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Tengu

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Ive got a big ali mug which a pocket stove fits in. (its 9.5cm wide by 9,5cm deep) i can add matches and a bag of tea. Im going to also shorten some wooden skewers

a folding spork might be a good idea

what do you think?
 

Toddy

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Do you mind years ago we had a 'Show us your Hobo Stove' thread ?
That was full of such good ideas :)
I haven't used mine in ages. I might dig it out and have a play :)

The Ti cultery with the folding wire handles might be what you're looking for.

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Toddy

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Ye gods and little fishes, I went looking for that old thread (one of several) and it ended up 27 pages long !!

My own offering is on page 24 :rolleyes:

Lots of posts now meaningless because of the photobucket wipeout, but still good stuff in there.

Do you fancy kicking this one off as a newer version, Tengu ?
 
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Tengu

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Yes, why not.

i made a hobo stove from the Ikea sink drainer (how many of them are ever used for the purpose they were designed for?) and a snowpeak pot set.

the drainer has a cut out to accomodate the handle.

But this new set I am talking about is smaller, a cup, (sadly the handle is fixed) and a wee stove

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Portable...623003&hash=item5227c358ac:g:6DgAAOSwRDVeF~Ji

sort of thing, -with a few solid fuel blocks it packs into a tin the size of a baccy tin
 
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Bishop

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Five minutes of frantic rummaging later....
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It's close but alas the smallest of those folding stoves are slightly larger than a stock baccy tin.
 
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stevec

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My small set is based on the Soto thermoset. I've added some extra pot cozy material. There is a foil windshield and base plate. I've got a speedster stove a diddy bottle of meths. Dish rag etc etcIMG_20200429_081553723.jpg
 
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In the past i had an emergency kit that consisted a couple of hexy blocks wrapped in thick foil, some waterproof matches+Striker, an aluminum mug, and 3 longish nails to keep the mug raised off the ground above the lit hexy. I don't think I actually used it in the end (well, apart from the mug that was used constantly), but carried it around for years - i'm sure it would have worked through.
 

MikeLA

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In the past i had an emergency kit that consisted a couple of hexy blocks wrapped in thick foil, some waterproof matches+Striker, an aluminum mug, and 3 longish nails to keep the mug raised off the ground above the lit hexy. I don't think I actually used it in the end (well, apart from the mug that was used constantly), but carried it around for years - i'm sure it would have worked through.

It does ! I still use this way or with the Hexi stove when I carry a daysac
 

Tengu

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Thats a good idea but my folding stove takes wood as well as Hexy. Its just a little bulky for everyday carry;

A folding pot might be the answer but they look like a solution looking for a problem.
 

Erbswurst

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The Primus 100 g gas bottle fits upside down exactly into the 0,4 litres Decathlon stainless steel mug.
Not outstanding light but very compact.



Together with this 45 g LACD stove it's pretty compact.


I didn't try if the stove fits with the gas bottle in the mug, because I usually use a larger 750 ml titanium pot.
And currently I don't reach that gear.
 
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stevec

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Paul messner on YouTube did a little walk and brew vid a few days ago. If you are on the lookout for ideas it might be worth a view
 

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Interesting, I have a mk1 Crusader set and cheapo surplus store copy waterbottle, and think it's to big clumsy and wrong shape, I have a IKEA cutlery drainer never got round to converting it, but I just bought a yugo type kit hoping that will be just right for a brew in the woods while out walking.?
 

Bishop

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Not including bare bones steel mugs with lids this is my High-Gear "Hunter" cookset.
6"x3" 6.8oz ( 130mm x 75mm 193g ) Twenty years old this July and still working its way onto adventures every once in a while.

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