Vital Stove test in Killarney

Callan heads out to Killarney Provincial Park in the winter to try out a few gadgets - including the Vidal Stove.

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• Premiere_Elements_4 vital-stove
• killarney
• provincial-park
• camping
• camping-stove
• environmental-stove
• callan
• eureka

[cdltpx]

This is a woodgas stove plain and simple. You can start it faster using lighter fluid or charcoal starter. Or make some fire starter balls to keep with the stove coffee filter filled with dryer lint dipped in wax.

Google woodgas stove and you will see many forms of this stove some are large and expensive and save by burning biomass rather than fosil fuels. I would like to see one of these with a solar panel on it.

[callancanoe]

Good comments. I actually tried to cotton balls and vaseline and they worked great. If you see one with a solar panel, let me know. Great idea.

[callancanoe]

Good idea. It's on my to-do list and should be made early this spring.I do have an article coming out in the next Explore magazine on my best 10 gadgets.

[callancanoe]

It does require batteries, and this part of the stove is connected, which means it's stored sperate. I would say this is a disadvantage but eventually I'd loose this part of the stove and the stove would just become a weight in my pack.

[digitalesnegativ]

I love the sound of nature *srsrsrsrsrs*

[LukeAndJema]

why the fuck wouldent you want a fire your not a proper man

[solobackpacking]

Allow me to clarify for those rednecks out there who will no doubt error.

Dung from herbivores after it has dried for several days.



[MrSokitumi0007]

Thanks 4 the laugh goodtimes =P

[justwired]

ok motor and lipo combined is 5.6 grams my bad

[justwired]

i can get motors the size of the earser on a pencil with a inch propeller that runs on single cell lipo's that are three point seven volts motor and lipo weighs 1 gram combinded each lipo runs 10 mins

[justwired]

wondering is this thing considered legal in place where open fire is illegal since its a stove

[justwired]

really its just building a small fire and a fan is just getting to burn hotter ive already thought of twenty ways to build one my self

[RustyHingesSqueak]

good review..I just got mine today with the bbq grill...cant wait to try it out.

[dinnerandashow]

For those rednecks out there with very limited cranial capacity... the "dung" he refers to is from herbivores and only after it's been thoroughly dried.