Ernie, pull the wicks and use a needle file to make a tiny groove in the base of each. Just a tiny nick like in a Trangia or a Redcamp or a penny stove. If the fuel can't flow, it pops as it floods back into the wick. On this one, try a grill like in the what's its name round twig burner. Tomshoo! A round PC muffin fan grill would make a perfect grill as well. This stove is sort of like the Coghlans Sterno stove.....uses common fuel but is intended as a home stove more than anything. It's a single stove eye for all intents and purposes. Great vid, bud!
The 'popping' .. before refuelling, chuck a wet cotton face cloth over the burners. I have one nearby whenever I cook. Large Volume Alcohol Stoves .. fill the tank with Carbon Cloth and / or Glass / Ceramic Wool.
You raised some good points. I would have thought the boil time would have been faster because of the great big flame pattern with a lot of surface to heat.
I always appreciate you showing us new toys :) I think it is a decent stove with issues. It would work well in a base camp situation that you were trying to cook for multiple people, if you have the fuel to run it. BUT, I think there are better, and safer options out there. I do love collecting camping stoves, but I don't think I need this one. BTW, I absolutely agree with you on the silence of an alcohol stove being one of its biggest pluses for me. Thank you for taking the time to share with us, and have a blessed new year.
Looks a fair bit like an alcohol "tea stove" I bought on Ebay as a backup stove for home/boat use (less noxious fumes burning alcohol than LPG) work great in blackout conditions imo
The popping is probably air mixing with the fumes making an explosive mixture. That's why the guy may have had that issue with the stove bursting into flames. It could have still been burning but with the flame inside the burner. Just a few thoughts. Maybe stuffing it with carbon felt would solve all these problems
I had one. Loved it. One of things that went missing when I moved in 2019. It didn't make it to my home. But my other stoves did. Hmmm. I used it for cooking after Hurricanes. Making Soups for the Family. Cooking Bacon. Big patches of Roman noodles for friends. Etc... Dangerous ?? Like any alcohol stove IMHO. Yeah. This stove is great to use Cast Iron with. Try it with Cast Iron pans and cookware. Hit Pot dishes. Vegues, a meat, together. Great cooking on top of this stove. But buy 91%+ alcohol in Bulk for this stove as a backup stove or Cabin Stove. I used 99% alcohol in mine for greater heat for cooking big meals better
Looks great for an emergency stove for when the power goes out, for all of us with electric stove, I won't mind using a funnel to pore in the alcohol. The wait five minutes is normal for all liquid fuel devices, heater, stove, lamps etc
The poppings come from not enough alcohol inside the stove. This kind of stove has always to be filled up to at least 20% for a proper burn. (You can easily observe a similar popping effect on some home made 'stoves' which simply consist of a tube kind, let's say something like half a bottle of deodorant or so, and on some Fondue burners as well - if they burn down, there is no more proper oxygen/alcohol mix and they start popping.) The fuel consumption problem is surely because of the same cause - if this stove is properly filled, it should always burn smoothly and with low consumption. And please do NEVER remove the mesh. It is what protects the stove from exploding ... because if the wick burns down, the flame may come by mistake inside the stove. What does not happen as long as the mesh is there, since the flame cannot come under it. Yet I'm not sure whether I would like to want one of these. And just to say that: there was, in the good old times, an alcohol stove of similar or even slightly bigger dimensions which worked fantastically and was used heavily on boats or in old school RVs. They had even a version with two burners, same as some gas stoves. The company and brand name was 'Origo'. The fuel inside these stoves was contained in kind of a flat canister which could be replaced. The flame could be also regulated and was - more or less - fuel proof as well as fool proof, means no or not much spilling nor evaporation, and every kid could handle it. I always wanted to have one of these wonderful stoves but never purchased one because they were very costly and I always spent my budget for other stuff, keeping that stove on my list for when I have some extra money. Then sadly, one day Dometic purchased that company and their product portfolio and stopped after some while the production of this great stove. No idea why they did. These stoves were kind of indestructible, worked over decades without fail, yet were very costly - maybe that' combination was the reason they killed it ... You might still find them sometimes on eBay or so. If you have the chance to get one - try your luck.
The Amazon link shows almost the same as this but has a drawer where the knob is - which allows for adding alcohol without going through the nozzle - and which would allow for separating the fuel storage in a way that would probably prevent the popping off when fuel runs out... pull out the stove and it's open-air rather than fumes coming through small nozzles. It looks like they fixed the two biggest problems shown in this video.
For a larger but still safe cooking stove I filled a large fondue burner with carbon felt and drilled some extra holes for more air flow. Great for making coffee and frying some bacon and eggs in the backyard for breakfast.
I had one similar to that one when I was a teenager (I am 75 now), I picked it up in a Oriental store and was warned by the old gentleman who ran it about the problems with it. His wife had not wanted to sell it to me she figured a teenager was not smart enough to use one. I also bought a number of pots, pans a portable walk and some nesting containers from them over a ten year period. The Older women always greeted me with "You not burn house down yet".
Bought a stove like yours but without the alcohol candles, just the little center pan for either solid or liquid fuel. The kojan stove I made for my range is made from a shallow aluminum screw top tin from Amazon, 2 1/4 inches across. I cut out a small round burn port in the lid, 1 1/4 inch across, about the size of a $.50. cent piece. I can save unused fuel like a trangia, when I screw on a second lid, uncut. (2 tins for one burner set). I put the burn port lid on the bottom of the kojan stove tin for storage and close it with the uncut lid after use. By using the stove's flame adjustment knob, I can reduce the flame to a simmer for rice and to dry bake using a small pan with a small rack inside the baking pan to support a smaller cake/bread pan, etc. An ounce of alcohol burns about 38 minutes on lowest setting. I love my stove! I used only 1 gallon of denatured alcohol during 3 months last summer in Tucson Arizona, because it was too hot to use the stove range. One ounce alcohol fuel lasted about 38 minutes! Enough to cook everything. There are 128 ounces in a gallon. I use a 1/4 inch flexible hose to siphon alcohol into a dispenser to avoid a mess. I sometimes used double boiler setups to prevent hot spot scorching for simmered foods or for dry baking. I'm going to experiment more with dry baking and simmering by putting a metal plate on legs with a FEW holes of 1 inch or less, between the flame and baking or simmering pan. This would deflect direct flame into indirect heat, so a double boiler can hopefully be avoided. A metal ring around the outside of the big flame port built into the main range, a wide ring tube like the one built next to your pot stand legs, would direct the heat of the flame under the shield up toward the cooking vessels. I imagine the heat shield plate should be about 1 inch smaller diameter than the range's flame port and about 1 inch above the flame. The cooking pot would rest about 1/2-1 inch above, on the pot stand legs. There's always something to try, isn't there?! 😊. With your stove you could skip putting legs on the heat shield and just extend 3 legs to the sides to rest on top of the metal ring around the inside of your pot stand.
Hi Ernie! It's been a little while since I'd watched. Always love your videos. You did a great job with this one as always, and I was excited to see this new alcohol stove review. I also enjoyed the acting skills in the beginning of the video. I have seen stoves similar, or perhaps this one on Amazon many times, but never got it. I agree that it would be too risky to buy. I have always wanted an alcohol stove just because, and still haven't bought one. Since I feel you are pretty much an expert on these things, I wanted to ask a question. Dometic used to make non- pressurized bigger stoves under the name Origo. I was disappointed a few years or so ago when I found out they stopped making all of them, including the Origo 5100 single burner heater option. Are there any alcohol stoves that you feel would be safe as a backup option to use indoors inside a house during an emergency or power outage? What would be a good option and would one of the brands with a full kit or set of options be better? Thanks so much. Blessings to you and your family.
Love your content and how you research and explain everything! I would not buy this stove better option out there recently got a trangia which I like. Subscriber here. All the best to you.
I love doing a Temu run as well but never had the guts to buy those stoves, Ernie I had 3 Kids 2 boys and a girl and now have 15 grandkids you are a braver man than I am thats for sure. Jim from Scotland
This one should come with one of those fire blankets constantly advertised on UA-cam. Seriously though, any stove can be dangerous if you’re careless. This is one I don’t think I would use indoors.
Thanks for sharing. Yup I too use my various alcohol stoves to make my morning tea. Starting with tap water I can boil 300ml water with 15ml alcohol. Maybe in high winds, but I can't figure out why so many people need an ounce or more just to make a cup coffee.😁👍
If you want a BIG alcohol stove just jget a big old coffee can, punch some vent holes in it and some burner holes below the rim, fill it most of the way with welders felt or insulation, put a screen grill on top and go for it. Did that when we were young in the early 50s. Worked great. To control the flame either use flashing with a hole for a simmer or use heavy aluminum foil with holes to shut off some of the burner holes if you use them.😅
I guessed correctly it would boil water quickly. The popping when only fumes left is scary. If getting this and the alcohol runs out with the popping, I would not only close the top but let the whole thing cool down for awhile. That means may want to have a second alternating stove of some kind in the interrim while waiting. This could have potential as a camping heater rather than stove maybe in a hot tent from inside a little wood stove for protection. This is much less expensive than an old alcohol canister heater but I agree it's generally too dangerous for either stove or heater.
I completely agree with you that the noise created by the propane stove is annoying and that the alcohol stove is so much more pleasing. You and I may be the minority but that makes no difference. Keep doing what you're doing. We all missed you when you took your sabbatical. Glad you're back.
I was scrolling when you said subscribe for your kids college and I scrolled all the way back to comment! That was funny. If I wasn't already a subscriber, I would have done just cause ' of that. Oh and thanks for the test.
I bought refillable cans with one port and metal wick. When I lit it the fuel would shoot out the top. Burnt my ceiling. I think fumes build up inside. I may try different fuels.
I like to carry nearly everything I need for up to three days on the trail in the pockets of my "Field Coat". With a few pounds of "stuff" in a light day-pack. So, this stove is just too big for my backpack style. But, it looks okay for the box we keep in the back of the Jeep and Pickup.
This is an interesting stove, but seems to be searching for a home. For car camping I'll use my Coleman 2-burner stove, as that is a little more substantial, and I can manage the fuel a little easier.
This stove is pretty hilarious honestly. Kind of reminds me of marine stoves I've seen which are larger but still use alcohol. speaking of alcohol stoves, I just found out about the Brasslite turbo stoves. they seem to be really well built but all the videos I can find on them are mostly a decade old or more. Would you be willing to get one in to do some tests on it? I love my trangia 27 but I've been eyeing lighter options and want something more stable than a basic fancee feast stove because I find those too precarious in the field.
I've a feeling that this is some kind of traditional camping/portable stove in China, and they're getting sold into Western markets because they've made like fifty million of them and maybe there's a few million left over. What makes me think this is that there's a lot of different designs of the same basic stove on eBay, and some of the pictures show the stoves being used with somewhat unfamiliar pots etc. Like the pictures are from Chinese domestic market advertising.
We run on the principle: Safety is no accident." Our little guy, five (5) years old, was issued an Esbit style folding pocket stove, several tins and bottle caps to contain fuel and a recycled plastic dish detergent bottle of gel alcohol. We like that fuel as it will not spread out like liquid alcohol does in the event of a tip over. The flame is more visible in daylight conditions than liquid fuels, adding to the safety factor. Not as much heat as our other stoves but safer for practice sessions.Parents, and our older troops have graduated to butane stoves, Trangia and DIY liquid fueled stoves. Like you say, this is not a camp stove. It is more of an appliance for home use. Would I use it in an emergency? Heck yes and do so with great caution.
Ohhh, yeah, I been, “pulled in”, so many, so much money. The precious quiet of an alcohol stove, simple, home made, garage made, factory…doesn’t matter; I’m in. Heh. heh, heh, send one to me…from an old fan, retired in east Tennessee, Smokies. P.S. I think that one would be fine for the home kitchen, when the power goes out. Maybe an alcohol squeeze bottle with a silicon tube, with a small metal tube nozzle, could be a help with long term meals.
That "popping" can be a problem. Happened to me and the bottle explodd in my hand and set my bus on fire. Lost a lot including part of my hand so be CAREFUL!!!!
Yes, this is no campingstove. They use them in Chinese restaurants, at the table, to keep soup cooking, as you dip different food items into it. Got one just like it, but without those five "chimneys". Alcohol-burners are my favorite too. Mostly. If not cooking for a battalion, one or two of the ordinary "soda-can-burners" will suit most camping needs. The fuel cost next to nothing, and they are not burning too hot; so food tend to fry, not burn. And try to use propane at high altitudes and in cold weather! But, there is one thing I never seem to understand: Why people punish themselves by drinking instant coffee, when you can throw a handful of freshly and coarsely ground coffee beans into the pot, and taste some real life?
Adding anything over a couple of ounces it will spray flames over a large area. I have tried all of thier suggested fuels and all have issues with spewing flames or smoking horribly. Just don't do it!
I can not really see an application for this where a propane/gas stove would not be more convenient, easier, and safer to use. Possibly even cheaper, as you only use the fuel you are going to burn. With a liquid alcohol you cannot switch it off when the water boils. I am sure someone will point at an application where this stove is better, but I bet it is a very niche application.
Looks beter than I expected. Qlthout quite ridiculous design. Could be useful on a cabin or so. That video you mention is quentissential UA-cam. "It's working now" says the dude on the video.
Ya that filling technique turned me off. Should be able to just pour the spirits in the middle haphazardly with no trouble. Ya like big alcohol stoves? look into marine stoves , Sailors us the heck out of them. They just dump the fuel in, no special aim.
Thank you for your contributions to the camping and hiking world.
Ernie, pull the wicks and use a needle file to make a tiny groove in the base of each. Just a tiny nick like in a Trangia or a Redcamp or a penny stove. If the fuel can't flow, it pops as it floods back into the wick. On this one, try a grill like in the what's its name round twig burner. Tomshoo! A round PC muffin fan grill would make a perfect grill as well. This stove is sort of like the Coghlans Sterno stove.....uses common fuel but is intended as a home stove more than anything. It's a single stove eye for all intents and purposes. Great vid, bud!
Love the attitude and humor.
The 'popping' .. before refuelling, chuck a wet cotton face cloth over the burners. I have one nearby whenever I cook.
Large Volume Alcohol Stoves .. fill the tank with Carbon Cloth and / or Glass / Ceramic Wool.
You raised some good points. I would have thought the boil time would have been faster because of the great big flame pattern with a lot of surface to heat.
I always appreciate you showing us new toys :) I think it is a decent stove with issues. It would work well in a base camp situation that you were trying to cook for multiple people, if you have the fuel to run it. BUT, I think there are better, and safer options out there. I do love collecting camping stoves, but I don't think I need this one. BTW, I absolutely agree with you on the silence of an alcohol stove being one of its biggest pluses for me. Thank you for taking the time to share with us, and have a blessed new year.
Looks a fair bit like an alcohol "tea stove" I bought on Ebay as a backup stove for home/boat use (less noxious fumes burning alcohol than LPG) work great in blackout conditions imo
The popping is probably air mixing with the fumes making an explosive mixture. That's why the guy may have had that issue with the stove bursting into flames. It could have still been burning but with the flame inside the burner. Just a few thoughts.
Maybe stuffing it with carbon felt would solve all these problems
I had one. Loved it.
One of things that went missing when I moved in 2019. It didn't make it to my home. But my other stoves did. Hmmm.
I used it for cooking after Hurricanes.
Making Soups for the Family. Cooking Bacon. Big patches of Roman noodles for friends. Etc...
Dangerous ??
Like any alcohol stove IMHO. Yeah.
This stove is great to use Cast Iron with.
Try it with Cast Iron pans and cookware.
Hit Pot dishes. Vegues, a meat, together. Great cooking on top of this stove.
But buy 91%+ alcohol in Bulk for this stove as a backup stove or Cabin Stove. I used 99% alcohol in mine for greater heat for cooking big meals better
Looks great for an emergency stove for when the power goes out, for all of us with electric stove, I won't mind using a funnel to pore in the alcohol. The wait five minutes is normal for all liquid fuel devices, heater, stove, lamps etc
Built in alcohol stoves are popular on boats. But they are expensive and sophisticated. One reason for alcohol is that it can be put out with water.
The poppings come from not enough alcohol inside the stove. This kind of stove has always to be filled up to at least 20% for a proper burn. (You can easily observe a similar popping effect on some home made 'stoves' which simply consist of a tube kind, let's say something like half a bottle of deodorant or so, and on some Fondue burners as well - if they burn down, there is no more proper oxygen/alcohol mix and they start popping.) The fuel consumption problem is surely because of the same cause - if this stove is properly filled, it should always burn smoothly and with low consumption.
And please do NEVER remove the mesh. It is what protects the stove from exploding ... because if the wick burns down, the flame may come by mistake inside the stove. What does not happen as long as the mesh is there, since the flame cannot come under it.
Yet I'm not sure whether I would like to want one of these.
And just to say that: there was, in the good old times, an alcohol stove of similar or even slightly bigger dimensions which worked fantastically and was used heavily on boats or in old school RVs. They had even a version with two burners, same as some gas stoves. The company and brand name was 'Origo'. The fuel inside these stoves was contained in kind of a flat canister which could be replaced. The flame could be also regulated and was - more or less - fuel proof as well as fool proof, means no or not much spilling nor evaporation, and every kid could handle it.
I always wanted to have one of these wonderful stoves but never purchased one because they were very costly and I always spent my budget for other stuff, keeping that stove on my list for when I have some extra money. Then sadly, one day Dometic purchased that company and their product portfolio and stopped after some while the production of this great stove. No idea why they did. These stoves were kind of indestructible, worked over decades without fail, yet were very costly - maybe that' combination was the reason they killed it ...
You might still find them sometimes on eBay or so. If you have the chance to get one - try your luck.
The Amazon link shows almost the same as this but has a drawer where the knob is - which allows for adding alcohol without going through the nozzle - and which would allow for separating the fuel storage in a way that would probably prevent the popping off when fuel runs out... pull out the stove and it's open-air rather than fumes coming through small nozzles. It looks like they fixed the two biggest problems shown in this video.
The one in the amazon link is a gel block stove.
Looking at it it’s a kitchen stove for use on a counter top.
Reminiscent of alcohol stoves designed for use on boats.
For a larger but still safe cooking stove I filled a large fondue burner with carbon felt and drilled some extra holes for more air flow. Great for making coffee and frying some bacon and eggs in the backyard for breakfast.
I had one similar to that one when I was a teenager (I am 75 now), I picked it up in a Oriental store and was warned by the old gentleman who ran it about the problems with it. His wife had not wanted to sell it to me she figured a teenager was not smart enough to use one. I also bought a number of pots, pans a portable walk and some nesting containers from them over a ten year period. The Older women always greeted me with "You not burn house down yet".
Diggin' the humour lately! 3 kids; college, sweet Nellie.
Safety first, thanks for sharing Ernie
Bought a stove like yours but without the alcohol candles, just the little center pan for either solid or liquid fuel. The kojan stove I made for my range is made from a shallow aluminum screw top tin from Amazon, 2 1/4 inches across. I cut out a small round burn port in the lid, 1 1/4 inch across, about the size of a $.50. cent piece. I can save unused fuel like a trangia, when I screw on a second lid, uncut. (2 tins for one burner set). I put the burn port lid on the bottom of the kojan stove tin for storage and close it with the uncut lid after use. By using the stove's flame adjustment knob, I can reduce the flame to a simmer for rice and to dry bake using a small pan with a small rack inside the baking pan to support a smaller cake/bread pan, etc. An ounce of alcohol burns about 38 minutes on lowest setting. I love my stove! I used only 1 gallon of denatured alcohol during 3 months last summer in Tucson Arizona, because it was too hot to use the stove range. One ounce alcohol fuel lasted about 38 minutes! Enough to cook everything. There are 128 ounces in a gallon. I use a 1/4 inch flexible hose to siphon alcohol into a dispenser to avoid a mess.
I sometimes used double boiler setups to prevent hot spot scorching for simmered foods or for dry baking.
I'm going to experiment more with dry baking and simmering by putting a metal plate on legs with a FEW holes of 1 inch or less, between the flame and baking or simmering pan. This would deflect direct flame into indirect heat, so a double boiler can hopefully be avoided. A metal ring around the outside of the big flame port built into the main range, a wide ring tube like the one built next to your pot stand legs, would direct the heat of the flame under the shield up toward the cooking vessels. I imagine the heat shield plate should be about 1 inch smaller diameter than the range's flame port and about 1 inch above the flame. The cooking pot would rest about 1/2-1 inch above, on the pot stand legs. There's always something to try, isn't there?! 😊. With your stove you could skip putting legs on the heat shield and just extend 3 legs to the sides to rest on top of the metal ring around the inside of your pot stand.
Hi Ernie! It's been a little while since I'd watched. Always love your videos. You did a great job with this one as always, and I was excited to see this new alcohol stove review. I also enjoyed the acting skills in the beginning of the video. I have seen stoves similar, or perhaps this one on Amazon many times, but never got it. I agree that it would be too risky to buy. I have always wanted an alcohol stove just because, and still haven't bought one. Since I feel you are pretty much an expert on these things, I wanted to ask a question. Dometic used to make non- pressurized bigger stoves under the name Origo. I was disappointed a few years or so ago when I found out they stopped making all of them, including the Origo 5100 single burner heater option. Are there any alcohol stoves that you feel would be safe as a backup option to use indoors inside a house during an emergency or power outage? What would be a good option and would one of the brands with a full kit or set of options be better? Thanks so much. Blessings to you and your family.
It looks like an awesome stove.
Love your content and how you research and explain everything! I would not buy this stove better option out there recently got a trangia which I like. Subscriber here. All the best to you.
I love doing a Temu run as well but never had the guts to buy those stoves, Ernie I had 3 Kids 2 boys and a girl and now have 15 grandkids you are a braver man than I am thats for sure. Jim from Scotland
This one should come with one of those fire blankets constantly advertised on UA-cam. Seriously though, any stove can be dangerous if you’re careless. This is one I don’t think I would use indoors.
Thanks for sharing. Yup I too use my various alcohol stoves to make my morning tea. Starting with tap water I can boil 300ml water with 15ml alcohol. Maybe in high winds, but I can't figure out why so many people need an ounce or more just to make a cup coffee.😁👍
If you want a BIG alcohol stove just jget a big old coffee can, punch some vent holes in it and some burner holes below the rim, fill it most of the way with welders felt or insulation, put a screen grill on top and go for it. Did that when we were young in the early 50s. Worked great. To control the flame either use flashing with a hole for a simmer or use heavy aluminum foil with holes to shut off some of the burner holes if you use them.😅
❤😂 looks like it could roast a half side of beef 😊
I also use a double boiler set up when baking or simmering delicate foods.
There is a short i saw on youtube you might like. A pressure alcohol stove that looked like a miniture hot air Baloon burner.
Thinking of how funny it would be if you'd done the intro with your face and hands bandaged up.
I guessed correctly it would boil water quickly. The popping when only fumes left is scary. If getting this and the alcohol runs out with the popping, I would not only close the top but let the whole thing cool down for awhile. That means may want to have a second alternating stove of some kind in the interrim while waiting. This could have potential as a camping heater rather than stove maybe in a hot tent from inside a little wood stove for protection. This is much less expensive than an old alcohol canister heater but I agree it's generally too dangerous for either stove or heater.
I completely agree with you that the noise created by the propane stove is annoying and that the alcohol stove is so much more pleasing. You and I may be the minority but that makes no difference. Keep doing what you're doing. We all missed you when you took your sabbatical. Glad you're back.
I was scrolling when you said subscribe for your kids college and I scrolled all the way back to comment! That was funny. If I wasn't already a subscriber, I would have done just cause ' of that. Oh and thanks for the test.
Correction: the heat shield holes should be about 1/4 inch not 1 inch. I think the shield should be suspended about 1 inch above the flame.
I bought refillable cans with one port and metal wick. When I lit it the fuel would shoot out the top. Burnt my ceiling. I think fumes build up inside. I may try different fuels.
I like to carry nearly everything I need for up to three days on the trail in the pockets of my "Field Coat". With a few pounds of "stuff" in a light day-pack.
So, this stove is just too big for my backpack style. But, it looks okay for the box we keep in the back of the Jeep and Pickup.
This is an interesting stove, but seems to be searching for a home. For car camping I'll use my Coleman 2-burner stove, as that is a little more substantial, and I can manage the fuel a little easier.
Ernie we need your opinion on the pill bottle stove.
This stove is pretty hilarious honestly. Kind of reminds me of marine stoves I've seen which are larger but still use alcohol. speaking of alcohol stoves, I just found out about the Brasslite turbo stoves. they seem to be really well built but all the videos I can find on them are mostly a decade old or more. Would you be willing to get one in to do some tests on it? I love my trangia 27 but I've been eyeing lighter options and want something more stable than a basic fancee feast stove because I find those too precarious in the field.
I've a feeling that this is some kind of traditional camping/portable stove in China, and they're getting sold into Western markets because they've made like fifty million of them and maybe there's a few million left over. What makes me think this is that there's a lot of different designs of the same basic stove on eBay, and some of the pictures show the stoves being used with somewhat unfamiliar pots etc. Like the pictures are from Chinese domestic market advertising.
Neat I wish there was a way to harness the alcohol power😅 why do I want to fry bacon with that thing
We run on the principle: Safety is no accident." Our little guy, five (5) years old, was issued an Esbit style folding pocket stove, several tins and bottle caps to contain fuel and a recycled plastic dish detergent bottle of gel alcohol. We like that fuel as it will not spread out like liquid alcohol does in the event of a tip over. The flame is more visible in daylight conditions than liquid fuels, adding to the safety factor. Not as much heat as our other stoves but safer for practice sessions.Parents, and our older troops have graduated to butane stoves, Trangia and DIY liquid fueled stoves. Like you say, this is not a camp stove. It is more of an appliance for home use. Would I use it in an emergency? Heck yes and do so with great caution.
Hmmm! Maybe I will pick it up take it apart and use my Origo fuel canister. Just something to play with and make a small sove for my pickup stove.
Did wonderful about this type of stove. Now I know and will pass. Thanks.
Ohhh, yeah, I been, “pulled in”, so many, so much money. The precious quiet of an alcohol stove, simple, home made, garage made, factory…doesn’t matter; I’m in. Heh. heh, heh, send one to me…from an old fan, retired in east Tennessee, Smokies.
P.S. I think that one would be fine for the home kitchen, when the power goes out. Maybe an alcohol squeeze bottle with a silicon tube, with a small metal tube nozzle, could be a help with long term meals.
Good review, thanks for sharing, YAH bless !
That "popping" can be a problem. Happened to me and the bottle explodd in my hand and set my bus on fire. Lost a lot including part of my hand so be CAREFUL!!!!
I bought it because it looked so cool
Thanks Doc for the review. I'm a "NO" on this one. Better to go with a Colman propane or white gas stove. Probably more efficient and less dangerous.
Check out the FIREMAPLE SATURN STOVE...❤
ha, the guy said simmer and what ya want.
The nitch for a good shoe phone is wide open.
Yes, this is no campingstove. They use them in Chinese restaurants, at the table, to keep soup cooking, as you dip different food items into it. Got one just like it, but without those five "chimneys".
Alcohol-burners are my favorite too. Mostly. If not cooking for a battalion, one or two of the ordinary "soda-can-burners" will suit most camping needs. The fuel cost next to nothing, and they are not burning too hot; so food tend to fry, not burn. And try to use propane at high altitudes and in cold weather!
But, there is one thing I never seem to understand: Why people punish themselves by drinking instant coffee, when you can throw a handful of freshly and coarsely ground coffee beans into the pot, and taste some real life?
Yes it is a very dangerous stove. When it doesn't explode at lighting it is awsome.
Adding anything over a couple of ounces it will spray flames over a large area. I have tried all of thier suggested fuels and all have issues with spewing flames or smoking horribly. Just don't do it!
I can not really see an application for this where a propane/gas stove would not be more convenient, easier, and safer to use. Possibly even cheaper, as you only use the fuel you are going to burn. With a liquid alcohol you cannot switch it off when the water boils.
I am sure someone will point at an application where this stove is better, but I bet it is a very niche application.
The only way to make this stove safe is to not put fuel in it. If this stove used a pressurized tank then I think it would be a worthy purchase.
Stove of Death ☠️
Looks beter than I expected. Qlthout quite ridiculous design. Could be useful on a cabin or so.
That video you mention is quentissential UA-cam. "It's working now" says the dude on the video.
Possibly worth more than $20 in scrap metal 😂. If you fancy trying an awesome stove take a look at the Primus Ulti, 3KW of radiant power. ❤
Boil time is too long, my guess!
Ya that filling technique turned me off. Should be able to just pour the spirits in the middle haphazardly with no trouble. Ya like big alcohol stoves? look into marine stoves , Sailors us the heck out of them. They just dump the fuel in, no special aim.
No. I think you did a great job on the demo. But it is something you can you use in your 🏡. Like you said gotta be very careful.
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This might be the guy with the exploding stove you were talking about (ua-cam.com/video/4sJTolsncSM/v-deo.htmlsi=BQj4mtcTVlOrhGQ4)
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