Stove

Material: Stainless Steel
Weight: 6.3oz
Size: W - 4 1/4" square - H - 4 7/8"
Fuel: Wood or other foraged material, Alcohol - Trangia or similar alcohol burner, Esbit or similar solid fuel tablets

Designed to be the most versatile backpacking and camping stove on the market.
The multiple fuel capability gives you more options in the field.
With it's compact size and weight you won't even know it's in your pack. Packs flat, only 3/16"
Engineered to have maximum air flow for a hot, hassle free fire.
When assembled it's super stable and super strong.
No silly hoses to blow into - No batteries to go dead - Reliable - Compact - Rugged
No other stove on the market can even come close! Try for yourself and see.
A perfect stove for backpacking, camping, and emergency/disaster preparedness kits!!!!

Heres some pics.
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I don't have any experience with it, but it looks like one of the best collapsible designs out there, along with the Honey Stove, and the Makaira looks lighter.
 
Great looking stove. Looks well thought out. It actually looks very similar to the Nibmlewill wood stove. I am going to make one very shortly.

I think you get the most out a small amount of fuel with stoves like this. Let us know if you get one.

Paul
 
Siguy had a similar one. Kind of a PIA to get going though. I don't think his had as many air holes as that one though; which is what I thought the problem was.
 
looks like it spanks the pants off of the Pocket Cooker that i have, about half the weight, too!

looks like it does exactly what i have been knocking around in my head...something simple to hold the fire in a concentrated area, and to support a pot over the flames.

i also like that the shelf can move up and down, to allow the use of something like sterno, esbit, or alcohol stoves.

definitely something cool...a little pricey, but not really that bad.
 
I like that one even more, actually. Thanks for the link!
 
I must be a little too old and fat because I would be reluctant to carry a 9.5 oz. wood stove on a week long backpack. It looks like a nice unit but I've never had a problem cooking with a few rocks for support. Or just laying the pot on the coals if you have a bit more wood available.

DancesWithKnives
 
HornyToad said:
I have a number of wood burning stoves from $12 to $100. Some are good for heating water. Others can also make a nice "campfire". I found this one that is cheap and pretty nice. It cost $12. Sort of a small bar-b-q that folds up. It folds up fairly small and weights 9.5 ounces. Here's where I got it:

http://www.shop.bushcraftnorthwest.com/product.sc?categoryId=5&productId=28

Here is a picture of mine.

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Those Sterno stoves are nice. i looked for about two years for a stove that would work with the surplus military Trangia alcohol burners that come with the swedish mess kit now you have the option to use the alcohol burners, Sterno, wood,charcoal.
 
DWK2 said:
I must be a little too old and fat because I would be reluctant to carry a 9.5 oz. wood stove on a week long backpack. It looks like a nice unit but I've never had a problem cooking with a few rocks for support. Or just laying the pot on the coals if you have a bit more wood available.

DancesWithKnives
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9.5 ounce is the weight of an Aurora knife and sheath. The advantage of the sterno stove is that it blocks the wind, doesn't take much fuel, allows you to keep the pot handle out of the heat and you can move the pot around on the grille top to regulate the heat if you are cooking something other than boiling water. If you are planning on a big fire to stay warm then maybe the stove is not necessary. The stove allows low(er) impact for warmer climes or a little heater for a small shelter.
 
Yes, I can see that it would be handy to have and I'd definitely use something like that for horsepacking, canoe camping, etc. However, when backpacking it's also equivalent to 8 oz. of good Scotch in a Platypus flask!:D

DancesWithKnives
 
Norcalblacktail,

That is a cool looking stove, but the website lists the weight as 17 oz, not 6.3.

-- FLIX
 
Doh! I was looking at the first stove! (I can't see a given weight for the second.)

-- FLIX
 
Don't feel bad: I initially made the same mistake and likewise couldn't find a weight for the second stove. I'm assuming the poster got the 6.3 oz. figure from the manufacturer.

DancesWithKnives
 
In looking at it, it looks like the opening would be too large for a Guyot or GSI nesting cup. It might be possible to overcome that by running a couple of thin rods like landscaping stakes through the upper slots, creating a platform for the cup to sit on.

Still, 50 bones is a lot. . .

-- FLIX
 
I have difficulty in conceiving of that as a stove at all. To my mind that is little more than a glorified windshield with a means to balance a pot on the top.

I strongly suspect I achieve exactly the same results with a cut down tin can. It is very light and because I have slit it down the side it can be rolled around anything tube shaped [water bottle?] and fastened with a rubber band. It weighs very little and as such I use it as a windshield for my stoves anyway. If I want to burn wood in it for cooking I just lay a bit of wire mesh on the top or a couple of tent pegs. True, it will melt eventually if you keep a fire in in for hours, but that must be offset against how light it is. Plus it is free and takes less then five minutes to knock up a new one.

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I'd feel seriously miffed if I thought I was buying a stove and that showed up. Even if I wanted something as robust as that one could be banged out effortlessly at home. There's enough old crappy steel computer cases on the planet to provide the raw materials. Beyond that you wouldn't require much more than a saw. Pliers and wire to make the hinges and an abrasive to knock the burrs off.
 
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