Here's one my favorites: using my foamer as a windscreen on a canister stove. This shot is at Lewis and Clark pass with Sam Haraldson on 2009 Parcour:



It's much easier in winter b/c of the snow.

Water bottle as a windscreen carrier:

Edited by jasonklass on 12/27/2009 16:18:36 MST.

on a heavy nalgene?

It doesn't have to be. You could do it on an Aquafina bottle just as easily. The picture is only for reference.

Leatherman radio antenna:


Ground cloth sail:


Pot cozy buff and shoe:



Osprey hipbelt oven making pizza...

Matt,

Great idea on using your foam pad as a wind screen!!

Mule, That's pretty clever, wrapping your windscreen around a nalgene. I use Nalgene bottles all the time for short hikes just 'cause they feel solid. This is a great idea. Hadn't thought of that before, I usually stick mine in the cooking pot as it's deep enough.

Edited by whirlpool on 01/10/2010 22:32:43 MST.

Good idea, using the foam as a wind break. Mine, when I used foam pads, always seem to blow over and I had to reinforce it. Still, it works well in moderate wind.

Edited by whirlpool on 01/10/2010 22:29:49 MST.

Osprey hipbelt oven making pizza...

You're a very clever fellow Timo. We need to get you a regular column here. :-)

Cheers,

Rick

p.s. How was the pizza?

Love the Leatherman antenna idea. Smart thinking.

This:



As a foam roller.

A MSR Whisperlite International:

Plus a citronella tiki torch oil (scented kerosene)



Equals a stove that cooks and repels mosquitoes at the same time. Does that count if both purposes must be done at the same time?

@Johann: it only really works when you can solidly secure the foamer. Otherwise, it won't work.

The MSR stove works as a cooking stove, and it can also be used as an eyebrow removal system.
--B.G.--

Everybody is drinking out of something. So you are going to have a mug of some kind. Unless it is some tiny titanium thing it will probably be a few oz. These mugs weigh in at between 4oz(16fl.oz) to 9.5 oz.(24 fl.oz) However broken down they make a very powerful volcano shaped stove and can also be used as windscreens/potstands for a back-up alcohol stove in one type of configuration or another. It seems to speed up boil times by a minute or so than without the mug. The stoves themselves are usually around 3 oz or so. Very fast boil times, and capable of burning for an hour or more if you have enough wood. Doesnt take much.

Edited by cadyak on 01/26/2010 18:12:57 MST.

scented kerosene. Amazing. Maybe brilliant. How well does it work??


Are there any negatives? I assume the fumes are safe enough to be working over the stove? Doesn't produce any smoke or soot does it?

Funny thing I mostly use my MSR Dragonfly in winter.

> The MSR stove works as a cooking stove, and it can also
> be used as an eyebrow removal system.
> --B.G.--"

Yes, it's always a pain trimming back those eyebrows. Also good for reducing nose and hand hair:-)

"scented kerosene. Amazing. Maybe brilliant. How well does it work??
Are there any negatives? I assume the fumes are safe enough to be working over the stove? Doesn't produce any smoke or soot does it?"
For me, the scented kerosene would probably mean an instant asthma attack. I've tried stuff sold as odorless kerosene at Lowes/homedepot and it works pretty well in my Optimus Nova; it really is pretty odorless compared to regular kerosene.

@ Brent

How do you get the stove on and off the mug? I am assuming that you have found a way for the bottom of the mug to be removable. Does this cause any issues? Such as the bottom dropping off or the like? Looks like an interesting concept.

~

That stove is absolutly brilliant! Going through my cupboards right now looking for suitable mugs. cheers

The 550 Caldera Cone Container-



The Plastic bottle holds a BPL Spoon, BPL Ti Stakes, Mi Mini Speaker, BD Orbit Light, Water Filter, 2 Esbit Tabs and stove base-Heineken Can plus the 550 Caldera Cone. It still has some more room at the top for small items.

Edited by Creachen on 03/03/2010 20:58:26 MST.

The 550 Caldera Cone Container holds:
550 Caldera Cone
BPL Spoon
BPL Ti Stakes
BD Orbit Light
Mi Mini Speaker
Water Filter
2 Esbit Tabs
Heineken Can-stove base