funbun

I just ran across this stove on another forums. It's light wieght and only uses wood. You can put and alcohol burner in if your going about the treeline. It looks good. Weighs less than a pound. Only 20 bucks.

https://www.trailstove.com

natelutkjohn

Neat idea, but from my hiking and biking experience, there may not be burnable wood around if you are in deserts or temperate regions. Also, as much as they say that wet wood will be fine, if it is pouring rain then wet would will be very un-fine and you can't use it in your tent very safely if you really have to. But still, a neat idea if conditions are right.
That would also make my gear much more filthy. Packing a soot covered piece of equipment with everything else just isn't the best idea in the world.

funbun

Yeah, But you could just as easily put the alcohol burner in and/or a couple peices of charocol and there you go instant pot stand. Above the treeline there is no wood so just stick an Coke can alcohol burner in and you'll be fine.

Netcelt

I like my 1.5 oz homemade V8 can alchol stove. Works wonderfully and weighs nothing, plus it cost about $2 to make

halfbiked

I recommend packing pots in their own stuff sack anyway, so nothing else is getting soiled. Also, any soot residue comes off pretty easily when cleaning the inside of the pot.

In any case, it is certainly an interesting idea. Like with any other stove there are positives and negatives. I've cooked on a variety of stoves & tend to prefer wood, but thats entirely an aesthetic preference, not a practical one. A good white gas/multifuel stove is the easiest to use, control & refuel. Propane cannisters are next: easy&convenient to use & control, but can be tougher to refuel. Alcohol stoves are hardest to control, but typically the lightest weight. When I've cooked on wood, it hasn't been with a dedicated stove like above, but instead on either an improvised rock tripod or a fire grate in the bwca. Frankly, a small, hot fire in a stove or in a small pile between 3 rocks can be quick to get started, burn hot enough to leave little soot residue & be as controllable (for heat) as any store-bought stove. With a homemade stove, the heat control is typically non-existent.

Anyway, the user needs to figure out what their needs are, what their wants are & go from there.

Rogerinchrist

For 20 dollars? You can easily make that out of a medium to large juice can.

That link has the Trangia Spirit Burner at a good price though.

sunsetnkc

The trailstove is the only one I use now... have never been able to not find something to burn.... come on where do you ride or hike that you can go the whole day and not see a few twigs, pine cones, etc to burn..... and alcohol or fuel, why carry that extra weight and have to worry about it spilling onto you sleeping bag or clothes. The trailstove is the best thing I have found for touring/hiking.

Dio Rallen

Best thing I have found for touring in the bottom grate of a round grill. Build a fire between two rocks/logs, put the grill on top, done. It's good for cooking, just requires a lot of resourcefull creatitivity and some late nights when it's raining. I've done several tours like this.

But when it's raining, I tend to just go for sardines and crackers, or a ton of PB+J sandwhiches. There's allways some convinence store on the road somewhere, even in Nova Scotia I would find one at least a day. It was hard on Flur De Luis trail, I'll admit, 60 miles without a single trace of active humanity, except this town with two houses and a fog horn. We were mighty hungry at the end of that day, and the first place with anything resembling edible food, we jumped on.

This could be usefull, and if they make it out of something more sturdier then a metal can, that would be a plus too. I would still opt to doing something creative in a metal workshop, or even your own house with a metal cutter. Sounds like an interesting project, to me.

JoeLonghair

I used an old alu colander 7" in diameter and on old wire light weight mesh for the top. The colander sits on 2 pieces of small twigs/logs 1 " in dia. This way I can grill the meat which has been marinating whilst I am working up an appetite peddling. I always, when poss, light a little fire and pick out the embers to load the cooker. This way I get no soot on the pots and have complete temp control. The whole thing cost me nothing and weighs a couple of oz. My Trangia cooker with pots sit in the alu colander so no space wasted. I always carry the trangia as you never know if you need to cook in the tent or recently as in Italy it was too dangerous to light a fire in the forest as it was covered in pine needles and all very dry. The trangia fuel bottle dose not allow any smells or spills whatsoever. I will always go by first choice cooking with embers but will always carry the trangia as back up. This way I do not need alot of fuel enough for 10 days worth for a months touring.