White Box Stove Video

[Guyon]

Here's a quick vid I did as part of a contest I ran over in the Ka-Bar forum. I really appreciate Bill Ballowe's stoves.
Added bonus: You can play the music in the bedroom with your SO and pretend you're an adult video star. You're welcome.

[video=youtube;GkQRt5b3dcQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkQRt5b3dcQ&feature=player_embedded[/video]

 

[grunt soldier]

cool stuff. thats a good amount of burn time for sure.

 

[Txknifefan]

That's really cool, I like the design a lot. I've made a few of the "coke can" stoves for fun. The one's I've made only held about an ounce of fuel or maybe a bit more but would burn 8-10mins. I like the fact that your stove burns long enough that you could make a real pot of coffee instead of about two cups which was the limit for the stoves I have made.

 

[Scott Free]

I have the White Box stove and a few others. I put the windscreen around the stove just as soon as I light it. I figure the reflected heat has to shorten the blossom time. I've also held the pot an inch or so above the stove for the same reason. Great stove.

 

[Guyon]

In the White Box type of stove (made from aluminum bottles), I am really liking this version.
It's called the Gram Weenie Pro, and I picked it up with this Evernew Ti 900mL cookpot.
Perfect match up! The flame diameter is just right.

 

[Guyon]

I put the windscreen around the stove just as soon as I light it. I figure the reflected heat has to shorted the blossom time.

If you get a chance, pick up a Prime-Lite primer pan by Trail Designs. It runs about $3, and it really speeds up the priming time on the stove. Granted, you have to expend a little extra fuel in the primer pan.
Here's another video I did with a White Box Solo. Note that I'm not even lighting the main fuel reservoir--just the fuel in the primer pan. Blossom time is cut in half with these things.
Of course, you can easily make a priming pan of sorts by bending some thick alumninum, but the Trail Designs version is nice and tidy.

[video=youtube;-UjksjwO_Nw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UjksjwO_Nw&feature=related[/video]

 

[Scott Free]

It's called the Gram Weenie Pro...

Ha. When I said I had "a few others" besides the White Box, I was refering to the Gram Weenie and the Gram Weenie Pro! I bought the Gram Weenie before there was a Pro. The former is too small with very marginal burn times. The Gram Weenie Pro, though, works perfectly for cup sized pots. I use it with a Snow Peak 600 and the White Box with a GSI kettle. I've been using a baking pan foil priming pan, but it's not nearly as neat as that Trail Designs version.

 

[Guyon]

Here are my current match-ups with aluminum bottle stoves:

White Box Solo with MSR Titan Kettle.
White Box Original with GSI large cook pot (video above).
Gram Weenie Pro with Evernew 900 mL pot.

The Gram Weenie? I bought one, but it really only looks to be good for heating up a cup of already treated water for coffee/tea.
I might toss it in the pack with a metal mug for a short hike kind of thing.