I made one of these out of a Crosman pellet tin with a screw on lid, got a sheet of carbon felt at Lowe's hanging next to the solder on a rack, and a stainless steel screen strainer from Walmart for a dollar. Then made a mini one from a Nivia skin cream tin.

@maximusssmith6017

4 ай бұрын

Yeah and me works bloody good

@choomanfoo157

4 ай бұрын

so technically would take $3 to make 3 PLUS another $12 for your labor, so technically you broke even, at least for the purchased one, you also get an Esbit one burner / windshield. So it's still more value to buy it for $15 bucks.

@keithmoore5306

4 ай бұрын

dollar tree has large and small slip top tins a buck and quarter for 4 of the small and 2 of the large ones! you don;t even need the felt and screen just burn hand sanitizer gel in them works just as good!!

@RomeoDelta-gw7dd

4 ай бұрын

@@keithmoore5306instead of felt you can use pearlite

Love hearing that “We’re going to boil some water.” And I am going to enjoy watching you boil water.

@JasonWicklund

4 ай бұрын

2 cups of water and 1 ounce of fuel… always the scientist with control specs lol

Sold out 26 minutes after you put it up!

@LeopoldElwes

4 ай бұрын

Yep 😂

@strongbear9304

4 ай бұрын

WHAT I GOING TO DO, Ernie recommends it, I gotta have it! Well, maybe not as bad as that- after all, I have a Trangia Model 25 , 5 Model 27’s, 3 T28’s (Mini Trangia)and a couple of Soto Navigators! Every family member has there own set up plus a back up system!

@strongbear9304

4 ай бұрын

#PaleoHikerMD, Hey Ernie, HAVE YOU SEEN THE 2 NEW TRANGIA MICRO LIGHT UL COOKSETS? About $35.00 each of two different sets. One has a Spirit Burner and the other the Gel burner set!

@tomad4051

4 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂👍🏻👍🏻🤣🤣🤣🥰🤣🥰🥰

@Funkteon

4 ай бұрын

'Speedsterstoves (SBP)' in the UK sell these things for £5 plus postage...

I was sick this week and spent all my downtime watching backpacking content and ordering things for a camping kit (dreaming I could get outside instead of laying on the couch in a haze hocking up loogies). I swear I watched this guy boil DOZENS of pots of water trying to decide on an alcohol burner set. This is ultimately the one I chose, because it was basically the only ethanol burner I could find online that included carbon felt in it (making it more spill-resistant I would think) and quicker+easier+cheaper to get them premade rather than doing it myself. I placed that order some 4 days ago.... Now what do I see? This video goes up! Glad I ordered it before they sold out!

I Don't know about this but I haven't seen ANY alcohol stove more better and more simpler than the DIY Fancy Feast Cat Can food stove that only requires 16 punched holes with absolutely NO Moving parts that you just light up after filling it with HEET fuel. The Trangia Burner is the only one better!

@pedroclaro7822

4 ай бұрын

Spillage hazard. Alcohol fires are awfully dangerous

@ZaryaTheLaika

4 ай бұрын

A lot of backpackers switched from the SuperCat to Kojin stoves over the last few years.

I bought these for $10 on Amazon a year ago. They work well outside, but you need a wind screen. I have 3 other alcohol stoves that I use often when I'm hiking. I did however put them in my 72-hour bag because I like the form factor combined with the Esbit stove. Overall, worth the money. Thanks for sharing.

My favorite is still the BCB. The dragon fire fuel weighs a bit more than traditional alcohol but burns nice and clean. Also able to use solid fuel alcohol cubes they have and esbit or other similar hexamine.

Sandwich pot bottoms definitely take longer. For alcohol stoves I only use thin single layer pans and pot.

Bought this in mid January. Love it. Hope this post posts this time

Man, I love your videos. They often pick me up. Went out to buy one on Amazon... NLA. Found a similar one, and bought 2.

I use the speedster alcohol stove and enclosed pot stand to keep the wind out. My perfect stove.😊

Thank you Erney for all your explorations! I love to watch your videos! I don't use any wire mash in my homemade stove like these. They are ok enough.

I've loved this stove type since I discovered it a few years ago! Small, light and doesn't leak. Therefore also perfect for children...

I make these from old tons. I use perlite under the screen. Works fantastic

I missed this one. I’ve been thinking about making a stove like these, but can’t do it that cheap. Thanks for sharing.

Good review , thanks for sharing YAH bless !

A long time ago you had a video with the Trangia Gel Burner cup ( B24 ) from Tarangia. I picked up a couple and using carbon felt made stoves just like these , even with lids. I left out the screening since it wasn't really necessary. They are great little stoves.

Sorry, the best alcohol stove for price, weight, efficiency, and flowering speed is the Ti Artisan 70ml Titanium. It is a Toaks Siphon type and costs $17 and only 10 days to wait. Take a test. You won't regret it.Greetings from Spain 🇪🇸

Hi Ernie. Thanks for another green test. Keep them coming! 2 questions for you: 1. Have you ever tested the x-boil? German cottage company. It's currently my favourite. I'd like to hear your views. 2. Which of the various Goshawk set-ups that you've tested was your favourite . Being from Australia I'd like to get one of theirs but can't decide. Thanks mate. Todd

I made a few of this type of burner & they work great except for one thing, mine are hard to light & it looks like the problem is the stainless steel mesh. I used a grease splatter screen for a fry pan purchased from a Dollar store, the mesh has a very tight weave. A great addition to my alcohol stove’s is some silicone measuring cups, 100 ml soft shot glass that can be squished into a pack & even has a nice poring notch.

They will probably come back in stock, but I'm glad that I have the Kojin stove already. (I did also get that 2 pack of rectangular alcohol stoves you reviewed recently.)

HAHA yep all sold out! The last stove you reviewed that I wanted was gone as well.

I'll keep the cat can burners. OK, to be honest, I make mine of tin cans. They're more sturdy, and I can choose the diameter and fuel capacity.

It will be interesting to see what they’re selling for when (and if) they get more in stock. Can’t find em on EBay either.

Trangia is still my favorite, Ernie. Lol

@rxbristol

4 ай бұрын

I agree...mainly because it's wind proof.

Yep sold out in less than a day…nice kit.

Good video Ernie, 15$ is hard to argue with. But I think you would still need a wind shield. The XBoil looks like the perfect solution, at 50€. Think I’ll try to make my own.👍

Nice review! And they’re gone! 😄

C’mon, Ernie! I saw tons of alcohol dribbling off the back of that shot glass during your first pour! That would never fly in Chemisty lab! 🤣 Love the channel, man! Keep up the good work!!

Based on your theory of why the small worked better, it would have been good to do a second test of the medium and large where you filled them all the way to compare to the burn with one ounce.

I've had good luck using puck stoves!

Have you tried the x Boil system? Absolutely fantastic and my go to alcohol stove after going through pretty much most types 👍

@darrens3052

4 ай бұрын

Yep, me too 👍🏻 Darren 🇬🇧

Good deal. I've made burners but this is good. Fancee feast burner is faster but this could use solid fuel tabs, maybe even twigs.

Sold out, dang....

Just ordered lol. Why not? 😊

The price is unbelievable. The Esbit type pot stand though isn't allowing the burners to reach their full potential. The gap between the burner and the base of the pot isn't high enough. I think the boil times would be significantly reduced if a different pot stand was used. Certainly worth buying though, even just for the burners 👍🏻

Ernie, there is also a rectangular tin burner

Me: thinks about buying. Also me: looks over at the empty tins and carbon felt sheets I already have. Oh.

Good video! Do they hold alcohol without leaking when the lid is on?

Sold out in 2 minutes!

I will be on the lookout for this one. Did you get the box of MREs I sent to your office??

Nice!! But still use my trangia.

Right!?! Price is tough to beat!! I built one of these stoves last year and then had a epiphany... I have a BCB folding stove with a tray that takes solid fuel and their brand of gel cubes. It also has a windscreen panel that snaps into place.The tray has side walls and I thought hmmmmm... why not take my left over carbon felt and stainless mesh and make the tray into one of these stoves?? So I did. Haven't done a burn test with it yet, but I see no reason why it wouldn't work.

yeah i've got a set up something like that that cost me about 5 bucks! a 4 pack of small and a 2 pack of large slip top tins from dollar tree were a buck and a quarter a pack and a coughlan's pocket stove i bought years back for 4 bucks! i run the stove with just empty tins and fill them with hand sanitizer gel for fuel!!

canister is 1 dollar the military stove is 5 ,, you can get those little metal containers at any craft store ,, and the stove is a dime a dozen at any military outlet used there under 5 dollars

@nomadmarauder-dw9re

3 ай бұрын

I have made a pop can burner that fits inside my Esbit. 6oz can. The reason? During COVID-19 Esbit got hard to find. It also works well with a G.I. cup stove. Burner is made from a 6 oz can. No chamber, just press fit and vent holes around the top. Cat type works too, but they use a LOT of fuel.

Daisy is better. I built an alcohol stove with an old Daisy pellet can I had laying around in 2017ish. I used some welders' carbon felt instead of fiberglass to absorb the liquid, no spills, some screening from a tea leaf strainer to hold the felt in place. It holds 2 oz. or 60 ml of alcohol and with 1 oz of fuel will burn over 15 minutes. I use a Zen Camps wind screen/burner that works with alcohol or solid fuel and, though not designed that way, have used a small twig fire inside. I like things that can work with multiple options. At 76 years old, I like things that work well rather than being the lightest thing in the world. Function over form as it were. For cheaper, I used a cut tin can for wind screen and pot holder till I found the Zen Camps, which i like better.😅

Thanks Doc for your great review. I purchased this kit about a month ago. I believe the large tin is made from steel, not aluminum (magnet sticks to it). My kit came with 3 large carbon fiber(CF) disks, 2 medium and 2 small. There were no instructions, so I had no idea if one or all of the CF disks were to be used in the stove, or were they spares. What did you do?

Open the pot stand for the bigger burners

This just shows how cheap these things are to make when you can sell them at this price and still make a worthwhile profit. It also proves what a huge/ridiculous mark-up most companies put on these items.

I just have a pre warmer for my Solo Alcohol burner. It stores on the bottom you push it down, it locks in place, you put a little fuel on the pad in the middle, light it. The prewarmer was an eBay purchase. Yes not a trangia stove, but they have had decades to fix the leaky seam problem. If you want that brand, Firebox Stove will sell you one with the seam soldered. I do like this kind of fabric stove, for $15. It will be interesting if it comes back in stock. Can't go wrong with that price, 3 stoves. On my kitchen gas stove, we have a very tiny diameter burner on the back left. Our percolator coffee pot goes to a perk by about 2.5 minutes faster on it. The heat, flames, is very central to the center of the percolator's bottom. The front burners are much larger, and the flame is near the outer diameter. You have to watch for flame licking up the sides with it. I'm wondering if that small diameter burner is doing the same thing? It's very interesting that the smaller one is more efficient. Makes you want a small ones.

@oinc7320

4 ай бұрын

Make that "makes you want 3 small ones".

Have you tried burning white gas (Coleman fuel) in a spirit burner? White gas has more energy density, which is why it is often used for melting snow in Winter. But the stoves are heavy. If we could get the benefit of more energy density with a lightweight stove, then that would be excellent. - Does it work better with some kinds of burners? Wicking or cat can burners, vortex burners, or maybe one of those fancy two-chamber things you showcased recently? - Is there a way to get a nice, clean, blue flame without the soot?

id you try blowing orusing a fan on the stove to rimulate wind??

Thanks for the video. Unfortunately it's not available at the moment on Amazon. Can you provide another site we could buy this kit ? I live in Greece - Europe.

Would it be possible to test a couple sticks and a cut coke can?

Can you snuff out the flame on those when done to save the fuel and will the fuel stay in the tin when the lid is screwed on?

Do you know what purpose the wire mesh serves?

Sold out on Amazon. Time to search those Chinese stores

@pedroclaro7822

4 ай бұрын

No luck so far

@JasonWicklund

4 ай бұрын

@@pedroclaro7822 finding pieces but no kit

👍🏻👍🏻

The cat food can stove is the best one I have boils quick for me in 3 to 4 min inside home ...The others you need a pot stand ...

@jenniferj7588

Ай бұрын

I made 3 for less than 15 dollars still have plenty of felt left ....

Currently unavailable. We don't know when or if this item will be back in stock. On Amazon. Guess I missed the boat, but I have my DIY stove that I'm pretty happy with :)

Shoulda just left the pot on after it reached a boil, some stoves will burn up quicker when they pot is removed.

It's a pity it seems the burner does not fit inside the Esbit stove, it would be really handy if it did.

I just want the small burner for my Esbit, I don’t need the other stuff.

stoves

@LeopoldElwes

4 ай бұрын

I do too😂

@fallyn2920

4 ай бұрын

@@LeopoldElwes because fire that makes food!

@LeopoldElwes

4 ай бұрын

@@fallyn2920 food be good for the eats. 🤤

@fallyn2920

4 ай бұрын

@@LeopoldElwes good eats give energy to handle stoves

@LeopoldElwes

4 ай бұрын

@@fallyn2920 stoves makes fire that makes food.

This looks exactly like my X-boil

@LeopoldElwes

4 ай бұрын

Yes it does😁

@mastabas

4 ай бұрын

@@LeopoldElwes I guess my X-Boil doesn't have a mesh, but I have the feeling that it makes no difference.

@LeopoldElwes

4 ай бұрын

@@mastabas it just keeps it from falling out 😅

Use a syringe to fill the plastic pouches as it can be put into the rectangular aluminum can/box.

Hay dr can you provide the link to ure fuel bottle you use sir and high lite it for all of us sir thank you sir 4 all you can do sir.

My best budget alc stove is a budweiser can.

@kylewilkinson6975

4 ай бұрын

I don't know your pronouns, but Bud? Well, I try not to judge.

Ahhh you pour your alcohol about as well as I pour my coffee.

😀

Carbon felt? “Wool is classified as a flame-resistant fabric. The textile is flammable, but it has to reach at least 1,058 degrees Fahrenheit, to ignite. The material has high water and nitrogen contents in its cells which means if it did ever catch on fire, once removed from the source of the heat, it would self-extinguish the flame.”

Pardon my ignorance but what function does the carbon felt play?

@ganjalogic

Ай бұрын

It acts as both a wick for better vaporization of the alcohol fuel, and a sponge to soak up the fuel to make spills much less likely. Carbon felt works better as a wick than either regular cotton or mineral wool.

Unavailible on amazon.

Looks like my speedster stoves only not as well made. And more expensive 😅

Hey I recently asked myself "do I need a titanium pot for my car camping?" I have an old small kitchen pot with sandwich bottom. Is there a different in fuel usage or boil time when using different type of pots? And is the difference big enough to make a difference?

@pedroclaro7822

4 ай бұрын

Completely depends on how, where and what you cook. Thin pots are only good for watery stuff, otherwise you get burnt food. Either watery or oily stuff, but the second option is unhealthy. Try thin pots you have at home and you’ll see exactly what I’m talking about. You either only make stews, soups or use very low heat settings to allow for a more even heat distribution. Also titanium is a total gimmick. Unnecessary by all means and a lot inferior to aluminum. I’d gladly give all my titanium stuff for a good set of hard anodized aluminum cookset. Titanium is supposedly good because you can get lightweight stuff that doesn’t bend and won’t melt if put on coals as aluminum would, but as long as there’s some water in the aluminum pot it won’t ever melt.

@tinymetaltrees

4 ай бұрын

For car camping? Cast iron! You've got a car to carry it in.

Haha yup 4 hrs after the video is released it's definitely sold out

My luck… Amazon is out

You should definitely do one day a side by side comparison between the MSR Pocket Rocket Deluxe and the Fire Maple Polaris Pressure Regulator upright canister stove. It's such an underrated stove it deserves a proper review. Hope you like the idea ! 😉

Thanks for the Info, but I'll be making my own gelled alcohol with Calcium Acetate!!! Much Safer!!!...and no carbon wick or screen needed!!!

36 minutes after you posted the video and they are sold out. The next batch likely will be double the price.

Currently unavailable.

I just wish someone could do a scientific video testing the btu’s. Doesn’t it only take water, a thermometer and measurements?

Nothing about this makes me want to replace the Trangia I’ve had for 20yrs…

As of right now it's sold out

all gone

Serious question: Do they leak if you leave fuel in them? Btw…video was up less than a half hour, already sold out!

@markbailey15

4 ай бұрын

Would think so they have a seal in the lid

@darrens3052

4 ай бұрын

No, the felt absorbs and holds the fuel (unless you fill the burner above the level of the felt of course). This type of burner therefore has the advantage of effectively being spill-proof if knocked over.

GRRRRR - as per usual, not available on Amazon Canada :-(

yep its gone lol

(Now, how's Ernie gonna get a whole ounce of fuel in that tiny puck stove . . . Oh -- that's how . . .)

@user-Bee3939

4 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

Alcohol stoves can be problematic in fire prone Northern California where I live. You start a forest fire with one and you may end up paying for the fire fighting effort.

@kylewilkinson6975

4 ай бұрын

Everything in California is problematic. Period.

Channels say BEST just to get you to click, then all you see is junk

Not available and will come back with a higher price lol. Guaranteed.

30 minutes after video posted Amazon is sold out. LOL

Currently unavailable 🤪😡😂

You poured most of the fuel allover your table ..😂😅

They're gone... 🙃

Unavailable 😡

The real question. Llamas or Alpacas?

Already unavailable 😂😂😂The marketing power of the paleo hiker strikes again

Wow I am unimpressed with your burn time for the large since you spilled so much fuel. Or did you not realize that you poured a bunch on your counter. I guess that invalidates your burn time test at least for the large burner.