My day hike cooking setup with modified Esbit pocket stoves. I will then take the stoves on a hike and cook a lunch in the field using the gear i showed. Enjoy.
Ha! That is exactly the hack I needed for my Esbit stove! Thank you very much. I like the solid fuel option for its small size, convenience, and lack of complication. No spilled fuel and easy to calculate the amount of fuel I need for a trip. Again, great hack! Thanks.
A good posting 👍 .. with some good ideas .. thanks. I love my little Esbit Folder .. my original SADF military issue in 1968 and still going strong. I have a box of Esbit Cubes stored in the Stove as a backup but haven't used them in years. Here in Switzerland, the Esbit Tablets are not widely available and are quite expensive .. so my 'goto' is either Alcohol or Gel Fuel (Brennspiritus or Sicherheitsbrennpaste). Both can be found in most Supermarkets and are much cheaper than the Esbits. The Gel Fuel also burns very clean with no odour and is very safe to use. Using a set of Aluminium Mess Tins ('Dixies') as a 'Bain Marie' to keep the already cooked food warm, I've cooked a full English Breakfast on the Esbit. The little IKEA Egg Pan does make for a compact little frying pan.
I have the BCB Fire Dragon folding stove. The windscreen makes it more stable and you can use both the cubes and gel to fuel it. I think the garde is called a whisk in English. I love what you did with the mesh i will check for some leftover here to.
I also made a grate (grill) for my Esbit stove. I can boil water in the standard size Kleen Canteen bottles and I also use the stove as a platform for my alcohol burners.
More & more I am learning to appreciate these fine little stoves. For practice with our young troops, bulk chafing dish (gel alcohol fuel) is by far & away the cheapest fuel unless you resort to twigs. To simulate different size fuel tablets, we use an assortments of aluminum bottle caps & small metal containers. We know how much fuel ( and the approx. burn time) each will hold and we dispense the fuel from a plastic dish detergent bottle. The savings may be applied to importing a quantity of solid fuel tablets for "business use" in the field or for emergencies. Your MODs are great. Have you seen the coffee maker offered by the IKEA store chain? We have one on order and hope top try it out soon. Watching from our "secret" retirement location, Bulacan province in the Philippines.
He sounds like you have a lot of experience with this stove. And I like the environmentally smart use of fuel. I use it with esbit and wood as a backup. Ever thought of making a video about this? I will check out the koffiemaker from Ikea. Wish you all the best and enjoy the outdoors. Greetings Wim Think outside, no box required. (Read this on a patch on Etsy....)
I'm not sure if you know this but Amazon sells lids for the nesting cup. I bought 4 and they work perfect. They are called Dynamic zone lids. Great video.
I bought a separate one as well, but need at least 6 more and they don't sell it anymore. I went back on my purchase history and it keeps saying unavailable. Couldn't find these mentioned here either. ☹️ Darn.
Thanks, came with an old table grill. (gourmet set). Cut the handle short so it would fit in a pouch with the stove and other cooking stuff. Greetings Wim
I didn't either, it seems to me it burns with to little heat. And sensitive to wind. Experiment? On the table to stoves and one with esbit on with candle just to see what happens? Greetings Wim
I love the portability of these stoves, but they are a huge pain in the ass when you don't have perfect level ground. Especially when you are working with something like a taller Stanley cook cup. I found one with a ready made plate platform that has a large hole in it on Amz. The plate sets into the stove sets into similar to the mesh piece shown in the video. I have others I bought before without the additional plate for Get Home Bags that you can only fold in at an angle to accommodate a GSI-type or Stanley cup. It never occurred to me to make a platform. I have some extra gardening hardware cloth on hand I can use, so thanks for the idea! I also like the wind screen idea shown in the video. I hate the stankness of those chemical cubes though so I use regular tea lights. 3 will get water good and hot in 15-20 minutes for a hot beverage and/or just add water meal. Depends on how cold the water and cup are when you start. I get that people like the 'quicker-ness' of a cube, but if that's going to be the offset to the stank factor I'm personally okay dealing with the extra time. Something like 45-55 mins will get wild water sanitized/disinfected. I've tested this several times and measured the temps with a digital thermometer. You could allow less depending on what degree level you were comfortable with if you needed to conserve fuel. Water does not technically need to get to the boiling point of 212 degrees F to be safe to drink. This set up also doubles as a safer bootleg 'heater' for an emergency/super shelter when a fire can't be made for whatever reason. It also runs cheaper if you don't want to spend an extra 20 bucks on a separate the UCO tealight lantern, which won't cook for you (as I am aware). Depending on the inside height size of the stove you can store those 6-7 hr or 8 hr Stone Briar tealights right inside as well. I've got a really compact Acecamp stove one that will only fit the regular and 6-7 hr ones. All tealights are not made equal so if anyone goes this route test them 1st. There is a 20-pk set from the Dollar Tree here in the U.S. that has made in India candles (Luminessence). These work better than the 30-pk bag of candles that are labeled Made in the USA (that was a disappointment). I get about a solid 1.5 hours of strong use from each of the cheapo D-Tree Luminessence tealights. Some may last to the ~1.75 hr-ish range, but the heat output diminishes. Definitely not the 3-4 hr use that is often said to be the standard amount of time tealights are supposed to last. So if you can afford more quality candles, go for it.
Bravo, I love the mesh rack that you made and placing it into a steel pie dish for stability is Brilliant. Great video, thank you for your time.
Great Tips!! I’m Definitely Making a Grill!! Thanks 👍👍
Ha! That is exactly the hack I needed for my Esbit stove! Thank you very much. I like the solid fuel option for its small size, convenience, and lack of complication. No spilled fuel and easy to calculate the amount of fuel I need for a trip. Again, great hack! Thanks.
You can add some dry twigs to increase burn time and save fuel.
A good posting 👍 .. with some good ideas .. thanks.
I love my little Esbit Folder .. my original SADF military issue in 1968 and still going strong. I have a box of Esbit Cubes stored in the Stove as a backup but haven't used them in years. Here in Switzerland, the Esbit Tablets are not widely available and are quite expensive .. so my 'goto' is either Alcohol or Gel Fuel (Brennspiritus or Sicherheitsbrennpaste). Both can be found in most Supermarkets and are much cheaper than the Esbits. The Gel Fuel also burns very clean with no odour and is very safe to use.
Using a set of Aluminium Mess Tins ('Dixies') as a 'Bain Marie' to keep the already cooked food warm, I've cooked a full English Breakfast on the Esbit. The little IKEA Egg Pan does make for a compact little frying pan.
I have the BCB Fire Dragon folding stove. The windscreen makes it more stable and you can use both the cubes and gel to fuel it. I think the garde is called a whisk in English. I love what you did with the mesh i will check for some leftover here to.
I also made a grate (grill) for my Esbit stove. I can boil water in the standard size Kleen Canteen bottles and I also use the stove as a platform for my alcohol burners.
Some great ideas thanks for sharing
I like it,very practical 👍
You can add some twigs as well as fuel tablets to increase burn time and save fuel.
I love your cook kit!
Good info, thanks. Like the mesh rack you made; a better idea and more stable as you say.
Loved this idea! Thank you for sharing your ingenuity. 🙂
Genius at work.
Thank you for your hard work.
More & more I am learning to appreciate these fine little stoves. For practice with our young troops, bulk chafing dish (gel alcohol fuel) is by far & away the cheapest fuel unless you resort to twigs. To simulate different size fuel tablets, we use an assortments of aluminum bottle caps & small metal containers. We know how much fuel ( and the approx. burn time) each will hold and we dispense the fuel from a plastic dish detergent bottle. The savings may be applied to importing a quantity of solid fuel tablets for "business use" in the field or for emergencies. Your MODs are great. Have you seen the coffee maker offered by the IKEA store chain? We have one on order and hope top try it out soon. Watching from our "secret" retirement location, Bulacan province in the Philippines.
He sounds like you have a lot of experience with this stove. And I like the environmentally smart use of fuel. I use it with esbit and wood as a backup. Ever thought of making a video about this? I will check out the koffiemaker from Ikea. Wish you all the best and enjoy the outdoors.
Greetings Wim
Think outside,
no box required.
(Read this on a patch on Etsy....)
I'm not sure if you know this but Amazon sells lids for the nesting cup. I bought 4 and they work perfect. They are called Dynamic zone lids. Great video.
Thanks for the tip. I will definitely look into that.
I bought a separate one as well, but need at least 6 more and they don't sell it anymore. I went back on my purchase history and it keeps saying unavailable. Couldn't find these mentioned here either. ☹️ Darn.
Nice pan you have there for cooking the eggs.
Thanks, came with an old table grill. (gourmet set). Cut the handle short so it would fit in a pouch with the stove and other cooking stuff.
Greetings Wim
Very good job.
I Will try to do the windscreen greating from Italy thanks good ideas .
Cool,
Take an old bag (nylon) and a staple machine and two herrings. Hope it works.
Greetings
@@traveler5898 thanks
A beer can cut open makes a great wind shield.
I've used these 54 years ago
I never trusted those supports when they are on an angle. The pot's weight dependent on indented friction bumps to not come crashing down.
Thank you. Did you ever use Tea Lights for fuel instead of the Tablets? 🌺🙏🎶
I don't think tea candles generate enough heat...have you used them?
@@Pappysan heard about using Tea Lights but not tried them.
I didn't either, it seems to me it burns with to little heat. And sensitive to wind. Experiment? On the table to stoves and one with esbit on with candle just to see what happens?
Greetings Wim
@@traveler5898 hi, we live in a building with strict rules which is why I’m checking what works. 🌷🙏🎶
Why are the dead leaves surrounding the stove.
Because it was autumn..... I get it, it would have been safer to remove some of that.
wow!!! tell us how to get eggs and butter in forest???
You bring them with you.
You need to find a butter tree and an egg fern.
Ahyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!, Please stop, ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!
You didn't like the video that much?
You fussed about with something that was supposed to be easy and no fuss...lol
Yeh, that sounds about wright ;).
I love the portability of these stoves, but they are a huge pain in the ass when you don't have perfect level ground. Especially when you are working with something like a taller Stanley cook cup.
I found one with a ready made plate platform that has a large hole in it on Amz. The plate sets into the stove sets into similar to the mesh piece shown in the video.
I have others I bought before without the additional plate for Get Home Bags that you can only fold in at an angle to accommodate a GSI-type or Stanley cup. It never occurred to me to make a platform. I have some extra gardening hardware cloth on hand I can use, so thanks for the idea! I also like the wind screen idea shown in the video.
I hate the stankness of those chemical cubes though so I use regular tea lights. 3 will get water good and hot in 15-20 minutes for a hot beverage and/or just add water meal. Depends on how cold the water and cup are when you start. I get that people like the 'quicker-ness' of a cube, but if that's going to be the offset to the stank factor I'm personally okay dealing with the extra time.
Something like 45-55 mins will get wild water sanitized/disinfected. I've tested this several times and measured the temps with a digital thermometer. You could allow less depending on what degree level you were comfortable with if you needed to conserve fuel. Water does not technically need to get to the boiling point of 212 degrees F to be safe to drink.
This set up also doubles as a safer bootleg 'heater' for an emergency/super shelter when a fire can't be made for whatever reason. It also runs cheaper if you don't want to spend an extra 20 bucks on a separate the UCO tealight lantern, which won't cook for you (as I am aware).
Depending on the inside height size of the stove you can store those 6-7 hr or 8 hr Stone Briar tealights right inside as well. I've got a really compact Acecamp stove one that will only fit the regular and 6-7 hr ones.
All tealights are not made equal so if anyone goes this route test them 1st. There is a 20-pk set from the Dollar Tree here in the U.S. that has made in India candles (Luminessence). These work better than the 30-pk bag of candles that are labeled Made in the USA (that was a disappointment).
I get about a solid 1.5 hours of strong use from each of the cheapo D-Tree Luminessence tealights. Some may last to the ~1.75 hr-ish range, but the heat output diminishes. Definitely not the 3-4 hr use that is often said to be the standard amount of time tealights are supposed to last. So if you can afford more quality candles, go for it.