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So one of those big Internet shopping sites had a special day earlier this week and celebrated by offering a rather large amount of stuff for sale. I was only really interested in what they had for outdoors stuff and so that was the only section I paid any attention to. I managed to score a couple of items, a new hammock tarp that I will give to my buddy at his birthday party tonight, and for myself I scooped up a Solo Stove Lite for a pretty spectacular price, given that this stove is pretty spendy usually.
I have been wanting to check out a solid fuel backpacking stove for quite some time now and so I was pretty stoked to find this so heavily discounted. I got it in the mail today and I went home on my lunch break to try it out.
Here it is, came in a tidy little bag.
It comes in two pieces. The base where you make and tend fire and the top piece which acts as a pot stand (note the cutout where you can continue to add fuel.
I gathered some of my fire making supplies together and sent my son foraging for some dry twigs and sticks. I intended to make fire the old school way with rod and striker on this first go, I need the practice anyway.
Pay the rust on the knife no mind... I must have put it away wet...
Making a little tinder pile.
We have fuego!!!
One of the things I realized is that due to the smaller size of this stove, throwing sparks was a little awkward. So I think next time, I will stack my fuel much higher before I light it.
Added more fuel and placed the pot stand on top.
Once the fire got going, I filled the pot with water and placed it on the fire.
Now we are really cooking!
After about 8-9 minutes, I had a nice rolling boil going.
So this is my first time using a stove like this and my initial observations are:
I have been wanting to check out a solid fuel backpacking stove for quite some time now and so I was pretty stoked to find this so heavily discounted. I got it in the mail today and I went home on my lunch break to try it out.
Here it is, came in a tidy little bag.
It comes in two pieces. The base where you make and tend fire and the top piece which acts as a pot stand (note the cutout where you can continue to add fuel.
I gathered some of my fire making supplies together and sent my son foraging for some dry twigs and sticks. I intended to make fire the old school way with rod and striker on this first go, I need the practice anyway.
Pay the rust on the knife no mind... I must have put it away wet...
Making a little tinder pile.
We have fuego!!!
One of the things I realized is that due to the smaller size of this stove, throwing sparks was a little awkward. So I think next time, I will stack my fuel much higher before I light it.
Added more fuel and placed the pot stand on top.
Once the fire got going, I filled the pot with water and placed it on the fire.
Now we are really cooking!
After about 8-9 minutes, I had a nice rolling boil going.
So this is my first time using a stove like this and my initial observations are:
- Make sure you have plenty of fuel prepared. Once the fire gets going, it burns hot and fast.
- It requires fairly constant attention. I noticed that the fire would die down a bit if I didn't continue to feed it fuel.
- Once I get the hang of it more, my boil times will perhaps be reduced.
- Also, I just burned whatever my son brought me so if you make a point to know the types of wood you are burning, you can further control your fire.
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package deal saved me some monies.