Son of tin....pimped

This project was started in Nov 2012 but has been on the back burner (see what I did there!) while the cycling took priority. Now the season is coming a close i've had some time to geek it up and finish what I started.

My remit: Stove system had to be small and light (no shock there), work with gas or wood, both stoves needed to work at the same time (i.e. beantin fire to get rid of midges and stove to cook), little impact on environment (gas probably not the best choice for this but I prefer it's functionality over fuel burner), efficient and large enough to cater for two if required.

Main problems encountered: Fitting it all inside cookpot (filing and elbow grease sorted this), weight (end product was 70g lighter than standard jetboil containing gas canister), cost, windbreak - this was the final problem to overcome as the pocket rocket gas stove is awful in the wind, but with a bit of thought, some internet trawling, a saw, file and a tin of tomato soup, the windbreak was born :-)

Pretty chuffed with the final product and it works a treat, let me know what you think.


NB If anyone tries something similar make sure you do a 'burn off' on the tins before you use them otherwise your first stove test will end in disaster and probably a trip to A & E!