This rocket stove is not only very simple to make it’s very portable.
The only materials you will need are 2 soup cans, a paint can, some sand, pebbles and a stove grate.
An improvement on this design could be using a 5 gallon metal bucket instead of a 1 gallon paint can, which will make the entire unit burn hotter. This is because the vertical burn shaft should be 3 times taller than it’s diameter.
So, a 3″ diameter tube should be at least 9″ tall, a 4″ tube should be 12″ tall. The closer you can get to this the better.
When it burns hotter there is less smoke because smoke itself is combustible. With less smoke your not giving your location away so easily.
Very interesting!
Cool but not for serious backpackers. Check out the Pepsi can stoves usind denatured alcohol. These are the real deal for serious packers.
I like the alcohol stove for day hikes and as a backup in my car. An AT thru hiker and I were just having this discussion about carried fuel vs twigg fuel aka Organic Fuel Rods–are always available where ever you sit down (in the East)
All things considered I like my welded “exhaust pipe” rocket stove. At 10 oz it is indestructible and can be used to pull tent pegs I save that in carried fuel.
Potting vermiculite is lighter has a higher insulation value and relatively inexpensive if you intend to carry this sized unit. An excellent video: cuts and edits at the right places, no background music to interfere with the narration Bravo
MstrEman says:
“Potting vermiculite is lighter has a higher insulation value and relatively inexpensive if you intend to carry this sized unit. An excellent video: cuts and edits at the right places, no background music to interfere with the narration Bravo”
From: http://www.truthandaction.org/homemade-3-tin-can-rocket-stove/comment-page-1/#comment-411324
MstrEman says:
“I like the alcohol stove for day hikes and as a backup in my car. An AT thru hiker and I were just having this discussion about carried fuel vs twigg fuel aka Organic Fuel Rods–are always available where ever you sit down (in the East)
All things considered I like my welded “exhaust pipe” rocket stove. At 10 oz it is indestructible and can be used to pull tent pegs I save that in carried fuel.”
From: http://www.truthandaction.org/homemade-3-tin-can-rocket-stove/comment-page-1/#comment-411337
Use vermiculite. And stainless steel water bottles
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