If you bent the legs could you get the pot to sit down fully? I’m looking for a HX pot that’ll fit fully over the Kovea spider. The Primus ETA 1.8L looks close...
There's a good inch on each side, so I don't think it would be possible to clear those exchanger fins. Maybe if you cut the horizontal parts off AND bent them in a little. But that wouldn't be very stable and would likely scratch up the pot.
@@OneclickOutside You actually need some space between stove and pot to allow the flame to propagate fully. This is especially the case when using HE pots (on any stove), because the flip side of more heating efficiency is that the HE fins actually take heat out of the flame, thereby cooling it down, reducing efficiency and increasing carbon monoxide emissions (i.e. 'quenching'). The existing gap on this (and other stoves) is fine at low to medium altitude, but above 7000ft / 2500m in a storm bound tent, it gets more risky with HE pots unless you raise the pot a bit further above the stove to reduce quenching.
MercatorGear I haven’t found this to be the case. It’s a freaking snow melting machine! And insanely short boil times with good fuel efficiency. I’ll continue to run it as is for now.
@@OneclickOutside Yes, you have an awesome snow melting set up there with the propane. The issue with the space between HE pot and stove only really kicks in at higher altitude where reduced oxygen and quenching start to noticeably reduce efficiency and increase CO emissions. The same thing is happening at lower altitude but to a lesser degree so it is much less noticeable. Anyway, thanks for the excellent demonstration!
Sorry, I forgot to measure this. But The Kovea Spider stove in this video is about 5" wide in use. It sounds like your Omnilite stove would fit about the same.
@@petervarley1029 I think it's a combination of the rather wide flame pattern, wide pot (water spread over a larger surface) and heat exchanger. I'm sure there are some differences between straight propane and an isobutane/propane mix, but probably not much.
If you bent the legs could you get the pot to sit down fully? I’m looking for a HX pot that’ll fit fully over the Kovea spider. The Primus ETA 1.8L looks close...
There's a good inch on each side, so I don't think it would be possible to clear those exchanger fins. Maybe if you cut the horizontal parts off AND bent them in a little. But that wouldn't be very stable and would likely scratch up the pot.
@@OneclickOutside You actually need some space between stove and pot to allow the flame to propagate fully. This is especially the case when using HE pots (on any stove), because the flip side of more heating efficiency is that the HE fins actually take heat out of the flame, thereby cooling it down, reducing efficiency and increasing carbon monoxide emissions (i.e. 'quenching'). The existing gap on this (and other stoves) is fine at low to medium altitude, but above 7000ft / 2500m in a storm bound tent, it gets more risky with HE pots unless you raise the pot a bit further above the stove to reduce quenching.
MercatorGear I haven’t found this to be the case. It’s a freaking snow melting machine! And insanely short boil times with good fuel efficiency. I’ll continue to run it as is for now.
@@OneclickOutside Yes, you have an awesome snow melting set up there with the propane. The issue with the space between HE pot and stove only really kicks in at higher altitude where reduced oxygen and quenching start to noticeably reduce efficiency and increase CO emissions. The same thing is happening at lower altitude but to a lesser degree so it is much less noticeable. Anyway, thanks for the excellent demonstration!
MercatorGear Good thing I’m at a whopping 800’!
Nice! I can't even boil water at home that fast lol
I have a Primus Omnilite ti stove, and I'm trying to see if this will fit on it or fall off of it.
What is the outside diameter of the heat exchanger on the Esbit pot shown?
I would guess 6". I don't have it with me now know so I'll need to measure and get back with you.
Sorry, I forgot to measure this. But The Kovea Spider stove in this video is about 5" wide in use. It sounds like your Omnilite stove would fit about the same.
Why so fast? Must be the pure propane? Can't be just the heat exchanger?
@@petervarley1029 I think it's a combination of the rather wide flame pattern, wide pot (water spread over a larger surface) and heat exchanger. I'm sure there are some differences between straight propane and an isobutane/propane mix, but probably not much.