USB tester.

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USB power tester This cheap USB power tester is a great little inline device for monitoring volt (V), amps (A), milli amp hours (mAh) and duration of current-on-time . Introduction For some time as backyard tinkerer (Or more like a bathroom tinkerer, in my case) I have struggled to findRead More →

A pot lid/pan from a biscuit tin used as a lid and as a frying pan.

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Introduction I have reported extensively on cheap ultralight lids for cooking pots and pans in an article titled Pots, pans, lids and lifters. At that stage, I did not include the humble biscuit or cookie tin lid in the list, so I do so here and point out its versatilityRead More →

Simple dome stove plus with side fuel port uncovered.

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A convertible tent stove This post describes a tiny tent stove that is quickly convertible to a fast cooking outdoor stove that can cook two pots at the same time using little sticks for fuel and a USB fire blower. In tent mode, it can be used with a smallRead More →

Simple dome stove leg ready to connect stove mounting wire.

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This post describes an improved and simpler stove mounting device that can be fitted to any bush stick using some wire. They can be used when camping on soil or sand and are particularly suited to mounting a tent stove in a snow pit while camping in deep snow. OneRead More →

Simple dome stove charcoal embers inflamed by an explosive drop of oil /water emulsion.

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Can a tiny wood-fired tent stove be fired with oil for an all-night-stove? My investigations into a potential ‘over-night-stove‘ for a small tent concluded that it would be difficult to make a self-feeding wood stick fire stove to serve this purpose while winter backpack camping. With that failure, I thoughtRead More →

A hybrid Miniature dome stove with both top and side fuel stick feeding ports.

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A stove with a top and side fuel ports This stove with top and side fuel ports, can resolve the charcoal choking problem that I encountered while testing the similar Miniature Dome Stove that only has a side fuel port. Fortuitously, swapping from the side to the top fuel portRead More →