Pocket Cooker?

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Has anyone used this:

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or had experiences with these people?

http://www.bepreparedtosurvive.com/CookingProducts.htm
 
Tom S. of Campingsurvival.com has them in stock and I've used his on a winter camping trip back in February. They are a little heavy but very sturdy and easy to use. Check out his site and tell him Estela sent you.

www.campingsurvival.com
 
I have had great service from bepreparedtosurvive.com. John Mccann, the author of "build the perfect survival kit" is the owner/operator. I have no experience with the pocket cooker, but as you can see from my post about a different stove, I am interested in this one as well. Let me know how well it works if you end up getting it.
 
I haven't depended on this stove yet but take it out once in a while on short day hikes and brew something hot to drink and it works well and here in WV there is fire wood every where, I actually can get areal hot fire going with pine cones.
 
Small wood stoves are fuel efficient, make fire control easier, and limit traces you leave. Drawback is their weight.

Here is an interesting article:
http://zenstoves.net/Wood.htm

(many other interesting articles regarding stoves on the same site).
 
Ive had several of these through the years and the work pretty well for heating water etc. Kind of heavy though.
 
Does the "kinda heavy" go away when you add the weight of fuel for other stoves?

Seems like this one for $12.95 is pretty cheap and has no fuel weight to worry about.

For the money, give it a go !!
 
have one, works great, easy on fuel even in the desert, never thought the weight was a concern since you don't have to carry fuel.
 
Several, actually. I took the PC as my primary stove on an extended weekend minimalist-type trip last year in early fall, and it worked great. It's far lighter than my Peak 1 442 and fuel, less bulky than my Sierra Zip stove, and it works better than my Esbit stoves. The Pocket Cooker is now my primary pack stove.
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I got my first little stove of this type several years ago from Sportsman's Guide. I liked it so I got several more when they later ran them on sale for about half price which was about $5 or $6 apiece I think. I have a couple of spares and gave some away to my friends. These are simple, sturdy, and ingenious in their design, and they will burn twigs, pine cones, charcoal, yak dung, or whatever else you have available to you. The first ones were made in China, but the materials and construction are the kind of thing they excell at, kind of like stamping out AK-47s. The most recent ad I've seen for them said or implied that at least some of them are now being made in the US, for whatever that's worth. It's cheap and it works. What more can you ask? :D
 
David E said:
Does the "kinda heavy" go away when you add the weight of fuel for other stoves?
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It does, particularly over long trips, but that's still heavier than open fire, which, basically, does the same.

I think it is really interesting if gathering fuel is difficult (e.g. if you stay quite a while in the same place, where you might consume all the dead wood easily available...), or in certain situation where you have to be able to monitor closely your fire (but I wouldn't use that in a forest fire risk area) or want to leave little trace.
 
I'll chime in as another who picked one up at Sportsmans Guide years ago. Works well, although I've always been curious about setting up a small fan to blow some air into it to make it burn hotter and faster...probably not a good idea, but so many of my ideas start with "I wonder what would happen if..."
 
I really just gave mine a try out this week on my kayaking trip. It really does a great job once the fire is going, I boiled about a half quart of water in about 5 minutes.

I also tried it with trioxane Tabs and was able to heat water just to a boin with three tabs. the fire far better but its nice to know you can use the tabs in a pinch,
 
k_estela said:
Tom S. of Campingsurvival.com has them in stock and I've used his on a winter camping trip back in February. They are a little heavy but very sturdy and easy to use. Check out his site and tell him Estela sent you.

www.campingsurvival.com
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Like Estela already said, Tom at campingsurvival.com has these (I believe his price is also the lowest I've seen) as well as tons of other stuff for the outdoor enthusiast. This stove may weigh 16 oz at best but is a handy little item to have.

oldman/Marty
 
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