Using an Evernew 900 ml pot.
Water is boiling, now time for coffee.
Wood selection is critical, the water has been boiled and I have now found some more birch, the fire in the stove continues.
So where does this leave me, in my view the BPL UK pocket Stove used in conjunction with a Zelph Companion stove is an excellent alcohol stove, as a backup the Pocket stove can also be used as a wood burning stove.
On an upcoming trip I will be using the pocket stove, and my plan is to use both alcohol and wood modes.
Stay tuned.
4 comments:
How do you find the size of burning box compared to bushbuddy and how well feeding wood from the side works. I like the simple desing and the fact it it easy to use with alcohol or esbit.
How would you compeer this to Trail desing sidewinger I know they two complete different desings but just your thoughts of use.CheersJouni
Hi Jouni, the burning box of the bush buddy is bigger and more efficient because of the wood gas effect, and the bush buddy can take bigger pieces of wood. Feeding the wood in from the side of the pocket stove is okay but they have to be short and thin. The grate underneath does allow effective airflow and in my view, wood is a good backup option. The sidewinder, is a much more efficient stove in alcohol mode but I would prefer to use the pocket stove in wood mode. Packability of the pocket stove is its one of its main strengths. All in all probably depends on what your requirements are. Hope that helps.
Such a simple concept. Nothing to go wrong!
Thanks for stopping by Steven, as you say a simple design, which is very packable and will always boil water.
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