User Review: Sierra Zip Ztove
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Price Paid: $55
The stove(s) arrived in small carboard boxes with a minimum of packaging; a good first start. Instructions were quite clear on proper use; also some good hints at efficient use. Initial assembly was easy. Weight was as advertised. I own both the steel and titanium models.
Operating the stove efficiently took some practice. Nothing bad in the design of the stove, just getting away from the instant gratification mindset of hydrocarbons. Once I learned how to competently start a small fire, starting with vaseline-soaked cotton balls, then to shredded pine, then to small twigs, and finally larger sticks, I did quite well for myself. If you are out in the winter using this, I suggest keeping your kindling close to your body to warm it up. A spark catches easier in warmer kindling.
Once a solid fire is set, operation is a breeze (pardon the pun). A liter of water goes from freezing temp to boiling in just under 7 minutes with a good fire and blower on "High." You do not need a windscreen, but should be behind a windbreak of some kind in winter. You do not have to worry about it being blown out, but do have to worry about the wind stealing your heat.
This is my favorite stove. I put a Trangia alcohol burner in it as a back-up (credit to Chip Rawlins of "The Complete Walker"). It may be messy, but you don't have to worry about running out of fuel (if you're in a forest). It is very hot.
Just be sure to put out your ashes very, very well.
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