A photo of a lay flat handle on pot lid.

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Lay flat handles for pot lids are described. They make backpacking cookware lighter, more versatile and packable with multiple pots. Introduction Lay flat handles for lids make alternative ultralight DIY lids possible and practical, particularly with nesting pot and pan sets where safe storage of the delicate foil lids duringRead More →

Large C-Ring Stove with single cooking position. The Blower air tube has a bend in it that allows the blower and power supply to be angled back and away from the flame.

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Ultralight blower stove- Large/Single pot roll up stove that lives in its cooking pot/s The Large/Single- ultralight blower stove rolls up to fit in its own large pot for backpacking. It will cook one large pot at a time. However, with a bit of rock trickery, it can also heatRead More →

Blower stove with blowback protection for use when the stove is being used with periodically pulsed voltage to save battery power while cooking. Blower assembly with; push button on/off switch, improved slide shutter covering air intake and long air tube and elbow that is cradled in the vented conical air input port. The fan switch is off, the fan air intake is closed and the wind blown smoke and hot gas blowback is vented harmlessly as a small flame over the vent instead of blowing back through the blower assembly and damaging the plastic fan body.

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Introduction The ultralight blower stove has excessive power for most cooking needs because it has been geared to burning damp Gippsland sticks. I discuss various practical ways to reduce the fans air output by using choking, lower voltages and fan pulsing. This is in order to have; an option forRead More →

Student Stove with two large cut outs in the burner wall.

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A cheap ultralight blower stove The ‘Student’ ultralight blower stove is designed to be light, cheap and simple and is made from a 425g tuna tin, to match the skimpy budget of a student. If used with care it will have a short but useful life. Students can afford tunaRead More →

Boiling water in two big pots with plenty of heat to spare. The flame is controlled by wing wall. Gas combustion is completed outside of the main burn chamber.

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A backpacking wood stove with a blower-An overview  “designed to burn damp or wet wood” Amongst my ultralight wood-fired blower stove, there is a stove for everyone in the range; from large to small, single to double pot, ultralight rollup to non-roll-up, DIY budget student stoves, base camp stoves and evenRead More →

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Blower stove safety warning This describes the safety warnings for using a blower stove. These small wood-burning cooking stoves are designed for outdoor cooking, using very small quantities of dead tree sticks. By design, only a small portion of the loaded fuel sticks will be burning at any time. TheRead More →

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Blower stove instructions- parts, assembly, starting and running This is my blower stove instructions for assembly, starting, running and idling. Introduction For all my blower Stoves of different shapes and sizes can be easily started by a simple but systematic starting procedure to get the stove burning quickly. Getting theRead More →

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Introduction For ultralight blower stoves, without a wing wall extension, an air tube extension can help to keep the blower fan and power supply safely away from the stove’s flames. The dragon head fitting can do the same, but can also act as an air deflector for makeshift stoves inRead More →

Large 'Heavy Weight Stove' with primary pot in position and wing wall ready to receive a second pot.

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Sturdy double pot stove This is a tough a sturdy double pot stove that is a little less light and compact to be ideal for ultralight backpacking. It is a very tough blower stove that is suitable for base camps, picnics, pulk, sledge and vehicle-based camping. Introduction to the sturdyRead More →