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I have used sticker burner, or hobo stoves quite a bit in the past. The stuff that I have been doing the last couple of years has had me lean more to a pressurized type stove (like my MSR Dragonfly) for various reasons. Whether it was the fridge temperatures, the lack of time, or the amount of distance I wanted to cover, they have kind of been m pick.
I have to admit, for how convenient those things are, especially when you have kids that want to eat NOW, they have never sat well with me. There still seems to be a PITA factor to them. Last weekend is the perfect example of that. I took my two oldest kids to the woods for a hike. I would have loved to have packed something warm for lunch. But, when I thought of checking the status of the liquid fuel since my last use in winter, getting the fuel bottle, checking it all over, and test firing……well, I lost interest fast : ) So, we packed PB&J.
There is something much more appealing to me about taking a small stove that only uses fuel that the forest already provides. Sure, there is a little more prep time in getting one going, but I really don’t need much of an excuse to pick up sticks, playing with my knife and get to light a fire when I go to the woods. So, lately I have been on the kick for finding a very cool hobo stove.
I started off looking again at the Littlbug stoves. These are pretty ingenious looking things, and for what I want, I would have chosen the “junior” model. Even if you aren’t after a stove like that, you might want to check over their website for some interesting reading.
After thinking on it, I decided not to go that route. For one, I wasn’t sure how I would pack it in every situation and get the maximum use of space. Second, even though it might seem trivial, I like the idea of having somewhat of a bottom on it. Third, and probably most important, is that I am a cheap bastard : ) I didn’t want to part with that kind of cash : )
I remembered that The American Bushman did a cool one from the Ikea utensil holder. For $4, I figured this was the way I was going to go.
If you check around, this hobo stove is quite famous. So, I am not about to document it all over again. But, the whole reason for me writing this, and making a video is because in the process of making my own, I came up with a few unique tweaks that I had not seen yet that I thought you might be interested in. With that in mind, here is the video.
B
Stove Features
[youtube]8Cl30ZY1jf4[/youtube]
Firing it up
[youtube]Qv3b2_JPBso [/youtube]
Obviously, if you are carrying a stainless steel billy, you aren’t overly concerned about weight. But, if you use this setup with a mug, or aluminum kettle, or something light, I wanted to give an idea of the weight. I measured the stove itself at 4.5 oz. The two “rods” I made were ½ oz each. The ball chain was a ½ oz, and the pieces of sheet metal didn’t even move my crappy scale. Just additional FYI.
I have to admit, for how convenient those things are, especially when you have kids that want to eat NOW, they have never sat well with me. There still seems to be a PITA factor to them. Last weekend is the perfect example of that. I took my two oldest kids to the woods for a hike. I would have loved to have packed something warm for lunch. But, when I thought of checking the status of the liquid fuel since my last use in winter, getting the fuel bottle, checking it all over, and test firing……well, I lost interest fast : ) So, we packed PB&J.
There is something much more appealing to me about taking a small stove that only uses fuel that the forest already provides. Sure, there is a little more prep time in getting one going, but I really don’t need much of an excuse to pick up sticks, playing with my knife and get to light a fire when I go to the woods. So, lately I have been on the kick for finding a very cool hobo stove.
I started off looking again at the Littlbug stoves. These are pretty ingenious looking things, and for what I want, I would have chosen the “junior” model. Even if you aren’t after a stove like that, you might want to check over their website for some interesting reading.
After thinking on it, I decided not to go that route. For one, I wasn’t sure how I would pack it in every situation and get the maximum use of space. Second, even though it might seem trivial, I like the idea of having somewhat of a bottom on it. Third, and probably most important, is that I am a cheap bastard : ) I didn’t want to part with that kind of cash : )
I remembered that The American Bushman did a cool one from the Ikea utensil holder. For $4, I figured this was the way I was going to go.
If you check around, this hobo stove is quite famous. So, I am not about to document it all over again. But, the whole reason for me writing this, and making a video is because in the process of making my own, I came up with a few unique tweaks that I had not seen yet that I thought you might be interested in. With that in mind, here is the video.
B
Stove Features
[youtube]8Cl30ZY1jf4[/youtube]
Firing it up
[youtube]Qv3b2_JPBso [/youtube]
Obviously, if you are carrying a stainless steel billy, you aren’t overly concerned about weight. But, if you use this setup with a mug, or aluminum kettle, or something light, I wanted to give an idea of the weight. I measured the stove itself at 4.5 oz. The two “rods” I made were ½ oz each. The ball chain was a ½ oz, and the pieces of sheet metal didn’t even move my crappy scale. Just additional FYI.
