These stoves have been around for a long long time. I used one in the (Australian) Army in the 1960s, including a tour in Vietnam. Often cooked up a storm with it and my canteen cup (numerous dishes involving combat rations mixed with a handful of dry rice). Once eaten, it was a case of quickly cleaning out the cup with dry grass so that a cup of coffee could be made before dusk prevented any further visible flames. Usually two or three fuel tablets was enough for a gourmet meal!
Yep .. mine was issued to me in '68 when I did my National Service in the South African Defence Force. Kept and used it right into the 80's on my Call-ups. Still have and use it .. at least weekly. The rivets have loosened up a bit and need crimping .. keep forgetting to do so 🙄 .. although the Windscreens that I have made for the Stove keep everything stable. For fuel I use Alcohol Gel Fuel (Brennsicherheitspaste here in Switzerland). Cheaper than the Esbit Tabs and easier to source as Indoor Table Top Fondues are a 'National Sport' in Switzerland and the Gel Fuel used in the Burners is available almost anywhere. Cleaner burning than the Esbits or Meths (Alcohol). I've cooked up full English Breakfasts using the Esbit Stove, Gel Fuel, a Swiss M84 Water Bottle Aluminium Cup and my Military Issue Dixies (Mess Tins). Easy peas 😊.
LOL everyone tries to light the cubes like you did and they burn their thumb. Pick up the tablet and hold it between your thumb and forefinger and light it and then set it back down into the stove lit.
Really good video, but the best part was the family that came over while you were filming---what a spark of interest you put in those kids hearts that they will long for until they do it themselves. I hope they bug their daddy enough to get him just as interested. All things happen for a reason and today you were the catalyst. Good job, boss!!! Jb
I had one of these when I was a boy scout and later on bought another one when I was in the army because It was pretty much the only thing that could fit in the back pouch of my combat harness. It's lightweight, small, reliable and when we ran out of tablets we used some dry artillery propellant pellets, which was like lighting a rocket under the tin cans we used to boil water and worked like a charm.
These kind of stoves are great for simple cooking and water purification. Light and effective. I use mine for camping and emergency use. growing up in Califronia earth quakes are reason enough to keep one handy.
I have used a sterno like stove to boil about 2 galons of water at once so you can definitely boil food on a sterno. I do like your video thoug. It is very informative.
I've been an "ultralight" hiker for more than 40 years, and I know a little bit about trail stoves, especially lightweight ones. This type of stove pre-dates me and has been used by every major military on the planet and is still in use by some of them. They work very well and in any climate. I just ordered a lighter weight Esbit model and it's going to be my primary stove. Hints: get some titanium or stainless foil to make a windscreen. Use another small piece as a ground pad to reflect heat upwards. Using a lid will reduce your boil time dramatically. Trioxane works very well but it has half the heat output as hexamine. On the up side it burns very clean and the flame is nearly invisible at a distance. I'm told that's why the US Army switched to it before replacing it with flameless ration heaters. Stereo? Good for heating cocktail sized wieners to the point of being lukewarm. Use one can per hot dog. Scraping the fuel tablet with your knife makes it easier to light...so does tipping the cube (rectangle?) up and applying the flame to a corner.
Really, when you get right down and think about it, how many serious backpackers actually "cook" a meal on the trail? I mean bacon, eggs etc etc. I haven't seen one. If all your doing is boiling water to reconstitute dehydrated food, what's the point in spending top dollar for one of those fancy camp stoves. It really comes down to outfitting yourself with what fits your individual hiking/camping needs. I have one of those fancy stoves and I no longer feel the need for it. All I do with it is boil water with it and too many things can break. This looks like a perfect solution.
the best way to light the fuel cubes is holding the cube by one side and lighting a opposite corner and dropping it into the depression, more control and the flame creeps so slowly on the cube that you shouldn't burn yourself.
I've had one of these stoves for 55 years but have one Hell of a time finding those tabs and one guy said he put the tabs on its side and it boiled water in i/3 the time. however, I was thinking of using a couple of BBQ starter cubes if I can't find those silly tabs!!
thats so cool that that little boy took interest in what you were doing!! bet he wanted to stay around and watch more ,,, survival should be a requirerment in school!!
Sterno can boil water. Your friend made that statement because he has only used Sterno with the catering system that houses the sterno, and it works by keeping the flame far enough to only heat the food and not boil it. It's like raising a pot of water about a half a foot above a medium high stove flame. I have cooked some game using sterno in my Stanley. Nice video though.
one more thing, the fellow who did these tests with all kinds of fuel said that if properly windproofed the "Sterno" can lasts about 2 hours and DO give a hot flame enough for cooking or boiling water
hi little tip for your esbit stove, carry some tin foil (aluminum foil) in small squares to put under fuel makes less mess and deflects the heat a bit .
you did a good job....for the other people out there..if you need to get the water any hotter then all you need to do is put a lid over the top and something around the stove. and then you should be able to get it ALOT hotter
Best way to easily get the tablet going "helpful in windy conditions" is the scrap the tablet with a knife to get some crumbs ontop of the tablet which ignite much easier.
If you use one of those can openers that safely cut the side of the rim, the lid will fit perfectly on the top of the GSI. Add a knob or tab and you have a perfect lid for the cup. Good vid.
I did the same thing with the Sterno cans. I got a case dirt cheap at a big box store and when I tested them pretty much figured it was only good enough to keep a decent eating temperature but not very good for purification or boiling purposes. They would work good if the power went out and you needed something hot to eat or drink, or as a fuel source in general. Otherwise for survival purposes related to purifying water, its pretty much useless.
Esbit's are great redundancies. If you do not use all of the cube, you can blow it out and reuse it. I have also used tinder in mine to boil a small amount of water for oatmeal.
German army surplus camp stove with a fancy name. I found these at a surplus store near where I live for five bucks a piece with the fuel pellets included.
You can actually fit 5 fuel cubes inside the stove. You have to separate the packages, align three in one direction ( I I I ) with the foil down on the outside two but foil up on the middle one, and then two in the opposite direction ( - - ) with the foil side down. It's a snug fit but it does work.
If u use the foil that comes off the lid of the plastic package & put it under the cube or carry a small ptece of foil it will save the stove from residue when it burns
I did the same kind of test in below freezing weather and didn't get past the "steam" phase. I was not happy with the mess it left either. In my opinion this is more of a back up stove. Good review
try using a refillable torch lighter they burn a lot hotter and you can store a ton of extra fuel for them in your pack considering it is a compressed gas and they burn much much hotter i keep a couple of those and 2 cans of butane in my mil-pack. and i never leave the house without one of them in my pocket.. especially since im a smoker lol
Ive obtained a new method for getting esbit fuel, I get campfire starting packets and empty them out and crush the fuel into a powder and stash it away in a ziplock bag. It gets you ALOOOT of esbit fuel for 10-20 bucks.
I carry chopsticks in my lunch bag for ease of use as a skewer, stir stick and eating utensil. if they wear our just get another set they are cheap. Camp Ramen is good!
All you need are the fuel cubes, the stove is an unnecessary gadget. Find a flat rock or us a tin can lid to lay the fuel cube on and put four rocks around the cube, light the cube and set your pot on the four rocks or two rocks, whatever works. All you need to carry are the fuel cubes. Save your money and lighten your pack and no mess.
First off let me say sterno sucks. Secondly sterno is used pretty regularly to boil gallons of water in hotel pans. It's pretty much the whole point. Outdoors it has a hard time boiling water but inside it's easy. Sterno is basically like a slow alcohol. As far as the esbit combo... I've used this exact setup. Depending on the age of your gsi cup you may be able to use a peppridge farms pirouette tin lid as a cover. I have a video up on it showing how it will either work perfectly or not at all. As a fuel esbit is the best hexamine available as far as I know. It's compact, it can store in small places, and can be blown out if you're done cooking. It is obviously useful as a fire starter. It tends to be more difficult to light with a firesteel... I'm not saying it can't be done but you definitely need to pulverize a small bit of the cube to get it to take a spark. Another advantage is that it can be mailed without any special precautions which is why it is sometimes popular with long distance hikers. It goes right in the re supply box with the food. The disadvantages are mainly high expense per btu and relatively low heat output.
Be careful if you use this stove on a table top with some of the cheaper fuel tablets (particularly some types of "Hexamine" from the good old Peoples' Republic). I used one in my Esbit stove and it burned very fiercely, for a fairly short period of time and actually set light to the table immediately beneath it (easily put out with a little water, but I had to remove the pot and then move the stove with pot grippers, which involved an unnecessary risk of further fire or of burning myself). I now make a point of having a piece of foil under the stove!
Sterno actually will boil water but it take upwards of 20 minutes for two cups of water. I have an older sterno collapsible stove that works but it isn't very convenient. The esbit stove seems like a better approach. Of course, if you want to spend the money, nothing beats the Jetboil or similar type setup. I love mine, boils more water in half the time and doesn't take up much more space than the nalgene/nesting cup approach. Overall weight isn't too bad either.
Thanks for sharing. Yes, its a great little backup stove and worth every penny. I keep mine in the "get home bag" just in case I have to cook up a mountain house meal. This takes up much less room and is way less expensive than a Jet Boil and you don't have to lug a can of butane around. Be sure to have some aluminum foil with you to wrap around the stove if it's windy outside. Nice Endura 4 by the way. One of the best blades under $100 bucks in my opinion. VG-10 is good stuff!
try using a BBQ type lighter, with extended funnel for reach...I use em all the time, and they work great...plus keep your fingers clear...only a buck, at dollar tree...yup...
It may not heat as well as a MSR or one of the cheap Chinese knock off stove but it is nice that it does not sound like a mini jet engine when you are trying to enjoy the quiet solitude of nature or hide from enemy patrols.
panzerabwerkanone It's a matter of weight and size too. If one who likes these nice pocket rocket style heating systems can't recognize this then it is safe to say that we might as well being along our Charmglow patio grill.
I just ordered one of those cups via a camping website's after Christmas sale. Looking forward to trying this out. Think it would be good for the EDC winter vehicle bag with the small stove & fuel.
If your prepping for an extended emergency situation, the fuel is kind of pricey. You'll need about $150 worth of these cubes per person for a two week supply of water.
also a 2nd tip don't wrap duck tape on your bottle unless you never ever plan on washing it out or washing the outside of it "yuck" it's just not a great option. I prefer to take a flat piece of plastic say something like those plastic nightmare hardshell clamshell packaging for store brought items. Then wrap the duck tape on a flat business card sized piece to store tape. if you can get it a piece of that frosted plastic like on a milk jug or office supply folder works best as it tends to be nonstick to the to the duck tape so the last piece of tape is still sticky to use. cheers.
people alway waist a good minute or two of flame, working on getting the water in the pot/cup. I advise get your pot and water ready to go before starting the fire. The last 4 minutes of the cube burns with the lowest heat.
Could you use a Wet fire in one of those stoves? Probably a dumb question, and I also got a glacier up by Olicamp and in my opinion it's good and I think it's better because it has Oz measurements on the side imprinted when you get it. But let me know what to recommend and please respond to my question.
i have a couple of teh cheaper folding stoves, and theyt have buckled unedr the heat im guessing, pretty flimsy, is thing as sturdy as it seems? is it gonna last a long time without losing its shape?
These stoves have been around for a long long time. I used one in the (Australian) Army in the 1960s, including a tour in Vietnam. Often cooked up a storm with it and my canteen cup (numerous dishes involving combat rations mixed with a handful of dry rice). Once eaten, it was a case of quickly cleaning out the cup with dry grass so that a cup of coffee could be made before dusk prevented any further visible flames. Usually two or three fuel tablets was enough for a gourmet meal!
oldigger thanks for your comments and your service to our country.
Yep .. mine was issued to me in '68 when I did my National Service in the South African Defence Force. Kept and used it right into the 80's on my Call-ups.
Still have and use it .. at least weekly. The rivets have loosened up a bit and need crimping .. keep forgetting to do so 🙄 .. although the Windscreens that I have made for the Stove keep everything stable.
For fuel I use Alcohol Gel Fuel (Brennsicherheitspaste here in Switzerland). Cheaper than the Esbit Tabs and easier to source as Indoor Table Top Fondues are a 'National Sport' in Switzerland and the Gel Fuel used in the Burners is available almost anywhere. Cleaner burning than the Esbits or Meths (Alcohol).
I've cooked up full English Breakfasts using the Esbit Stove, Gel Fuel, a Swiss M84 Water Bottle Aluminium Cup and my Military Issue Dixies (Mess Tins). Easy peas 😊.
LOL everyone tries to light the cubes like you did and they burn their thumb. Pick up the tablet and hold it between your thumb and forefinger and light it and then set it back down into the stove lit.
just dont do it with the usgi trioxane tablets they burn to fast
Really good video, but the best part was the family that came over while you were filming---what a spark of interest you put in those kids hearts that they will long for until they do it themselves. I hope they bug their daddy enough to get him just as interested. All things happen for a reason and today you were the catalyst. Good job, boss!!! Jb
Jb Bennett
I agree, with any luck they will plan a family camping trip and build some great memories.
I had one of these when I was a boy scout and later on bought another one when I was in the army because It was pretty much the only thing that could fit in the back pouch of my combat harness. It's lightweight, small, reliable and when we ran out of tablets we used some dry artillery propellant pellets, which was like lighting a rocket under the tin cans we used to boil water and worked like a charm.
These kind of stoves are great for simple cooking and water purification. Light and effective. I use mine for camping and emergency use. growing up in Califronia earth quakes are reason enough to keep one handy.
I have used a sterno like stove to boil about 2 galons of water at once so you can definitely boil food on a sterno. I do like your video thoug. It is very informative.
Like your system, i'm defo going to give this a go on my next hike. My equipment, for cooking at least, needs a bit of updating. Thanks for sharing.
I just watched water boil.
survival taco LOL
I just read your comment
Good video! Only thing I hate about those fuel cubes is that they smell like "fish" when packed away.
I've been an "ultralight" hiker for more than 40 years, and I know a little bit about trail stoves, especially lightweight ones. This type of stove pre-dates me and has been used by every major military on the planet and is still in use by some of them. They work very well and in any climate. I just ordered a lighter weight Esbit model and it's going to be my primary stove.
Hints: get some titanium or stainless foil to make a windscreen. Use another small piece as a ground pad to reflect heat upwards. Using a lid will reduce your boil time dramatically. Trioxane works very well but it has half the heat output as hexamine. On the up side it burns very clean and the flame is nearly invisible at a distance. I'm told that's why the US Army switched to it before replacing it with flameless ration heaters. Stereo? Good for heating cocktail sized wieners to the point of being lukewarm. Use one can per hot dog. Scraping the fuel tablet with your knife makes it easier to light...so does tipping the cube (rectangle?) up and applying the flame to a corner.
Using a lid will make it boil faster
Really, when you get right down and think about it, how many serious backpackers actually "cook" a meal on the trail? I mean bacon, eggs etc etc. I haven't seen one. If all your doing is boiling water to reconstitute dehydrated food, what's the point in spending top dollar for one of those fancy camp stoves. It really comes down to outfitting yourself with what fits your individual hiking/camping needs. I have one of those fancy stoves and I no longer feel the need for it. All I do with it is boil water with it and too many things can break. This looks like a perfect solution.
Eric ~ agreed. I did a lot of research before finally buying one of these super-cheap Esbit folding units.
I have used my Esbit stove for years. They work pretty well.
lol its amazing how the table does not catch a flame! neat little stove i ordered the Esbit stove and i cant wait for it to come in! nice video.
jack sobanek it's wet fuck tard.
John H asshole
the best way to light the fuel cubes is holding the cube by one side and lighting a opposite corner and dropping it into the depression, more control and the flame creeps so slowly on the cube that you shouldn't burn yourself.
I've had one of these stoves for 55 years but have one Hell of a time finding those tabs and one guy said he put the tabs on its side and it boiled water in i/3 the time. however, I was thinking of using a couple of BBQ starter cubes if I can't find those silly tabs!!
The first time I bought some esbit tabs was at a fancy toy store. They sold them for toy steam boats.
thats so cool that that little boy took interest in what you were doing!! bet he wanted to stay around and watch more ,,, survival should be a requirerment in school!!
Awesome video well made too
I love mine. I use a wind screen with it and the flames really heat up my water great and I use them for hiking.
Sterno can boil water. Your friend made that statement because he has only used Sterno with the catering system that houses the sterno, and it works by keeping the flame far enough to only heat the food and not boil it. It's like raising a pot of water about a half a foot above a medium high stove flame. I have cooked some game using sterno in my Stanley. Nice video though.
one guy's review with this stove was to place the fuel up on its side and this increases the flame for optimum flame
one more thing, the fellow who did these tests with all kinds of fuel said that if properly windproofed the "Sterno" can lasts about 2 hours and DO give a hot flame enough for cooking or boiling water
About 60 mins is the most you can achieve if using an Epicurean stove from Flat Cat Gear.
hi little tip for your esbit stove, carry some tin foil (aluminum foil) in small squares to put under fuel makes less mess and deflects the heat a bit .
your right on about the sterno, been there done it.
you did a good job....for the other people out there..if you need to get the water any hotter then all you need to do is put a lid over the top and something around the stove. and then you should be able to get it ALOT hotter
One of a kind video.
I have cooked rice and chicken on this stove, It's a good buy ...
Best way to easily get the tablet going "helpful in windy conditions" is the scrap the tablet with a knife to get some crumbs ontop of the tablet which ignite much easier.
If you use one of those can openers that safely cut the side of the rim, the lid will fit perfectly on the top of the GSI. Add a knob or tab and you have a perfect lid for the cup. Good vid.
Thanks for taking the time to do this.
I love my Esbit pocket stove! Good video!
I did the same thing with the Sterno cans. I got a case dirt cheap at a big box store and when I tested them pretty much figured it was only good enough to keep a decent eating temperature but not very good for purification or boiling purposes. They would work good if the power went out and you needed something hot to eat or drink, or as a fuel source in general. Otherwise for survival purposes related to purifying water, its pretty much useless.
Esbit's are great redundancies. If you do not use all of the cube, you can blow it out and reuse it.
I have also used tinder in mine to boil a small amount of water for oatmeal.
German army surplus camp stove with a fancy name. I found these at a surplus store near where I live for five bucks a piece with the fuel pellets included.
Timmytyphoon Esbit make the German Army stoves
You can actually fit 5 fuel cubes inside the stove. You have to separate the packages, align three in one direction ( I I I ) with the foil down on the outside two but foil up on the middle one, and then two in the opposite direction ( - - ) with the foil side down.
It's a snug fit but it does work.
@PrepnB4Y2K I also used these a lot while serving in the Danish army. They are standard equipment. They are very nifty little things.
Just a quick tip - have your water in your pot ready to go on as soon as you light your fuel. You wasted the first minute of burn time. Good video.
i love my pocket stove. the fuel is a bit spendy but i like alot.
If u use the foil that comes off the lid of the plastic package & put it under the cube or carry a small ptece of foil it will save the stove from residue when it burns
I did the same kind of test in below freezing weather and didn't get past the "steam" phase. I was not happy with the mess it left either. In my opinion this is more of a back up stove. Good review
try using a refillable torch lighter they burn a lot hotter and you can store a ton of extra fuel for them in your pack considering it is a compressed gas and they burn much much hotter i keep a couple of those and 2 cans of butane in my mil-pack. and i never leave the house without one of them in my pocket.. especially since im a smoker lol
Ive obtained a new method for getting esbit fuel, I get campfire starting packets and empty them out and crush the fuel into a powder and stash it away in a ziplock bag.
It gets you ALOOOT of esbit fuel for 10-20 bucks.
Thank you for this video, really enjoyed it and really informative, so much so, I have just ordered one! Thank you, look forward to more vids!
Great Video. Very useful and informative
If you had a lid on your cup it would boil a lot quicker
Great demonstration and product.
I carry chopsticks in my lunch bag for ease of use as a skewer, stir stick and eating utensil. if they wear our just get another set they are cheap. Camp Ramen is good!
All you need are the fuel cubes, the stove is an unnecessary gadget. Find a flat rock or us a tin can lid to lay the fuel cube on and put four rocks around the cube, light the cube and set your pot on the four rocks or two rocks, whatever works. All you need to carry are the fuel cubes. Save your money and lighten your pack and no mess.
First off let me say sterno sucks. Secondly sterno is used pretty regularly to boil gallons of water in hotel pans. It's pretty much the whole point. Outdoors it has a hard time boiling water but inside it's easy. Sterno is basically like a slow alcohol.
As far as the esbit combo... I've used this exact setup. Depending on the age of your gsi cup you may be able to use a peppridge farms pirouette tin lid as a cover. I have a video up on it showing how it will either work perfectly or not at all.
As a fuel esbit is the best hexamine available as far as I know. It's compact, it can store in small places, and can be blown out if you're done cooking. It is obviously useful as a fire starter. It tends to be more difficult to light with a firesteel... I'm not saying it can't be done but you definitely need to pulverize a small bit of the cube to get it to take a spark. Another advantage is that it can be mailed without any special precautions which is why it is sometimes popular with long distance hikers. It goes right in the re supply box with the food.
The disadvantages are mainly high expense per btu and relatively low heat output.
Be careful if you use this stove on a table top with some of the cheaper fuel tablets (particularly some types of "Hexamine" from the good old Peoples' Republic). I used one in my Esbit stove and it burned very fiercely, for a fairly short period of time and actually set light to the table immediately beneath it (easily put out with a little water, but I had to remove the pot and then move the stove with pot grippers, which involved an unnecessary risk of further fire or of burning myself). I now make a point of having a piece of foil under the stove!
really good idea..and I will do that...thanks for tip..
Sterno actually will boil water but it take upwards of 20 minutes for two cups of water. I have an older sterno collapsible stove that works but it isn't very convenient. The esbit stove seems like a better approach. Of course, if you want to spend the money, nothing beats the Jetboil or similar type setup. I love mine, boils more water in half the time and doesn't take up much more space than the nalgene/nesting cup approach. Overall weight isn't too bad either.
the british army hexy stove which the esbit is based on, come with a cup stand which is basically a lid with a hole throught the middle
I've had mine for a few months, works great, use it a lot when hiking.
I just got one last week. Now i am real glad i did. Be Safe
Thanks for sharing. Yes, its a great little backup stove and worth every penny. I keep mine in the "get home bag" just in case I have to cook up a mountain house meal. This takes up much less room and is way less expensive than a Jet Boil and you don't have to lug a can of butane around. Be sure to have some aluminum foil with you to wrap around the stove if it's windy outside. Nice Endura 4 by the way. One of the best blades under $100 bucks in my opinion. VG-10 is good stuff!
great vid, ordered one today and really wanted to see it in action.
You also can't use these in wet conditions. I spilled water on mine and dissolved the cube. WetFire cubes work well too. Great pocket stove tho!
rub in a drop of dawn dish soap on the bottom of the cup before puting on flame will keep soot from sticking to cup happy trails
try using a BBQ type lighter, with extended funnel for reach...I use em all the time, and they work great...plus keep your fingers clear...only a buck, at dollar tree...yup...
Was it very cold outside? For some reason I think its taking too long for that volume of water? I boiled a little under two cups in about 5-6 minutes.
It may not heat as well as a MSR or one of the cheap Chinese knock off stove but it is nice that it does not sound like a mini jet engine when you are trying to enjoy the quiet solitude of nature or hide from enemy patrols.
panzerabwerkanone It's a matter of weight and size too. If one who likes these nice pocket rocket style heating systems can't recognize this then it is safe to say that we might as well being along our Charmglow patio grill.
I just ordered one of those cups via a camping website's after Christmas sale. Looking forward to trying this out. Think it would be good for the EDC winter vehicle bag with the small stove & fuel.
If your prepping for an extended emergency situation, the fuel is kind of pricey. You'll need about $150 worth of these cubes per person for a two week supply of water.
Calm down folks. It's not a bomb or meth lab he has there. Lol.
THANKS 4 THE ESBIT STOVE REVIEW THEY ARE FROM WORLD WAR 2
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I love these little stoves.
I've fried fish fillets with this set-up before.
Good burn
Wonder if the folks with the dog wondered why some weird guy was photographing a cup of water on a stove and talking to himself, LOL
@AnnBearForFreedom Indeed!
No apology necessary ;-)
Thanks for the chat.
i would get a rattle can of high heat flat black paint and paint several coats on about 3/4 of the pot. that will drastically reduce your boil time
Good video! Thanks for the information and effort in getting out here.
Great video, been wanting an esbit pocket stove. This vid convinces me that the esbit pocket stove is a worthwhile investment
Just the video I was looking for, thanks!
Good knife choice
also a 2nd tip don't wrap duck tape on your bottle unless you never ever plan on washing it out or washing the outside of it "yuck" it's just not a great option. I prefer to take a flat piece of plastic say something like those plastic nightmare hardshell clamshell packaging for store brought items. Then wrap the duck tape on a flat business card sized piece to store tape. if you can get it a piece of that frosted plastic like on a milk jug or office supply folder works best as it tends to be nonstick to the to the duck tape so the last piece of tape is still sticky to use. cheers.
Investigate water Pasteurization and you will see that boiling isn't necessary for most common water born pathogens. This will save you fuel also.
that would have heated up much quicker if you covered up the cup so you dont lose so much heat out the top of the cup
I've used this set up in the past...works very well ;) c
Check out snow peak hot lips for your cup rim - a silicone rubber insulator to protect your lips when you sip...
I have an east german pocket stove.i hope it works good.
You should use a lid on the pan when cooking!
Great video dude.
I appreciate the good work.
Keep the videos coming :)
Wet fire I think has a burn time of around 6 to 8 minutes but burns very hot so you could I would guess
Very good video. Thank you for the time sir.
people alway waist a good minute or two of flame, working on getting the water in the pot/cup.
I advise get your pot and water ready to go before starting the fire. The last 4 minutes of the cube burns with the lowest heat.
I would recomend you get a torch lighter and the flame would be strait
Great Job!!
@Survive2Day they are made of eather trioxine or hexamine
also i paid about 5 bucks for mine at an army surplus store.
pretty cool i want one!
Some kind of lid on the cup will make the water boil faster....could you put out the fire and re-use the fuel?
I have a esbit like bigger stove, but it isn´t that good.
Nice i just got one! I like the pot. Were did you get it and what's it called? Thanks!
IF YOU PUT A SMMALL PIECE OF PAPER ON THE CENTER OF THE TABLET FUEL YOU DONT NEED TO HOLD OR GET BURN .
I suppose you could use the solid BBQ firelighters (cheaper)
nice vid! I love my pocket stove. you can check out my latest vid for a hack on a homemade lid for that bottle cup. cheers
Could you use a Wet fire in one of those stoves? Probably a dumb question, and I also got a glacier up by Olicamp and in my opinion it's good and I think it's better because it has Oz measurements on the side imprinted when you get it. But let me know what to recommend and please respond to my question.
Actually you can fit five tabs in the stove.
i have a couple of teh cheaper folding stoves, and theyt have buckled unedr the heat im guessing, pretty flimsy, is thing as sturdy as it seems? is it gonna last a long time without losing its shape?
@jtnoodle "Downside"?? But thats the best part!