Good to see you back Marc. I hope your health issues have subsided I made my own mini cone made out of titanium sheet, and I made my own spill proof alcohol stove. It is my favorite stove system for weekend trips
👍👍👍 .. nice 😊. I love my Esbit Stoves. I have two, the first being my original military issue from 1968 during my Military National Service. Fuels .. Liquid Alcohol or Alcohol-based Gel. I keep a pack of the Esbit Tablets stored inside the stove for 'just in case'. Burners .. mainly re-purposed Aluminium 200ml Energy Drink Cans or similar. Metal 'Bottle Tops' work well .. Whiskey is good .. don't waste anything 😏 (when a lower heat output is required). I fill the Burners with Glass / Ceramic Wool or Carbon Cloth to mitigate burning fuel spillage in the event of an inadvertent knock over. How much? I've learned how many 'squirts' of the fuel bottle is required for whatever. Rather less than more .. I have no problem with refilling (after making sure that the flame is out with the ever-present wet cotton face cloth). I'm a 'Boomer' (YOB 1950) so such (now perceived) obstacles 😱 are for me, no fuss. Wind Screens .. repurposed Aluminium Baking Trays, Soft Drink Cans and such. Just last night, home alone and babysitting the Pooch, I rustled up, on my 3rd floor flat balcony, some Spaghetti from the night before with a freshly cooked Onion, Garlic, Tomato Paste and Pesto Sauce on my Esbit Stove, using Alcohol Gel Fuel, in a Rectangular Aluminium Military Mess Tin .. delicious 😋. A good share .. thanks. Take care ..
I love my fancee feast, I got one a decade old I bet. Most of the problems people have with them has to do with lack of intelligence. Less is more. Great video I remeber similar stove stuff you did back in the day
@SpiguyverBackpacking1 still jealous you got one of those custom bead rolled toaks 550s and the matching caldera cone thing. Don't you have the carbon lid also?
Great to see you on Channel again! Hey, after I watched your video I got a suggested video of a very similar stove from a "bloke" in the UK that pretty much is saying the solid fuel is NOW BANNED in the UK! It would be nice to know what precipitated that and hope that doesn't happen in the US. Yeah!! See you in Camp Stoves Anonymous!! LOL!! Jeff
I'm in the UK. It's not banned per se. You now need a special licence to sell, buy, and possess it as there is a fear (paranoia) that in large quantities, hexy. (and other substances) can be used by extremists. These substances are classed as explosive pre-cursors and you need an EPP licence. www.gov.uk/government/publications/licensing-for-home-users-of-explosives-precursors/licensing-for-home-users-of-poisons-and-explosive-precursors
I don't remember if Simon or Paul Messner talked about it. I heard the reason they banned the old style fuel tabs was the chemical could be used as a precursor for making explosives. It seems like a far fetched overreach though.
Dan with Zelph's is a great person to work with! He has mad me some custom stuff and given free stuff for the kids.
Great to see you back Mark, even better with an alcohol stove review.
Thanks Scott, hard to say no to an alcohol stove!
I like those mini burners with the cap. I wonder if there's o-rings to make an airtight seal. Great to see a new video from you. Hope all is well. 👍
Good to see you back Marc. I hope your health issues have subsided
I made my own mini cone made out of titanium sheet, and I made my own spill proof alcohol stove. It is my favorite stove system for weekend trips
Still not 100%, but I'm back and I'll put out a video letting everyone know what's been going on.
He's alive!!! 😀
Glad to see you're back. 👍
But what's the deal with everyone, including me, getting sick this year? 🤔
It's been awhile. Good to see you back.
Thanks!
👍👍👍 .. nice 😊.
I love my Esbit Stoves. I have two, the first being my original military issue from 1968 during my Military National Service.
Fuels .. Liquid Alcohol or Alcohol-based Gel. I keep a pack of the Esbit Tablets stored inside the stove for 'just in case'.
Burners .. mainly re-purposed Aluminium 200ml Energy Drink Cans or similar. Metal 'Bottle Tops' work well .. Whiskey is good .. don't waste anything 😏 (when a lower heat output is required).
I fill the Burners with Glass / Ceramic Wool or Carbon Cloth to mitigate burning fuel spillage in the event of an inadvertent knock over.
How much? I've learned how many 'squirts' of the fuel bottle is required for whatever. Rather less than more .. I have no problem with refilling (after making sure that the flame is out with the ever-present wet cotton face cloth). I'm a 'Boomer' (YOB 1950) so such (now perceived) obstacles 😱 are for me, no fuss.
Wind Screens .. repurposed Aluminium Baking Trays, Soft Drink Cans and such.
Just last night, home alone and babysitting the Pooch, I rustled up, on my 3rd floor flat balcony, some Spaghetti from the night before with a freshly cooked Onion, Garlic, Tomato Paste and Pesto Sauce on my Esbit Stove, using Alcohol Gel Fuel, in a Rectangular Aluminium Military Mess Tin .. delicious 😋.
A good share .. thanks. Take care ..
I love my fancee feast, I got one a decade old I bet. Most of the problems people have with them has to do with lack of intelligence. Less is more. Great video I remeber similar stove stuff you did back in the day
I still have 3 Fancee Feast stoves, all still work, great design!
@SpiguyverBackpacking1 still jealous you got one of those custom bead rolled toaks 550s and the matching caldera cone thing. Don't you have the carbon lid also?
Great to see you on Channel again! Hey, after I watched your video I got a suggested video of a very similar stove from a "bloke" in the UK that pretty much is saying the solid fuel is NOW BANNED in the UK! It would be nice to know what precipitated that and hope that doesn't happen in the US. Yeah!! See you in Camp Stoves Anonymous!! LOL!! Jeff
Interesting, they ban a lot of strange things over there!
I'm in the UK. It's not banned per se. You now need a special licence to sell, buy, and possess it as there is a fear (paranoia) that in large quantities, hexy. (and other substances) can be used by extremists. These substances are classed as explosive pre-cursors and you need an EPP licence.
www.gov.uk/government/publications/licensing-for-home-users-of-explosives-precursors/licensing-for-home-users-of-poisons-and-explosive-precursors
I don't remember if Simon or Paul Messner talked about it. I heard the reason they banned the old style fuel tabs was the chemical could be used as a precursor for making explosives.
It seems like a far fetched overreach though.
Hi there-I use a similar stove, you are just supposed to blow it out-don't use the lid, it will start to leak fuel.
Cool deal, I didn't remember being able to blow my others out, but I'm sure you're right. Thanks for the correction!
Good to see you back in front of the camera. Hope life is treating you well. Any chance you'll make it out to Fall MAHHA?
It’s been a while, things are going okay. I will do my best to make it, really depends on work and life! But the intent is that yes I will be there.
Good to see you back! You got any plans to get out and do more trip videos any time soon?
No solid plans, but I’ll put out a video talking through some of it. Thanks!
You should rather check out the X-Boil. It uses a similar burner, but a better windscreen. Just ask Leo to send you one.
thats 1/2 mesh
Thanks, if you saw the segment I cut out trying to add 99 and 10.8 you’d see why I couldn’t determine the size! LOL