Thanks for that review. For me it wasn't so much a review rather a tutorial as to what the heck an alcohol stove was. I've been on hundreds of camping trips
but never once seen anyone with one of these units. Maybe it's a regional thing; we either use a campfire or a pressurized naphtha burning stove (often both). They look
like a good unit for a solo one or two day trip.
An excellent review, but I think the recycled stove looks very flimsy. Although under 3 minutes is very good boiling time.
Good review and good critical replies. I like the speed for a quick brew. I guess for cooking I will stay with the Regular Trangia Alcohol burner inside the Ikea utensils strainer (or the woodfire).
I'll try to see how the brass trangia burners fares in the test.
I have a trangia microlite which comes as a small pot, a pot stand/windshield and the burner unit with a pot grabber. It is ok for cooking and aimed at adventure racers and real light weight campers. You can adjust the heat but I only ever boil water for noodles, tea or food pouches. The burner weighs a ton but the rest is very light. I have dumped the burner and put the white box in there instead. Hey Presto, light weight fast food on the go. I wouldn't want to try and cook sausages in a pan or fry an egg over it as it's too fierce but the 11p a pack noodles from ASDSA or the 90p a pouch curries are perfect for my needs.
It's not flimsy, a DIY pop-can stove is a lot flimsier than the white-box. Don't get me wrong you wouldn't want to stand on it but then again you wouldn't want to stand on any stove!Originally Posted by bushcraftboy
Thanks for sharing your experiences Dan. Whilst I agree thats the one thing the white box stove lacks is the control/speed factor I can assure you; you can infact cooking sausages or eggs over it in a frying pan no problem. I would use this stove for that primarily, but you could do it.
I use it more for that instant quick/easy brew.
That's the same as me, boil water as fast as you can for a brew. Drop the pouch of food in til it boils then take out the pouch and drop a tea bag in. Take out the tea bag and use it to clean the bottom of the pan. Easy.
i had seen your vid on this before but having seen it again i had a go at making one out of a old .5l ali water bottle,
i need to crimp and smooth the top edge but on a test run seems quite good and very hot!!!
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