Making stoves out of cans? Now that's just plain silly. Who would do such a thing?



On a more serious note, I have learned a lot from testing various forms of alcohol stoves. One of the things I've learned is that it's pretty hard to beat a good commercially produced Trangia. You can make a lot of lighter weight stoves though on your own.

The one stove that I've come across with some potential is the "tall boy" stove that can be seen second from the right in the middle row. I've just discovered that design, so I haven't much to say about it (yet). All of the other stoves shown work to varying degrees but none of the other homemade type stoves are as efficient as the Trangia (lower right).

HJ