(I couldn't find a similar thread. I couldn't find a better topic under which to post. Thanks for your patience.)
I mostly camp with a tarp. I got a bonus and spent it on a hot tent, stove, and cot. The tent is meant for a hammock, but works with a cot if there are no suitable trees. The stove is titanium, as is the stovepipe. The stovepipe is the present topic.
I ruined the Ti foil that came with the (very good) stove. I searched the web and found the secret method of doing a foil stove pipe right the first time. (Talcum powder and patience).
Great, now I have an unwrinkled 3m x 6mm stovepipe, loaded with two stovepipes' allocation of rings. Let's play in the cold. Winds were 40kph, gusting to 55kph, changing from W to NW through the night. Problems: The provided guylines made a large angle to the ground, /|\, so the force applied to the guy was mostly directed to the vertical component. (Non-maths geeks: Tautness of the guy pulled the stack downward against the stove and didn't resist the wind well) The rolled foil had a straight bit that stuck out and caught the wind. The wind-induced oscillation caused the stovepipe to touch the edges of the stove jack hole. One rigid end, one oscillating end, and an intermittent force applied transverse to the pipe. The pipe made a very loud, sharp, "Crack!" and collapsed about 5cm of pipe into a 2cm length, right at the stove jack. That'll never roll up again.
I suggest that titanium foil stovepipes are not fit for purpose. In total calm, with long guylines at 30 degrees or so from the ground, Ti foil might be ok. In the bush, no.
I've got 0.5mm thick stainless steel pipe in my Jungle River cart. I've added a section that has tie-out rings to the order, to place about halfway up the stack.
This isn't a whinge, it's a learning experience.
Cheers,
I mostly camp with a tarp. I got a bonus and spent it on a hot tent, stove, and cot. The tent is meant for a hammock, but works with a cot if there are no suitable trees. The stove is titanium, as is the stovepipe. The stovepipe is the present topic.
I ruined the Ti foil that came with the (very good) stove. I searched the web and found the secret method of doing a foil stove pipe right the first time. (Talcum powder and patience).
Great, now I have an unwrinkled 3m x 6mm stovepipe, loaded with two stovepipes' allocation of rings. Let's play in the cold. Winds were 40kph, gusting to 55kph, changing from W to NW through the night. Problems: The provided guylines made a large angle to the ground, /|\, so the force applied to the guy was mostly directed to the vertical component. (Non-maths geeks: Tautness of the guy pulled the stack downward against the stove and didn't resist the wind well) The rolled foil had a straight bit that stuck out and caught the wind. The wind-induced oscillation caused the stovepipe to touch the edges of the stove jack hole. One rigid end, one oscillating end, and an intermittent force applied transverse to the pipe. The pipe made a very loud, sharp, "Crack!" and collapsed about 5cm of pipe into a 2cm length, right at the stove jack. That'll never roll up again.
I suggest that titanium foil stovepipes are not fit for purpose. In total calm, with long guylines at 30 degrees or so from the ground, Ti foil might be ok. In the bush, no.
I've got 0.5mm thick stainless steel pipe in my Jungle River cart. I've added a section that has tie-out rings to the order, to place about halfway up the stack.
This isn't a whinge, it's a learning experience.
Cheers,
