Pocket Cooker???

[Martyn]

Anyone used one of these?

The have em on http://www.trekdirect.co.uk/main.htm - I havent seen em anywhere else, but they do look good.

Any feedback?

 

[Ed]

Ah... so they are available in the uk at last. I was looking at these a couple of months ago. I believe bigjackbrass uses one he got from www.cabela.com
They seem pretty well made but are quite heavy (about a kilo). They seem to be the only backpacking woodburning stove I have been able to find anywhere (beside the hobo stove styles). A good little (if heavy) bit of kit.

Ed

 

[ChrisKavanaugh]

I have one. In comparison with the Esbit, they are bigger, have better wind draft and obviously hold larger kettles. Over here we have many restrictions burning any manner of fire in national parklands and removing the natural forest litter is often illegal. I still like my Esbit for brewing a cup of hot drink. But if using natural fuel is appealing and the greater capacity a consideration get this one.

 

[clcuckow]

Bit of the twiglet zone I was only looking at one on the survival school website today and wondering if they were any good.

 

[bigjackbrass]

Yup, I have one of those. There was a thread about it floating somewhere, not sure if it's still up.

Basically it's a slightly heavy but rather clever box, quite stable and good when the fire gets going. I found that it works better to get things lit before putting the fire in the box in still conditions, or else the flame tends to sputter and suffocate. The main potential problem is the slightly cranky hinge design, which requires careful folding. Ultimately I'd say that these are not essential - you can make your own hobo stove out of a tin, after all - but I'm happy enough with mine.

 

[Martyn]

Thanks for the feedback, I've ordered one. The site says they are 600g, which does seem quite heavy. We'll see - could be good for those places a fire is not alowed, or perhaps for use inside my Tapp kata.

 

[Tony]

We'll see - could be good for those places a fire is not alowed, or perhaps for use inside my Tapp kata.

You have a fire box for that mister greedy :rolmao:

 

[bigjackbrass]

Just wandered over to the Trek Direct site to have a look at what they say about the cooker. The pictures and info are basically the same as on Cabela's, and give a good impression of the product. Twenty quid struck me as a bit pricey, though, but I suppose it works out as being reasonable enough since they don't charge for postage. Mind you, I own a titanium sierra cup, so what do I know about economy?

 

[sargey]

i was going through some old pics on my hard drive and i found this example of a dog food tin burner in action during some garden renovations. i seem to remeber mentioning this in a thread somewhere, but couldn't find it.

in the field you just suspend your billy over it. weighs very little, costs nothing, leaves no trace and burns really crap fuel.

oh yes, and the dog loves flames, do not get between her and the campfire.

cheers, and.

 

[ally]

i'm sure you've all seen these before but was very impressed with this guy, came accross on (yep you've guessed it!) ebay 11.1grams......

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3638342230&category=16036&rd=1

cool innit...

 

[johnboy]

Hi,

the attached link has info on a small pocket stove and is an excellent site generally.

http://thru-hiker.com/workshop.asp?subcat=2&cid=61

Cheers

John

 

[Tony]

i'm sure you've all seen these before but was very impressed with this guy, came accross on (yep you've guessed it!) ebay 11.1grams......

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3638342230&category=16036&rd=1

cool innit...

Very cool :-D

 

[ally]

i mailed the guy who makes the small alchohol burners with details of the site asking about a group deal, if anybody is interested here is the reply:


" Glad you like it! I'd be good for mailing a big pack of stoves over, looks
like shipping would be in the $50US range per package (based on UPS.com's
shipping estimator,) so it would make sense if the shipment involved a dozen
or more stoves. If you want to gather up some people who are interested, go
for it. I'd sell the stoves for $8US each + actual shipping costs if the
order was a dozen or more, $10 each if it's less than that. Also included
would be an instruction page for each stove that I'm working on right now.
I'm not terribly interested in advertising overseas myself because it would
be a lot more effort to sell a stove than I could do over here, but if you
want to organize a larger order, that would be great! Thanks for the note,
and nice site!! "

his mail is ianr44@hotmail.com

i really like them, have tried to make but not way as good as ian's stuff, the one i did fashion was quite effective but a little dangerous too.....!!


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[Tony]

I'm up for one. If the postage is going to be around $50 they would work out at sub £10 for the cooker which is worth a look.

:-D

 

[Roving Rich]

Put me down for one too. Such recycling ventures have got to be encouraged!
Rich

 

[bothyman]

Try this website

>> http://wings.interfree.it/html/main.html

And make your own :idea:

 

[Tony]

good site :biggthump

 

[gurushaun]

I'd be up for one too :biggthump

Cheers

Shaun

 

[ally]

Tony wrote:
Hi ally

Thanks for looking into the cookers and getting the info on them,

Would you be willing to get the list of people together that want one and hopefully we will get up to the 12 mark which would make it quite viable.

Your thoughts?

Tone


those interested please post your details and i'll contact ian and arrange them to be sent over.......

 

[Tony]

:biggthump