haha, thats stove experians is just like you said an experians issue. Proper preheating and you will be fine. Try getting experians outside, somewhere safe first, though.

I just come back from a short weekend trip with somebody else, testing kit and stuff. We discoverd that it takes about 2 hours and 7 cleaning jobs to filter 1.8 liter of mud in to water, with a MSR miniworks. We also confirmed or suspision about contaminating the clean and dirty side, when cleaning the ceramic. It's highly likely, so we end up boiling the water too...

I'm also going to a bushcraft meetup with 70 others, testing, learning and trying our kit and skills.