Ken, Congratulations to your son for doing such a practical experiment and for sharing the results with us, nice job.

I often use a Snowpeak canister stove in the field and have had trouble constructing a windscreen without heating up the tank. So I recentle purchased this new Brunton Stove Stand which allows me to seperate the stove from the tank, therefore I can use a windscreen. I have not tried it yet but the price was right (paid $14.94 at LeBaron) and it is getting good reviews on the internet.

Mike