Top Jet Alcohol Stove Burner Demonstration

[2kargarage1]

Nice

[drfrancov]

So what is the difference with the side jet rivet one you sell too?

[mechanicmike69]

@drfrancov The Side Jet RIVET Stove requires no pot stand, you set your pot right on it, but requires 95% alcohol to burn (no rubbing alcohol).

[mechanicmike69]

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[slodeth5]

Gotta love 'em, those alcohol stoves. I was a converted from the first one I made. Unbeatable in cost, weight, and usage, with a pot cosy.

[algentry1]

Hi.

Great demo.. I'm a "recent" convert. How do you back pack the wind screen and still keep it round/cylindrical? Thanks for the help.

Al in Oklahoma

[mechanicmike69]

@algentry1 this particular windscreen is best stored for travel when the pot is left inside the windscreen with the space inside the pot used for storage and the space underneath used to store a smaller pot or the lid for the pot. You can even turn the pot over with the lid at the other end and it all becomes a storage cylinder for all your cooking supplies. Since it is just a little larger than the pot it can usually even be stored in the original netting stuff sack that came with the pot.

[algentry1]

@mechanicmike69

Thanks for the information. Sounds like a winner to me.

Al

[phrayzar]

Nice work, tell it like it is mike.

[dzsk8r]

wow! amazing video! keep up with the stoves!!! i will start using this on my hiking trips !

[horsedude44]

can you show us how to build one. nice vid

[hobbexp]

good video 5/5

[kt3900]

hello mechanicmike69. I am like many other aspiring to hike the appalachian trail! I know I want to go light, if not ultralight, and I have made stoves like this before. One question: what type of fuel should I use and is that fuel readily available along the trail? Thanks

[mechanicmike69]

Most outfitters and hostels sell denatured alcohol. HEET" in the YELLOW bottle is also available at most gas stations/marts. I got by a couple of times on rubbing alcohol, even though it burns the longest per ounce and is the cheapest and easiest to get I didn't like the way it sooted my pots. HEET was/is my favorite as it burns a little longer per ounce than denatured alcohol.

[AustiniusRex]

Good idea, two questions. One: Are you able to put out the stove's fire before the fuel runs out? Two: It may be lightweight, but with lighter weight come a lack of durability, does this dent as easily as a soda can? If so does that compromise its functionality?

[mechanicmike69]

Generally you never need to put out because you only put in approx.1 ounce of alcohol (extra alcohol is stored in a separate bottle). As for how long will it last? I have one with over 600 uses on it and it is still going strong. It is made from the bottoms(strongest part)of 2 soda cans and has an additional inner wall. They are actually very sturdy. Small dents do not affect functionality.

[AustiniusRex]

What is the approximate burn time for an ounce of alcohol in one of these?

[mechanicmike69]

approx. 10-12 minutes. Times vary with outside temp, wind, altitude, type of alcohol used, etc...

[hoz49]

Just like the Pepsi can stove I've used for the past 5 years. My go to stove.

[cyprisjynx]

thats a handy little stove. im going to order a few for my bugout bags and for camping trips, as they look easier to use and lighter than anything ive seen in the stores or can make myself. great price too, at 6 bucks each u just cant beat it.

[RJBURG]

Oh yes light weight is ok but i take my tangia over that stove i can keep my fuel in it and not need a fuel bottle.

[mechanicmike69]

My top jet and a fuel bottle are lighter than a Trangia stove by it's self. Also you can adjust your fuel bottle size for the trip, for instance on an overnight trip you may only need a couple of ounces, but for a week trip you my need 12-16 ozs. Even a rubbing alcohol bottle that will hold 16oz. of alcohol and the top jet stove are still lighter than the trangia stove. On a backpacking trip longer than just overnight every ounce you don't have to carry counts.

[mechanicmike69]

The Trangia doesn't hold that much fuel, so anything longer than 2 days or if you do a lot of cooking will require you to bring along an extra bottle anyway, adding even more weight to the already heavy Trangia or Svea stove.