After about a thousand videos, I have come to the conclusion that an alcohol stove is the union of any vessel that will hold alcohol with any stand strong enough to hold a pot. The rest is just us tech lovers tweaking the basic stove more and more.
+tom jackson Well, some burn a heck of a lot better than others, and some are far more fuel efficient than others. Unfortunately, you can almost never tell this from videos. You have to try the stoves yourself. Once you do, you'll find a lot of difference in how they burn, and just how well they work.
And everyone has different pots. I'm researching ideas to make a perfect stove for my Toaks 550 pot. I have the Fancy Feast Stove for certain occasions, a nice lightweight DIY wood stove for other occasions. Now I need just one more...always one more. And I have to try the tea-light capillary stove too! If it will make six bubbles in 15 oz of water before going out it'll be perfect for when I just want coffee water.
I've recently made quite a few different style stoves very similar to this one. My best ideas: (1) I cut the threads off the top of the bottle because they're a fairly heavy part of the bottle. I leave a portion of flange for strength and to get the widest base possible. (2) I use a Fancy Feast can as the base because it's smaller diameter and thinner aluminum. ...more weight savings. And I still cut it down to the shorter size that you did. (3) I drill four tiny vent holes near the bottom of the pot support, lower than the rim of the reservoir bottom. Not putting in vent holes can be bad and cause fuel to 'burp' out. (4) I cut my pot stand a bit larger than the fuel reservoir and put in crimps to reduce the size so it slides in easily, then I reach through the pot support hole and flatten out the crimps so it is a solid stove. I just don't like the idea of two independent pieces of stove. There's no real reason here, just personal preference. (5) I found that in the cold it can be hard to get this style stove primed. I fixed that by adding a four very tiny pieces of carbon felt in between four of my crimps so there's some exposed wick to help vaporize fuel sooner than with just the open bath of fuel. I got mine down to 10 grams and it works great! I'm still working on improvements, but this style stove is great! I plan to post a video of my setup soon.
I keep coming back to this video because it meets what I think are the important features of an alcohol stove: simplicity, efficiency, practicality. It is super simple to make, compact and durable to pack and carry, AND it heats water as fast as any of the other lightweight alcohol stoves I have viewed on UA-cam or made myself. It's faster than most of them, actually. Personally, I'd rather use an ounce or even two ounces if it means I don't have to wait 8 or even 10 (!) minutes to heat my 2 cups of water!! What's the point of saving a half ounce of fuel if your cooking time more than doubles! This is my next DIY stove, and may well be my last. Very well done. Cheers!
I made this and added a 2" tall wire pot stand for stability. It boiled 2 cups of water using 1oz of Heet fuel in a 12cm IMUSA mug with a lid in 5 minutes. Great stove. Thanks for posting this and sharing your knowledge.
Nice design. Fun to experiment with different configurations. I think you'd need something to stabalize your pot, though. In wind, it'll topple the pot, as you know. And you can cut to the boiling point. Most people won't think you cheated on the boil times. Looks like a good cooker and water boiler. Not too fast. Stoves that boil water in the three to four minute range, you can't cook with them easily. I usually carry two with me. One for boiling water, one for simmering. Easy. Good little vid.
I converted my backpacking cook pans from side handles to hoop handles(drill 2 holes add a wire hoop handle, removed side handles) so they can be suspended over the flame. That way impossible to spill. Food in the dirt is a sin for hikers. Anyway I like this new burner design you created. Good job. I'm going to make one.
Thanks. was super easy. I was looking for something different and just tried it out. seems to work well but I do use it with a pot stand and wind guard now
I have seen alot of vedios of alkohol stove and make so many stoves my self but let me tell that this is the best design and so simple I will make this soon.Thank you bro for sharing.God bless you from India.🙏
@digitizer101 Thanks. glad you like it. I couldnt beleive it boils water so well. I have stoves that took me forever to make and this one , so far, preforms better.
Thank you. We like it. Simple design, with rapid heating (only 4 min to boil). Now for a more stable pot stand to use with this stove. Walmart sells stainless steel round silverware drainer (about 4"×6") full of holes. Steel wire tent pegs thru holes holds stove below, & pot above. Access door cut into side opposite seam needed? Test?
It's great to experiment with these. There are several tweaks I would try with your basic design. You could make the bottom half taller so that is becomes a larger pot stand. It also might concentrate the flames towards the middle of the pot. probably have to add a couple small holes or slits in the bottom part for some air flow. thanks
the beer bottle top funnels the flame like a torch -- any little way to make it more focused is good. wind can alter the base of the flame, so i might use the beer bottle top inside my regular trangia, maybe inside a solo stove and an outside windscreen
@erichoward15 I dont really know. Some would probably say yes. To me it doesnt seem to take a whole lot. I am sure there are more efficient stoves out there. I have used this as my stove for two camping tips so far and it works great. All i use it for is to boil water and so far so good. I will try to see how much fuel it takes to boil two cups. glad you like it.
Like I said, it's a great, simple, fast, easy way to make a pretty good stove because the cone gets alot of heat along it's length and that really makes it vaporize alot of fuel, and it brings the flame right up to the bottom of the water can.
Good simple stove only just a bit unstable, if it went over the fire would spread if in a tent might be a problem. I ride motorcycles and camp along the road or if on trails. Often raining and if in the highlands it snows. Maybe if you made the two halves press together tight stuffed with fibreglass insulation. What if the base can be the same height as the centre but on the outer/base have 8 small triangle cut outs or drilled holes around the top so the pot is siting on the outer as well as the centre. Obviously small nicks in the area of the base so the fuel can get to the fire zone.
I think its Awesome- Easy to make and Very efficient ...only need a pot stand...4 min on a really small amount of fuel excellent!......very compact..perfect
VERY NEAT DESIGN. what was the volume of alcohol used?. what was the volume of water it boiled?. what was the burn time for the volume of alcohol used?.
This is very close to an idea I'm considering. This is the closest I've seen to what I want to do. The narrow top (pot stand) is what I'm really wanting, as well as a reliable 2-cup boil in my Toaks 550 with a half ounce of fuel. Seeing the flame shape this stove makes really makes me think I may be on to something.
The last couple of weeks, I've been building, and buying all the Stoves and accessories I can find, once everything is collected, I plan to do a Video or more on the best of everything that I've found, like best stoves for boiling, which so far is my homemade capilary stove, it boils in under 4 minutes, next is the rolled aluminum at around 6 or so mins. next category, longest burning stove for simmering, baking and such, so far the ALOCS stove which looks exactly like the Trangia but I think it's better, ran for 1 hour and 10 mins with the smmier ring, just over half closed, nothing comes close to that, best overall, for both the Fancy Feast, also I will do all other categories, like the best STove Stand, best Pots, and accessories and windscreens, so in the next 2-3 weeks, I will be testing all that and making some videos. Take care.
cool! the only thing that might be a bit concerning is how the pot is resting on such a small diameter surface. But I think that could be fixed by making a pot stand out of hardware cloth that is just a hair below the bottom of the pot as it rests on the stove. That way if you were to bump it while in use, the hardware cloth "stand" would catch it and keep it from falling completely over.
I'm not sure of your opinion of this stove in comparison to your others. Seems there is a lot of wasted heat simply disipating away which makes for quite an inefficent unit. Seems to heat quickly due to the Large flame front, But at what cost in fuel. I think you would agree there are much better units that can be made. However you did only say this is a quick and easy stove to make, and that it is. Regards, Bob
Irrespective of some of the comments, simplicity of design gets high grades! Wonder though if using the narrow dia top for the holding surface is safe enough? Perhaps a conjunction with a separate holder upper might be wise? Just ??
I often make stoves when I'm backpacking and want as little weight as possible in my rucksack. One method is a coke can. Cut in half. Holes in bottom for air intake and slits on the top for flame. Fuel. Fire lighters. Light. Good fuel. Easy ignition. After it heats up the flame is blue and not in can...pop cans and fire lighters and craft knife essential camping gear..very cheap and binned after use...(recycled) ;-)
So I just built one of these, haven't had a chance to test it yet, but did do a video on it on my new channel (first 2 videos as a matter of fact). Would mind taking 3 minutes and having a look and tell me if I did everything right so as to not have a fireball in my yard when I get some alcohol?
Interesting but unfortunately those Al bottles are not available over here in the Antipodes. Pity the out side can't be cut with holes and slots so it extends to the same height as the inner to make a more stable surface to put the pot on.
since the top or inner can sits above the bottom of the outer can,presumably to allow fuel to the outside,would it not be a more stable platform if the inner part bottomed out on the outer but had some notches to allow fuel to pass?
Heat (gas-line antifreeze) burns clean and is usually less than half the cost of denatured alcohol per ounce. Some brands of denatured alcohol burn sooty.
@wwhermit That was the first test I had ever done with this stove so I dont really know. I think If this would be the design to go with after a while you would get a feel of how much to use and there really wouldnt be a lot left over to dump out. You can always get a larger cup or container of some sort to put over the top of it and snuff it out.when you are done. Then pour the rest out when it has cooled off. Thanks for watching
watching the whole video was nice, i know it sounds weird but watching those last 7 minutes of the water boiling was very relaxing to me.😅 dont know why.
This will be perfect for my Trans America bike ride! Have you experimented with both isopropyl alcohol and denatured alcohol ? Which burns cleaner and or hotter?
You need a vent neat the very top, or you will have alcohol spurting out of the bottom cup. You also need to permanently attach the top part to the bottom, o you will eventually lose one part. I would suggest using J.B. Weld. This design is the same principle of the catfood-can stove.
Denatured alcohol. Every stove is different in consumption and boiling time. This particular stove I'm not sure. Unless it says somewhere in the video. If I had to guess I would say ounce and a half with a 6 minute boil time. Ball park.
I think as soon as I finish this beer I'm going to make one of these. Out of curiosity how long will this burn and how do you extinguish it (I have exactly 0 experience with alcohol stoves)
Omfg wow thank you thats freakin awesome!! I've been experimenting with alcohol stoves the past week.. I like my design off the 2nd top i made. Its not open, using the bottom of a pop can i put a gromet in the middle with 8 slits around the radius like a sun and it needs help to get to full flame (like a little bunson burner) but it does go with a little tilting lol...shitty-good i know. Only thing im getting to is that i have fiberglass insulation stuffed in mine, have you tried using insulation in and of your many stove desgins i see on the shelf there? Do you like it if yes? I feel like it sustains the flame longer, would you try it in this design?
Glad you like it 💪💪 I did try insulation. I ended up not using it because it smelled a little and got crunchy sort of with a few burns. I liked the idea of less to make it work. I wasn't worried about spilling. I guess insulation could help if it were to spill over...if you're running a closed stove a primer pan helps them work a lot better
I think it will depend on how much alcohol you can put in it. Off of memory this one will burn for about 7 minutes or so. just long enough to boil 2 cups of water. you can let it burn out or snuff it out with a larger container.
It's so diff. For each set up. Depends on what pot you use,windscreen,conditions. You really need a lot of heat concentrated on your pot bottom. You need a flame that really wants to burn for a fast boil
where do you pour the alcohol? You hand was blocking the stove while pouring, so I wasn't sure if you were pouring into the bottle top or into the base. And do to fill it up to the brim?
That was a lovely shot of your hand in front of where you were filling that. I assume it's going in the center?And filling it up to the "which ring was it?"
Hexy block stoves. NATO issue are great. Easily improved for one man use when back packing. Any metal tin..baccy tin. Shoe polish tin. Fire lighters if no hexy blocks...
Way I see it, pouring alcohol in the middle with the firm Enough fit, allowed just enough to leak out to not burn the fuel out too fast. Might have been flukish cutting texture, but the boiling fuel in the middle of the stove at the end of the clip supports my notion, I think anyway.
After about a thousand videos, I have come to the conclusion that an alcohol stove is the union of any vessel that will hold alcohol with any stand strong enough to hold a pot. The rest is just us tech lovers tweaking the basic stove more and more.
+tom jackson Well, some burn a heck of a lot better than others, and some are far more fuel efficient than others. Unfortunately, you can almost never tell this from videos. You have to try the stoves yourself. Once you do, you'll find a lot of difference in how they burn, and just how well they work.
+tom jackson the japanese are crazy about tiny little really hard to make stove ,it,s nuts
@@tintriumph
The Japanese alcohol stoves demonstrate keen insight into the technology. They are brilliantly inventive.....
And everyone has different pots. I'm researching ideas to make a perfect stove for my Toaks 550 pot. I have the Fancy Feast Stove for certain occasions, a nice lightweight DIY wood stove for other occasions. Now I need just one more...always one more.
And I have to try the tea-light capillary stove too! If it will make six bubbles in 15 oz of water before going out it'll be perfect for when I just want coffee water.
@@nathansharp3193 I know, right! Always "one more".
I have watched many DIY alcohol stove videos and this by far is the easiest to make and I like the simplicity. Thank you for posting.
Jim Rinehart the sky's the limit
I've watched many too and I agree with your comment.
Oh my! 11 yrs ago? This is awesome. Hope they still make those bottles, I don't drink but guess I'm going to now!.
I've recently made quite a few different style stoves very similar to this one. My best ideas:
(1) I cut the threads off the top of the bottle because they're a fairly heavy part of the bottle. I leave a portion of flange for strength and to get the widest base possible.
(2) I use a Fancy Feast can as the base because it's smaller diameter and thinner aluminum. ...more weight savings. And I still cut it down to the shorter size that you did.
(3) I drill four tiny vent holes near the bottom of the pot support, lower than the rim of the reservoir bottom. Not putting in vent holes can be bad and cause fuel to 'burp' out.
(4) I cut my pot stand a bit larger than the fuel reservoir and put in crimps to reduce the size so it slides in easily, then I reach through the pot support hole and flatten out the crimps so it is a solid stove. I just don't like the idea of two independent pieces of stove. There's no real reason here, just personal preference.
(5) I found that in the cold it can be hard to get this style stove primed. I fixed that by adding a four very tiny pieces of carbon felt in between four of my crimps so there's some exposed wick to help vaporize fuel sooner than with just the open bath of fuel.
I got mine down to 10 grams and it works great! I'm still working on improvements, but this style stove is great! I plan to post a video of my setup soon.
Awesome
I keep coming back to this video because it meets what I think are the important features of an alcohol stove: simplicity, efficiency, practicality. It is super simple to make, compact and durable to pack and carry, AND it heats water as fast as any of the other lightweight alcohol stoves I have viewed on UA-cam or made myself. It's faster than most of them, actually.
Personally, I'd rather use an ounce or even two ounces if it means I don't have to wait 8 or even 10 (!) minutes to heat my 2 cups of water!! What's the point of saving a half ounce of fuel if your cooking time more than doubles!
This is my next DIY stove, and may well be my last. Very well done. Cheers!
thanks
I made this and added a 2" tall wire pot stand for stability. It boiled 2 cups of water using 1oz of Heet fuel in a 12cm IMUSA mug with a lid in 5 minutes. Great stove. Thanks for posting this and sharing your knowledge.
Awesome video Thanks for showing us an easily stove project
Man I love this thing still using everynight at my camp site. Awesome, frugal, compact I LOVE IT!!
Nice design. Fun to experiment with different configurations. I think you'd need something to stabalize your pot, though. In wind, it'll topple the pot, as you know. And you can cut to the boiling point. Most people won't think you cheated on the boil times. Looks like a good cooker and water boiler. Not too fast. Stoves that boil water in the three to four minute range, you can't cook with them easily. I usually carry two with me. One for boiling water, one for simmering. Easy. Good little vid.
I converted my backpacking cook pans from side handles to hoop handles(drill 2 holes add a wire hoop handle, removed side handles) so they can be suspended over the flame. That way impossible to spill. Food in the dirt is a sin for hikers. Anyway I like this new burner design you created. Good job. I'm going to make one.
Best alcohol stove video I've seen! Cheers!
dennis caisse thanks
Thanks. was super easy. I was looking for something different and just tried it out. seems to work well but I do use it with a pot stand and wind guard now
I have seen alot of vedios of alkohol stove and make so many stoves my self but let me tell that this is the best design and so simple I will make this soon.Thank you bro for sharing.God bless you from India.🙏
That's a really good design, good idea, thank You for sharing with Us.
@digitizer101 Thanks. glad you like it. I couldnt beleive it boils water so well. I have stoves that took me forever to make and this one , so far, preforms better.
i love the simplicity of this idea.
Thank you !!! No Dremmel. No drill. Cool !!!! - - - Key Man
love your simple but efficient design
Charles Le thanks
Tried the rest now with this finally found best. Thanks million
joe schmoe thanks... awesome
Wow. Outstanding. I have a few ideas to modify the design based on this. Thank you.
Awesome . thanks
Thanks. Glad you like it. I use it alot and it works great.
Just found your vid. great stove gonna make one tommow or sunday gotta empty cans first lol. I have a stand this will work great with.
How do you put this version out?
Get used to using a certain amount for water to boil. Or a larger container could smother it
thanks. I do use it with a stand and a wind screen now. works a lot better and more stable
Thanks. I have a 24 pack of alcohol stoves now. Easy is nice.
Thank you. We like it.
Simple design, with rapid heating
(only 4 min to boil).
Now for a more stable pot stand to use with this stove.
Walmart sells stainless steel round silverware drainer
(about 4"×6") full of holes. Steel wire tent pegs thru holes holds stove below, & pot above. Access door cut into side opposite seam needed? Test?
Right on💪💪❤
@@aokspage
Does this mean road trip to Walmart?
Have you tried a boil test with the camera pointed away from the stove.
You know why.
A watched pot...never boils.
Lol
Bill23799
..... Ouch .....
Heeheehee!
At almost 5 min. it did!
dammm thats a good one because all the flame its hitting it im going to get me a miller right now just to make one easy and simple thanks man
Yeah
Lol!
love that flame on the stove.. awesome video..
Thanks
I’ve never tried that did you personalize it yourself that’s good for camping or outdoor activity
Yeah..I've made tons of different ones over the years. They do work well for camping.
It's great to experiment with these. There are several tweaks I would try with your basic design. You could make the bottom half taller so that is becomes a larger pot stand. It also might concentrate the flames towards the middle of the pot. probably have to add a couple small holes or slits in the bottom part for some air flow. thanks
steven schmitz right on. I've made so many and you are absolutely right. thanks
the beer bottle top funnels the flame like a torch -- any little way to make it more focused is good. wind can alter the base of the flame, so i might use the beer bottle top inside my regular trangia, maybe inside a solo stove and an outside windscreen
Very cool thank you
😊👍
@erichoward15 I dont really know. Some would probably say yes. To me it doesnt seem to take a whole lot. I am sure there are more efficient stoves out there. I have used this as my stove for two camping tips so far and it works great. All i use it for is to boil water and so far so good. I will try to see how much fuel it takes to boil two cups. glad you like it.
Like I said, it's a great, simple, fast, easy way to make a pretty good stove because the cone gets alot of heat along it's length and that really makes it vaporize alot of fuel, and it brings the flame right up to the bottom of the water can.
Good simple stove only just a bit unstable, if it went over the fire would spread if in a tent might be a problem.
I ride motorcycles and camp along the road or if on trails. Often raining and if in the highlands it snows.
Maybe if you made the two halves press together tight stuffed with fibreglass insulation.
What if the base can be the same height as the centre but on the outer/base have 8 small triangle cut outs or drilled holes around the top so the pot is siting on the outer as well as the centre.
Obviously small nicks in the area of the base so the fuel can get to the fire zone.
Mick Mac good ideas. I use a pot stand now. A little more stable. But these stoves can be dangerous so care is always needed
That is the best FLAME that I have ever seen on a alcohol stove! I think that a larger pot holder would be needed. Great, video, thanks.
Yeah. Definitely
The best stove out there.
Good onya for putting it on youtube
thanks. appreciate it
i see you have been having fun with your designs
I think its Awesome- Easy to make and Very efficient ...only need a pot stand...4 min on a really small amount of fuel excellent!......very compact..perfect
thanks man. I def. use a pot stand with it. so much better. and your right it's easy,fast, right to the point for boiling.
David Doehring tanks
VERY NEAT DESIGN.
what was the volume of alcohol used?.
what was the volume of water it boiled?.
what was the burn time for the volume of alcohol used?.
Simplistic genius! Awesome!
This is very close to an idea I'm considering. This is the closest I've seen to what I want to do. The narrow top (pot stand) is what I'm really wanting, as well as a reliable 2-cup boil in my Toaks 550 with a half ounce of fuel. Seeing the flame shape this stove makes really makes me think I may be on to something.
I made the 2 pieces bigger, cut them longer, then placed the top over the bottom, and on 1 ounce of fuel it burned for 24 minutes.
that's awesome. I use this sometimes and it's just enough outside to boil...then goes out. I thought about making it bigger. right on
The last couple of weeks, I've been building, and buying all the Stoves and accessories I can find, once everything is collected, I plan to do a Video or more on the best of everything that I've found, like best stoves for boiling, which so far is my homemade capilary stove, it boils in under 4 minutes, next is the rolled aluminum at around 6 or so mins. next category, longest burning stove for simmering, baking and such, so far the ALOCS stove which looks exactly like the Trangia but I think it's better, ran for 1 hour and 10 mins with the smmier ring, just over half closed, nothing comes close to that, best overall, for both the Fancy Feast, also I will do all other categories, like the best STove Stand, best Pots, and accessories and windscreens, so in the next 2-3 weeks, I will be testing all that and making some videos. Take care.
+Rspene smit. yeah, I get on kicks where I'm building and testing too. pot stand is key on some of them. good luck
Nice stove thanks.
Right on
cool! the only thing that might be a bit concerning is how the pot is resting on such a small diameter surface. But I think that could be fixed by making a pot stand out of hardware cloth that is just a hair below the bottom of the pot as it rests on the stove. That way if you were to bump it while in use, the hardware cloth "stand" would catch it and keep it from falling completely over.
Absolutely. I always use a pot stand now. It actually helps the stove preform better
I'm not sure of your opinion of this stove in comparison to your others. Seems there is a lot of wasted heat simply disipating away which makes for quite an inefficent unit. Seems to heat quickly due to the Large flame front, But at what cost in fuel. I think you would agree there are much better units that can be made.
However you did only say this is a quick and easy stove to make, and that it is.
Regards, Bob
best one yet, keeps it simple
MacRoibin right
Simple design. Should of boiled an egg to see if the alcohol would of lasted.
Thanks for your efforts and sharing 👍🇬🇧
I know. Yes I use it with a wind screen It has been on a few trips now. Thanks for watching
3:32-8:54 Five minutes, 22 seconds for rolling boil. Nice.
Awesome. Glad you like it.
I love it. Thanks.
Irrespective of some of the comments, simplicity of design gets high grades! Wonder though if using the narrow dia top for the holding surface is safe enough? Perhaps a conjunction with a separate holder upper might be wise? Just ??
Most definitely. I use it with one of those form fitted mesh pot stands in the background. Now
Nice stove , i made one similar and in the field, the narrow top was alil tricky. lol but works great otherwise
I often make stoves when I'm backpacking and want as little weight as possible in my rucksack. One method is a coke can. Cut in half. Holes in bottom for air intake and slits on the top for flame. Fuel. Fire lighters. Light. Good fuel. Easy ignition. After it heats up the flame is blue and not in can...pop cans and fire lighters and craft knife essential camping gear..very cheap and binned after use...(recycled) ;-)
the cap could be screwed on the then cut onto thirds and folded over to make a slightly sturdier base for the metal cup?
@@genkiferal7178 absolutely
So I just built one of these, haven't had a chance to test it yet, but did do a video on it on my new channel (first 2 videos as a matter of fact). Would mind taking 3 minutes and having a look and tell me if I did everything right so as to not have a fireball in my yard when I get some alcohol?
I'd like a much larger surface area for the pot to stand on. But, that is just me. Nice Video! Cheers!
oh yeah. definitely...I use a pot stand. some wire mesh/hardware cloth rolled in a circle works great.
Couldnt you use that with some kind of homemade pot stand
Interesting but unfortunately those Al bottles are not available over here in the Antipodes.
Pity the out side can't be cut with holes and slots so it extends to the same height as the inner to make a more stable surface to put the pot on.
I use a pot stand that helps act as a wind guard now. Sometimes you can find other products that come in similar bottles. ✌
since the top or inner can sits above the bottom of the outer can,presumably to allow fuel to the outside,would it not be a more stable platform if the inner part bottomed out on the outer but had some notches to allow fuel to pass?
Seems that way. But I think because it's not air tight it works. I like to think fuel might be pressurized a little and push out.
Heat (gas-line antifreeze) burns clean and is usually less than half the cost of denatured alcohol per ounce. Some brands of denatured alcohol burn sooty.
do you poor the alcohol in the middle or the outside - does it matter?
@wwhermit That was the first test I had ever done with this stove so I dont really know. I think If this would be the design to go with after a while you would get a feel of how much to use and there really wouldnt be a lot left over to dump out. You can always get a larger cup or container of some sort to put over the top of it and snuff it out.when you are done. Then pour the rest out when it has cooled off. Thanks for watching
Slick! Great idea.
thanks...possibility endless
You don't seem to get much soot. My pan is covered with thick black soot. Can you help me?
I burn denatured alcohol. Never have soot. Sometimes when I use the camp fire instead my pots will get black.
watching the whole video was nice, i know it sounds weird but watching those last 7 minutes of the water boiling was very relaxing to me.😅 dont know why.
Ahmed AL mudhi we like what we like...lol
Ahmed AL mudhi, the blue flame, relaxing, something true about blue.
Tried it. Works great.
awesome
Simple and effective! 👍
nmmn bong simple works for me
aokspage that's how it should be, after all it's a emergency stove as far as I'm concern. 👍
nmmn bong less to go wrong...less to break
aokspage that's right!
This will be perfect for my Trans America bike ride! Have you experimented with
both isopropyl alcohol and denatured alcohol ? Which burns cleaner and or hotter?
Denatured burns much cleaner, isopropyl burns sooty. Isopropyl burns very slightly hotter, 12,000BTU/gal to 10,600 BTU/gal.
You need a vent neat the very top, or you will have alcohol spurting out of the bottom cup. You also need to permanently attach the top part to the bottom, o you will eventually lose one part. I would suggest using J.B. Weld.
This design is the same principle of the catfood-can stove.
Very Nice!
What kind of alcohol do you use what percentage and how much does it consume to heat 2 cups to a boil?
Denatured alcohol. Every stove is different in consumption and boiling time. This particular stove I'm not sure. Unless it says somewhere in the video. If I had to guess I would say ounce and a half with a 6 minute boil time. Ball park.
I just checked the video. Looks like this boiled at about 4:45-5 minutes. It was inside. So faster boil time with no wind.
Got 4 miller lite cans right next to me, this is a whole lot easier!!! Thanks
ideal indoor conditions; how does it fare outside, with a little breeze??
I think as soon as I finish this beer I'm going to make one of these. Out of curiosity how long will this burn and how do you extinguish it (I have exactly 0 experience with alcohol stoves)
So, Im guessing that the vibrating noise is the boiling alcohol trying to escape out the top where the cup was sitting?
Omfg wow thank you thats freakin awesome!! I've been experimenting with alcohol stoves the past week.. I like my design off the 2nd top i made. Its not open, using the bottom of a pop can i put a gromet in the middle with 8 slits around the radius like a sun and it needs help to get to full flame (like a little bunson burner) but it does go with a little tilting lol...shitty-good i know. Only thing im getting to is that i have fiberglass insulation stuffed in mine, have you tried using insulation in and of your many stove desgins i see on the shelf there? Do you like it if yes? I feel like it sustains the flame longer, would you try it in this design?
Glad you like it 💪💪 I did try insulation. I ended up not using it because it smelled a little and got crunchy sort of with a few burns. I liked the idea of less to make it work. I wasn't worried about spilling. I guess insulation could help if it were to spill over...if you're running a closed stove a primer pan helps them work a lot better
I think it will depend on how much alcohol you can put in it. Off of memory this one will burn for about 7 minutes or so. just long enough to boil 2 cups of water. you can let it burn out or snuff it out with a larger container.
What would it do to the boil time, if you put the cap on the center? And how would it effect the burn time, and max water temp? Just curious.
We see a lot of prototypes in the background. Which stove is the best ?
It's so diff. For each set up. Depends on what pot you use,windscreen,conditions. You really need a lot of heat concentrated on your pot bottom. You need a flame that really wants to burn for a fast boil
measure the water in a cup less is faster reduce amount of coffee required better for your health & pocket love your back ground of designs thanks
How much fuel was used, and have you found a way to put the flame out so that the extra fuel can be recovered?
Place the pot on a pot stand for stability ???
no problem. hope it works out
glad you like it
where do you pour the alcohol? You hand was blocking the stove while pouring, so I wasn't sure if you were pouring into the bottle top or into the base. And do to fill it up to the brim?
very awsome. ty for sharing
denatured, which is basically poison ethanol you should be able to get it in the paint section of wally world.
What was the total burn time?Why not 1 inch for the bottom piece for more fuel?
Would probably be great
Eu adorei este fogareiros
sounds awesome. I use a stand as well
Great vid mate
Great idea!
That was a lovely shot of your hand in front of where you were filling that. I assume it's going in the center?And filling it up to the "which ring was it?"
Yeah. center. only put in like an ounce so it won't boil over
+aokspage Excellent! Thanks for the info. Now if I can only find that beer can! :)
Hexy block stoves. NATO issue are great. Easily improved for one man use when back packing. Any metal tin..baccy tin. Shoe polish tin. Fire lighters if no hexy blocks...
yeah man
What if you left outside longer to hold pot?
Yeah. You could try it. But a pot stand with a wind screen definitely works good as well. It's really trial and error untill something works for you
Nice, very clever
Way I see it, pouring alcohol in the middle with the firm Enough fit, allowed just enough to leak out to not burn the fuel out too fast. Might have been flukish cutting texture, but the boiling fuel in the middle of the stove at the end of the clip supports my notion, I think anyway.