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Posted by calamity on February 11, 2008 at 10:48:06 pm EST
In reply to building a campfire - sometimes it's just not right posted by bheiser1 on September 11, 2007 at 7:08:52 pm EDT

I have a super-large empty coffee can (might hold a half-gallon of liquid) sitting in the back of my car that I'm considering for experimental use as an outdoor "stove" for short backpacking trips.

I suppose I'd need to punch some holes around the lower sides.

This would have at least several, very severe disadvantages compared with a traditional wood fire, but I assume two significant potential advantages: more efficient use of wood and no fire scars.

Though it's not an entirely unique idea, I doubt it's particularly worthwhile, and might be almost entirely impractical, but I did save it with that purpose in mind.

I can say that Volkswagen hub cabs work okay if not as a stove, per se, then for avoiding fire scars if you camp in junkyards, or otherwise happen to find them on site, but they are to my mind, much too heavy to carry.

My underlying interest in the coffee can is related to my fascination and skepticism regarding tiny, collapsible wood stoves for tents and my complete lack of experience with them.

I figure if a half-gallon coffee can works at all as a wood stove (outside, not in a tent, obviously), then I'd have slightly more confidence in these other more elaborate products. See Kifaru and other manufacturers for the tent stoves.

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