Don Diego Ultralight Alcohol Stove

This was my first sub-one oz backpacking stove.

Boil time - 11:45 for 16 oz of water.
Total burn time - 16:10 using 5/8 oz of denatured alcohol
Stove Weight - 0.75 oz.
Total System Weight - 2 oz

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[PaulWebb84]

Thank you so much for your help. I need a few more questions answered. How much does 1 esbit tablet weigh?

[FriarTuck1961]

Oh, I like to help. I think I can answer most of your questions.

Each Esbit tablet weighs 0.55 oz (15g) Including the bubble pack it is sealed in.

I'll send you some more info about fuels along with consummations and equivalents that I and others have observed too.

Lets start using personal messages so I can send links and more detailed answers.

[ianrsigel]

Bet it would work even better if you removed the cigar from the tube first. :)

[TheLimbReaper]

Nice fabrication there with the wire. I bet that would be Monica Lewinsky's prefered stove if she we to backpack lol.

[J0Gu7]

awsome

[afterthefox7]

cant take the money to the cemetery.

[strahdvonhessing]

cumbersome at best

[MikeofWyoming]

4 stars for your creativity!

[FriarTuck1961]

Yes, Esbit can be extinguished and the remainder used again. Esbit is also marked with segments so you can break the tabs into half or quarter segments.

This will definitely increase the quantity of water boiled by your Esbit fuel supply instead of allowing the excess to burn away..

[PaulWebb84]

Me and my brother were arguing over the pros and cons over alcohol and the esbit tablets, is it possible to blow out the esbit after your water has boiled and reuse what is left again later? I read on your wallet stove that it burns for 11:13 seconds but boils water in 6:35 so you could almost boil two 16oz jobs, right?