Stove windshield - kite fabric?

[Stew]

Does anyone use a windshield for their stove made of kite fabric?

I'm considering going this route but wondered if anyone else has tried one?

http://jwbasecamp.com/Articles/KiteScreen/index.html

 

[Limaed]

Some interesting ideas but IMO he's over thinking it, I've not really encountered the problems he's stated. I just use an MSR wind shield on my remote canister stoves or one of these cheap ally wind shields where the burner is above the stove: http://www.amazon.co.uk/HIGHLANDER-LIGHTWEIGHT-COOKER-STOVE-WINDSHIELD/dp/B002UOR8TA
these don't weigh much and fix to the ground.

 

[copper_head]

It's quite a cool idea but I agree with limead, seems to be a bit overkill. I use a thick bit of aluminium foil on my remote feed and meths stoves and works just fine.

 

[Stew]

Some interesting ideas but IMO he's over thinking it, I've not really encountered the problems he's stated. I just use an MSR wind shield on my remote canister stoves or one of these cheap ally wind shields where the burner is above the stove: http://www.amazon.co.uk/HIGHLANDER-LIGHTWEIGHT-COOKER-STOVE-WINDSHIELD/dp/B002UOR8TA
these don't weigh much and fix to the ground.

Cool - the plate type are even cheaper on ebay from china! Might do that.

 

[Big Si]

It just depends where you are in the world, won't work on rocky ground. I used some thing similar made out of light weight canvas and old coat hangers for a camping gas cartridge stove, it was 33 years ago on the Pennine way though.

Si

 

[cranmere]

I used to have one made out of very lightweight ripstop nylon but I gave it to someone else when I was leaving a camp site. I was about to make a new one because it worked pretty well, weighs almost nothing and packs into a tiny space.

 

[Nohoval_Turrets]

• The KiteScreen is not free-standing, so it can't be used on rocks, picnic table tops, or other very hard surfaces.
• The KiteScreen is strictly a wind shade and therefore will not reflect heat back onto a cook pot in the same way that a conventional metal windscreen can. Accordingly, there could be a small loss in fuel economy with some stoves.

Well, he's realistic about the downsides. And if you cook in the open in exposed areas, it would work. I did something similar on a beach one time with a piece of old deck-chair material (or something of that sort). It worked mostly, but the wind did sometimes spill over the top, so it wasn't totally calm inside. So not as efficient as a real windscreen I'd think.