Cheap pot stand for Trangia burner.

[Noius]

Thought I'd share with you my pot stand I use with my Trangia, only cost £2.

It's a metal pen pot from Staples. Link

Here it is in the flesh.

Burner and spork for size reference.

Trangia fits inside perfectly with just a few mills spare.

Mug on top.

Pot stand, burner, lighter and spork all fit inside mug with room to spare for bag of tea, coffee etc. Mug is an alpkit MyTiMug.

One problem is that it is coated with paint, and I'm not sure if it is galvanised underneath either. Here's what it looks like after being used. It looks bad and gave off some nasty fumes.

I threw it on the hobo stove and stood well back. Then I rubbed it down with wire wool, after that I let it soak in a tub of water and steradent, and gave it another rub down with wire wool. I assumed I was at bare metal when it rusted, but it cleaned up well. Before and after shot, with the base cut off too.

Cutting the base off makes it easier to light and snuff out the Trangia, but I cut off a bit too much with a wonky cut and the lower pot height increased the boil time, but not by a lot. I bought another and this time I'll leave it intact as I want the quickest boil time and the extra durability of having the base attached.

Here's a few pics of the cut down one in use.

The vargo wind shield/pot support in this pic is rubbish, worst £12 I've ever spent. Not recommended, I only used it because I have it and I've yet to make something.

 

[Shewie]

Nicely done, the one with the base cut off looks to be a better height from the pot

 

[Humpback]

What a good idea. I love it when people post items put to a bushcraft use the designer didn't intend. I would never have clicked on this use without your post, thanks
Alan

 

[realearner]

That's brilliant, great idea and so simple. Will be looking out for something like that.

 

[Noius]

Nicely done, the one with the base cut off looks to be a better height from the pot

Thanks. The cut down will be a little more stable, but there is almost a minute increase in boil time for 450ml in ideal conditions. Around 5 minutes for full size and around 6 minutes for the cut down one. Never measured the meths usage though.

What a good idea. I love it when people post items put to a bushcraft use the designer didn't intend. I would never have clicked on this use without your post, thanks
Alan

Your welcome. That's why I posted it as I thought it might be of interest to someone else.

It was on here that I found out about the Ikea hobo stove, something I never would have used if not for others sharing the ideas.

 

[Noius]

That's brilliant, great idea and so simple. Will be looking out for something like that.

Thanks. If only I had saw this earlier I could have saved myself some money.

 

[Rockmonkey]

I too love it when someone uses something that it was not intended for!
Great idea, and well executed!
Should be fine now that you have burnt the paint off!
Congrats!!

 

[Noius]

Yeah, now that the paint is off it doesn't smell or smoke with use, so I'm happy using it. Still wrap it in a freezer bag though along with the Trangia to make sure the mug stays clean.

 

[salan]

Thats a great idea!
Just asked my sister (she lives near a staples) to get me a couple.
thanks
Alan

 

[beamdune]

The vargo wind shield/pot support in this pic is rubbish, worst £12 I've ever spent. Not recommended, I only used it because I have it and I've yet to make something.

Looks ok, what's wrong with it?

 

[Noius]

It was marketed as a combined windshield and pot support. As a windshield it is ok, but as a pot support it is very flimsy and none of the sides are equal so it was very hard to get the mug balanced well. It is badly built and doesn't fold away on itself as it should. The idea of having the windshield also work as a pot support, at least in this design, doesn't work as even a small gust causes the whole thing to collapse on itself.

 

[ex-member BareThrills]

nice bit of kit. you could fabricate your own windshield from the side wall of a pop can or some hard temper alu foil. just use a hole punch to put some air vents in. best to wire wool the paint off the can wall first though