Winter Cook Stove

[Pandabean]

I was wondering what small stoves are out there that are good for the winter?

I am talking about something small and compact, obvious choice being meths or wood. Which is why I like the Honey Stove, however if it is pretty cold outside you don't want to be fiddling about with bit's of metal and freezing your hands at the same time. So is there something similar to the Honey Stove that can have either a meths burner or wood as the main source?

I like the idea of the bushbuddy but I can't seem to find it here in the UK.

 

[zarkwon]

3 words. Mini Bull Design

 

[Shewie]

Any of these take your fancy, if they do I can sort something out with Bill ....

http://www.canoewithaview.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=3866

Another vote for minibull too

 

[Teepee]

The bushbuddy or Fourdog's LT series are very good, use meths or wood with wood as the main fuel.

There are a few places that sell the bushbuddy over here but I cant remember the sites, someone will chime in soon mate.

 

[rik_uk3]

Genuine Trangia, model 27 for two people model 25 for three folk. Storm cooking system, fantastic windshield, comes with two saucepans and optional kettle and contrary to urban myth fold up compactly plus the simmer ring gives you a burn time of almost an hour on one fill. You also have the option of fitting a pressure stove burner which makes it just about the ultimate winter stove setup.

 

[spiritwalker]

if its just for brewing up id say the swiss volcano stove for the wood option if your going down the meths route i would suggest the trangias as above, however the other option is the "swiss army trangia" replace the burner with a civi burner and you can still just make a fire within the windshield or if you do have a proper fire the pans have a bail arm for billy can and D rings for a stick for the wee frying pan with the civi burner you have the best of both worlds.

 

[PDA1]

I have the Clas Ohlson near copy of the Trangia stoves mentioned below. (Actually a copy of the Optimus Storm Cooker) it works really well and is less expensive than genuine Trangia. Great for winter as the stove is raised off the ground and the comprehensive windscreen is very effective with the shaped pans. I also have a SVEA 123R which is a great winter stove, burns for hours and can be used for melting snow, then goes low to cook your sausages (or simmer soups). It is a white gas/Naptha stove. They tend to be a bit pricey though. Used to be regarded as THE standard expedition stove. Weighs just over 1 lb, which is pretty good for a naptha stove.

 

[para106]

I agree with Rik. Trangias do what they are designed to do ie work in any weather. By the time you've buggered about putting a Honey together especially in the freezing cold, I'll have had a brew made on the 27.

 

[widu13]

I love my SVEA 123R, but in the freezing cold it really needs a pump.

 

[Pandabean]

Thanks for the ideas, I currently have the Swedish Army Trangia and replaced the burner with the civi one which seemed to work alot better. But at times I feel that it is a bit bulky, hence why I like the Honey stove for packing down flat.

Shewie - I cant see the page, I need to be logged in to the forum.

 

[Retired Member southey]

I use an older Esbit pot stove for brews all year round it comes on nearly every long bimble and definitely on every over night trip,

and last winter,

it takes one and a half esbit blocks(those tiny ones) to boil a mug full of water with out a wind shield which i really need to make, it all stores inside itself including the fuel in a zip lock bag,the whole affair is made of Aluminium, the burner will fit inside a crusader curp and with a lid works for cooking for one,

the new ones look pretty cool too may have to treat my self if this one ever bites the dust.

 

[ged]

... is there something similar to the Honey Stove that can have either a meths burner or wood as the main source?

The Aldi drainer or similar does that fine. A used tin can with some holes in it will too. The Emberlit stove is good, and it's compact, but it needs to be assembled. Bushbuddy and Bushcooker seem expensive although I'm told that they burn with very little smoke which has to be good. I don't know how easy it is to fit a meths burner.

 

[Harvestman]

Bushbuddy for me. There's something very similar sold on the Backpackinglight UK site.

 

[Thenihilist]

I use a hobo stove, my billy sits on top so i can put a few tent pegs through the hobo just below the billy and can put a meths burner or tealight candle casing for hexamine on the pegs or burn wood.

 

[mbiraman]

For those that would like to try a wood stove without investing an arm and a leg,,give this a try. I've made a number of these and gave them away to folks to turn them on to wood stoves.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMfbt2bQC7g&feature=related