Stove came in

upnorth

upnorth

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Looks to be a fun weekend with some toys. Interesting timing as a blizzard is blowing outside, first of the year.

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Just got mine today too. Already had to take it into the backyard and dirty it up with a few sticks that fell. I like it so far.
 
nice its on my list just got my alcohol stove and was planning on this or the vargas but like the looks of the emberlit is yours stainless or titanium.
 
I wasnt familiar with them had to look it up. The look like pretty good stoves. Look forward to hearing about it after you use it.
 
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How's the weight on it? Looks nice and compact.
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Weight is very good I believe under 6oz. It is also very solid assembled. I got the titanium. I got the case as well. It is a cheap vinyl but it works. I would prefer a nylon with Velcro, it would be a little flatter and I believe more durable. Might have someone sew one up for me.
 
does it look like it would be the right the height where the pot goes for a Trangia stove to work well if not using wood?
 
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I had observations\impressions from the first time using the stove and pot. I got timed out. Will do it when not so tired.
 
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I haven't tested the trangia yet but it does look a little high for it. I had the trangia out today for some fun making freeze bag omelets and bacon. Both came out well!
 
I'm thinking of getting another TI emberlit and leaving it in my daily bag. It's so light and compact that it's a no brainer.
 
The emberlit acts like a heatsink with the Trangia stove because the space is too small inside. It will actually increase boil/cook time, no matter how much you play with the stove height.
 
Thanks, I will keep looking then, I guess the varges is the way to go. It doesn't look like the quality is as nice as the emberlit though.
 
OK. The warden and I were out again today with her snow shoes, and it was damn cold out. Anyway, this is day three of a heavy snowfall. So back to yesterday and checking out the kit. The roads have been near impassable but I was able to get out to a recreation area just out of town. I walked down in and found some wood from previous partiers before the storm. So I grabbed a bunch of grass and unloaded. I wanted to break the stove in with a fire steel. I did and I'll admit right now that it took me about 10-15 minutes to get that grass lit. I had 5-6 almost, kinda close false starts, then I got her. Part of the problem was that I had the stove too jam packed with grass initially. It was -8 Celsius out with a moderate wind, to wind gusts. This was not a problem as the fire pit area cut the main draft. My impressions of the stove are : The material stock is so thin that it is almost too thin. Almost a stiff tin foil. Yes it is Titanium but it is very thin stock. My moderately cold hands could manipulate and dovetail the junction slots, but I could see a guy doing some damage if not careful. On the other hand, the material is so thin and easy to flex that judiciously repositioning a bend or warp would be easy to do. Personaly I would have prefered a slightly thicker stamping as the fly weight of the unit has room to spare. Functionaly the stove worked EXACTLY as advertised and is wonderfully efficient with a relatively small amount of fuel. This tiny stove kicked out serious heat and was easy to use. There was minor heat warpage after use, but not enough to cause problems. The little Primus LiTech pot was also a delight. Between the stove and packed pots of snow I had boiling water in say 7-10 minutes. The rubber on the handles did not melt off the pot (turned it from flames when needed) with extended use and no harm was done to the interior non stick coating. When both units were cool to the touch I gave the pieces a rub down in snow for a basic, good enough, clean off. The bag for the Emberlit didn't close properly before or after disassembled stove use, the snap is too low. No biggy, it still serves its purpose and worth the pittance charged for it. I have zero buyers remorse at this time for both units, I really like them both. As you can see in the pics, these units are small and take up little room. The small bag is a Max Falcon Pigmy.
 
Thanks for the review. I have dozens of burns on my Emberlit ti now and the warping has not been a problem, even using hickory wood for fuel. How hot does that burn? I took my oven off when the thermometer went over 750 f. Other than a nice fire blue, it is good as new.
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Very nice Codger. :thumbup: I regreted not bringing my watch for boil timing from snow, and not bringing at least a tea bag and sugar. But I have the entire winter ahead of me.
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I've not been prone to measure my water temp, air temp and stopwatch from ignition to burn either. I am still developing preferred methods for use of the stove in fact. Speed, to me, isn't even a factor other than the time it takes to assemble, disassemble and clean when I am so inclined. As you mentioned, I have been impressed with the miserly use of fuel and how easily it adapts to different fuel sources. In those pictures above, I utilized an established fire site on a river gravel bar. I scrounged a few small dry twigs from deadfall, used a Coleman fire starter stick for tender, then added a scorched but damp stick left from a previous fire (and removed even that before it was fully consumed). It had rained heavily the day and night before. For a traditional fire I would have used all of the scattered remanents, two to three times as much twigs and still needed more wood. And taken the time to get it all gathered and going. Meanwhile I was enjoying hot beef stew and coffee.

The oven I mentioned above?

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All this in one long burn:
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