Penny stove, Survival stove.

[Dubs Chops]

Ok I have made a couple of these. and as far as Lightweight and cheap goes it cannot be beat. Period. Check out this sight to get the details and then youtube penny stove for plenty of how to's .
penny stove

 

[REPUBLICANHACK]

Those are pretty slick. What kind of fuel do you use for yours?

 

[Dubs Chops]

I use denatured alcohol. You can use everclear but it is expensive you can also use rubbing alcohol but it has water in it, I use denatured alcohol from anywhere that supplies paint. It is the cheapest and cleanest burning. I will upload a video if I can figure out how That I have on my phone showing 2 cups of water at a rolling boil. using just 3 oz of fuel.

 

[ez bake]

That looks cool man.

I built the SuperCat stove (similar) and simmer cat stove - they're here:

http://jwbasecamp.com/Articles/SuperCat/index.html


They work surprisingly well.

 

[gnnrsm8]

thats cool man....

 

[Kid Colt]

Very cool design. I've seen these before but never taken the time to make one.

 

[Dubs Chops]

Here is a video of it bringing two cups of water to a rolling boil.
video here!

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can we not embed youtube videos here?

 

[Dubs Chops]

does anyone know if video can be embedded here?

 

[bsdubois00]

Take the link from youtube and wrap it in media tags

 

[Dubs Chops]

Sweetness.
Why don't we have a icon for that? :huh:

 

[bsdubois00]

WE DO INDEED HAVE ONE

 

[Dubs Chops]

you sir are my HERO

 

[okie-carbine]

i have made a few stoves like that. i do some experimenting with vienna cans, catfood, potted meat...any kind of little can. pretty cool stuff to mess around with. still cant beat my msr pocket rocket though.

i use heet for my fuel on can stoves.

minibulldesigns on youtubez has taken stoves to teh next level though. crazy stuff.

 

[RattlesnakeShake]

i have made a few stoves like that. i do some experimenting with vienna cans, catfood, potted meat...any kind of little can. pretty cool stuff to mess around with. still cant beat my msr pocket rocket though.

i use heet for my fuel on can stoves.

minibulldesigns on youtubez has taken stoves to teh next level though. crazy stuff.

Yeah, an MSR or even a Coleman multi-fuel is a good primary stove to have stashed away. I backpacked with a Whisperlite for years and you almost can't wear them out. But these little penny stoves are a fantastic backup. They're as small as you can make a stove and super effective.

 

[Sanjuro82]

I have a few alcohol stoves. my smallest is made from one an Amp energy can (the small red bull sized can). It works great. The weight is almost nonexistent.

 

[Dubs Chops]

I will be selling the Optimus stoves on my sight soon. ;]