Now available our Thermally Insulated Pot Cozy Kit, see below!

All our 'soda can' stoves are re-made from recycled aluminium and stainless steel drinks / pop cans, chosen specifically for their individual strength to weight ratios.

Open Top Jet Burner

This picture features our popular stove, the Open Top Jet Burner. Simply poor in your fuel (about 30ml), light and within 30 seconds you should be cooking away. Unlike many similar stoves, our stoves contain an internal wick that helps the Meths draw up the inner walls and vapourise within seconds of lighting, removing the need for messy pre-heating, and increasing safety as more fuel will be retained in the stove should it be knocked over. Simply add a pot stand and windshield...

This picture shows the typical flame pattern from these wonderful little stoves (Meths flames are difficult to see in daylight, so I have added salt to the fuel which produces an orange, more visible, flame). Similar stoves often have a much wider flame pattern which is more likely to lick around the edge of your pan, therefore not heating efficiently. Our stove produces a flame from both the centre and the upper outer edges, which heats more evenly over the bottom of a pan.

Open Top Side Burner

For those of you wanting a simpler solution, we offer our Side Burner.

The side burner is also your pot stand! This little stove has the same wicking features as our Top Burner above, but is capable of supporting your chosen pot above it's slightly wider flame pattern, as below. As with all similar alcohol stoves, a windshield will still be required.

Performance

Each of our stoves have roughly similar performance. Each will boil 500ml of water in around 5 mins 30 secs, and using about 20ml of Meths, in typical UK conditions when used in conjunction with a windshield. Many factors can vary the cooking time, from air temperature to the type of metal that your pot / pan is made from, therefore performance may vary. This is true of all alcohol stoves. Using a larger quantity of fuel will allow you to bring water to the boil and then continue boiling for between 5 and 10 minutes.

Our stoves are available in Aluminium for an ultra light option, or Stainless Steel for a sturdier feel. Aluminium stoves weigh approximately 12g and Stainless Steel approximately 24g.

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INSULATED 'POT COZY' KIT

Saving a considerable amount of fuel and maintaining heat in your cooking pot (instead of simmering) with the addition of an insulated pot cozy isn't a new idea, but is seldom utilised due to the amount of insulation required to be effective.... Until now!

They say that food tastes better outdoors, and maybe this is true, but don't you just hate how fast a warm meal cools down – especially after a hard days walk in typical British weather! Wouldn't it be great to have some kind of insulated cozy to keep it warmer longer?

And if that same ULTRA-LIGHTWEIGHT insulation could make you a sturdy windshield too...

There are a number of companies making pot covers for their own gear (Gossamer etc), and AGG (Anti-Gravity Gear) do a great range of ready-made covers to suit top brand pots, but why pay so much when you can easily make your own POT COZY for a fraction of the price?

Reduce the amount of fuel you need to carry and save valuable weight! Foods that require boiling and then simmering can finish their cooking inside a cozy. Simply bring the food to the boil as normal, then carefully place your cookpot inside your new pot cozy and leave 2 or 3 times the normal simmer time (for a 5 minute simmer, leave for 10 or 15 mins). Don't worry about your food going cold during this time! Tests have shown that this insulation will keep half a litre of boiled water too hot to touch after 30 minutes!

All you will need is a pair of scissors and a marker pen. Our kit contains enough insulation and high quality foil tape to make a couple of simple covers or a real fancy one and a basic instruction sheet! (photo shows Snow Peak Trek 1400 Titanium with a two piece cozy)

Still have a little insulation left? Use boil in the bag or freeze dried food? Simply make an envelope that the packet will fit into after it has been cooked. Your food will stay hot longer and will be easier to hold. Eating from the packet saves washing up too!

Technical Spec

• Sheet size: 500mm x 600mm

• Foil Tape: Approx 3m in different widths

• Sheet Thickness: 4mm

• Insulation properties: 1.393 M2K/W (equivalent to 55mm of polystyrene)

• Achieves Class 1 surface spread of flame tested to BS 476 Part 7

• CFC & HCFC Free

KIT CONTAINS:

500mm x 600mm Insulated Sheet

Approx 3m Foil Tape (In Differing Widths)

Instruction / Idea Sheet