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Refillable butane lighters: how is overfilling avoided?
In the refillable butane lighters which have no window onto the plastic gas chamber, how is it ensured that they are not overfilled by a user during refilling. I presume they need a space for expan...

In GEAR » Refillable butane lighters: how is overfilling avoided?
March 21, 8:45am
Re: Re: Donut shaped center draft alcohol stove
Couldn't such a design have low CO emission?

In Make Your Own Gear » Donut shaped center draft alcohol stove
January 27, 1:42pm
Re: Re: Re: Re: Remote Canister Stove with Windscreen vs. Stove with Heat Exchanger Pot
I think that might count as a heat deflector: trapped gases around burn may cause more heat to to travel down column: see this tread where the OP melted their lindal valve http://www.backpac...

In GEAR » New Stove Gear: Fire Maple 117t and XK6 "HE" Pot
September 13, 12:57pm
Re: Ultralight Baking: paint lid fumes?
Isn't burning paint off the lid at low temps going to give nasty fumes?

In Editor's Roundtable » Ultralight Baking
July 24, 5:56am
Re: Re: Re: Re: Dubious commercial windshield?
Roger(Caffin) said "I do not think it actually encloses the underside of the stove" It seems to be fairly closed off: was hard to find view from above photo but I found this utube (15-...

In GEAR » Stove gurus: Did I melt the Lindal valve on my stove canister?
June 25, 5:35pm
Re: Re: Dubious commercial windshield?
Roger(Caffin) said "I would imagine it is glass fibre fabric, fairly fire-proof." I was thinking of its total enclosure of the stove which seemed similar to the Original Posters windsc...

In GEAR » Stove gurus: Did I melt the Lindal valve on my stove canister?
June 25, 12:59pm
Dubious commercial windshield?
This would seem dubious then http://www.alpinsport-vertrieb.de/Ortik-Heat-It_1 (they do give a maximum usage ambient temperature of 25 degrees C )

In GEAR » Stove gurus: Did I melt the Lindal valve on my stove canister?
June 22, 10:38am
Separate alcohol "dregs"/,measuring bottle
Wouldn't it be safer to extract remaining alcohol into an empty small bottle (which if side calibrated could double as a measuring bottle); e.g. a 60ml Nalgene. That way you are not risking ...

In GEAR » Alcohol stove feedback
June 22, 3:43am
Re: Re: Lesson learned
I think, perhaps, what is meant is that, 1) a radiation shield below the stove itself? even below the canister collar? is OK but may be unnecessary for short burns (canister side temperature c...

In GEAR » Stove gurus: Did I melt the Lindal valve on my stove canister?
June 17, 12:16pm
Re Re: RE: melted valve: windscreen
Sorry, I didn't mean to obscure the point that "If you bottle up the flame and exhaust too much, you can heat the stove up to a dangerous level." "> well below the top of t...

In GEAR » Stove gurus: Did I melt the Lindal valve on my stove canister?
June 17, 6:53am

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