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I'm not sure if there's a common name for the side-jet variant of the Pepsi Can stove (same design as AntiGravityGear's stove). I made one of those recently; it worked well enough. I've found using the stove as a stand to be a bit too tippy, so I made a 0.7 oz. pot stand out of a coat hanger.
I built a Lil Fuzzy can stove from Red Bull cans, cut the bottom out of a 12 oz. Heineken 'keg' can for a pot, and glued the stove into the bottom cut from another Heineken can. The inverted beer can fits exactly over the top of the stove, which makes it a bit more stable. Total stove + stand + pot + windscreen weight is 1.4 oz., and it all seals inside the fairly sturdy beer can with room for a few ounces of alcohol.
One cup at a time isn't good on a long hike, but it's great if all you need is a cup of hot cocoa, bouillon, or oatmeal. (I was carrying an MRE with a packet heater for dinner.) I'll probably add the Lil Fuzzy stove to my kit if I'm on a long day-hike with the off chance that I'll get stuck overnight.
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