OK, first thread, & it's after advice from the stove guru's..
I fish by myself a lot, & in some remote places, so instead of carrying a flask/sandwiches etc, I've went down the route of a small Mkettle, (similar to the kelly kettle) packet soup/rice/fresh coffee.
http://www.backpackinglight.co.uk/bushcraft/RD102.html
Utube has a few vids on them, I chose this because of the size mainly, since I just need it for myself.
I've tried it out with twigs/wood etc, it took aprox 6+ mins to boil, that's OK for me but the Mkettle afterwards was pretty fouled up, & it took some cleaning, so this got me thinking.
A few web searches later, I come across the Alchol Stoves, & thought this is the way to go, clean burn, easy to light, light weight, everything started to tick the boxes.
Long story cut short, I made one looking at Utube & had a test pilot (indoors) today, but wasn't impressed with the results, 15mins to come to the boil, whilst the ones on Utube were taking 5-6mins.
Now these stoves on Utube weren't in an Mkettle, they were on a stand heating a pan full of water, maybe that has something to do with it, I don't know, this is my first attempt at this sort of thing, hence the thread asking some advice.
So, has any members on DDP went down this route, (Alcohol stove heating a Kelly Kettle or similar) & if so have they obtained better results than I have, & if so, am I going wrong somewhere.
My results were indoors, I expect outdoors would be a different scenario, I'm not wanting miracles, but I'm sure I could obtain better results.
Since these stoves have been on the go for a good while, I'm sure I'm not the only one to think of this, but for the life of me I cannot find any info.
Cheers,
SS.
I fish by myself a lot, & in some remote places, so instead of carrying a flask/sandwiches etc, I've went down the route of a small Mkettle, (similar to the kelly kettle) packet soup/rice/fresh coffee.
http://www.backpackinglight.co.uk/bushcraft/RD102.html
Utube has a few vids on them, I chose this because of the size mainly, since I just need it for myself.
I've tried it out with twigs/wood etc, it took aprox 6+ mins to boil, that's OK for me but the Mkettle afterwards was pretty fouled up, & it took some cleaning, so this got me thinking.
A few web searches later, I come across the Alchol Stoves, & thought this is the way to go, clean burn, easy to light, light weight, everything started to tick the boxes.
Long story cut short, I made one looking at Utube & had a test pilot (indoors) today, but wasn't impressed with the results, 15mins to come to the boil, whilst the ones on Utube were taking 5-6mins.
Now these stoves on Utube weren't in an Mkettle, they were on a stand heating a pan full of water, maybe that has something to do with it, I don't know, this is my first attempt at this sort of thing, hence the thread asking some advice.
So, has any members on DDP went down this route, (Alcohol stove heating a Kelly Kettle or similar) & if so have they obtained better results than I have, & if so, am I going wrong somewhere.
My results were indoors, I expect outdoors would be a different scenario, I'm not wanting miracles, but I'm sure I could obtain better results.
Since these stoves have been on the go for a good while, I'm sure I'm not the only one to think of this, but for the life of me I cannot find any info.
Cheers,
SS.