Lightest backpacking stove. A two pot blower stove formed in a small trench cut into the ground.

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This article describes the lightest wood stove that can burn damp wood sticks and simultaneously cook in two pots. The small blower unit and battery (~75g) is all that needs to be carried to provide 2-3 hours/battery or more cooking time for two pots. The blower unit also doubles as a tool for rapidly starting camp fires under difficult conditions.Read More →

A DIY sanding cone made with wooden turned cone with a 9mm dia spindle threaded and glued into it. It is covered with discarded quality cloth backed belt sander abrasive (it appears to be aluminium oxide grit).

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This is a list of DIY hand tools that I use for tinkering with making my ultralight stoves and related small projects. I will add to the list as I bump into these old workshop friends. Introduction “A good tool makes the difficult easy and the impossible possible”– Mothy theRead More →

Toothpaste tubes connected together ready for quick, clean and efficient transfer of toothpaste in appropriate quantities for ultralight backpacking.

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Toothpaste tube filling- for ultralight backpacking A simple method for toothpaste tube filling from a large one to a small one. It is a handy trick for ultralight backpacking. Background to toothpaste tube filling I begrudge purchasing expensive small tubes of toothpaste for ultralight backpacking. “Yes, some people call meRead More →

Example of glueing different silnylons to each other. The orange patch of silnylon is effectively glued onto a silnylon dry bag using acetic cure silicone rubber. The dry bag has subsequently survived many outdoor adventures without the patch breaking down.

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Silnylon glueing Glueing, laminating and seam sealing of silnylon with acetic cure silicone rubber for DIY ultralight backpacking projects are discussed. This is an early post about only silnylon glueing and there is a later post about many other more general RTV silicone rubber glueing ideas and projects including cotton fabric.Read More →

Cocoon camera mounted on ski goggles strap by a modified mount to make it compatible with wearing a helmet and cold resistant.

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An Aldi Cocoon goggles action camera was modified to mount on any ski goggle strap while wearing a helmet and allows the battery holder to be carried against the warmth of the body. It works well for tracking style filming of skiing. I found that the Aldi Cocoon goggles actionRead More →

Saw and secateurs in safety pouch made by folding, cutting and taping a thin kitchen cutting sheet

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This DIY ultralight bow saw is made from leg of a broken aluminium beach chair and a blade from a small Aldi bow saw. Weighing only ~150 g it is a serious wood cutting tool for winter backpacking. It is very useful if using a small tent stove for winterRead More →

Flat flue gland in water shedding pocket in tent with the yellow cord holding the keeper flap in place

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Metal stove jack This slip in metal stove jack protects a tent from a hot stove pipe. It has very high-temperature resistance and can be changed for different pipe sizes. Introduction to the removable metal stove jack I like to see the stove pipe temperature maintained at a safe levelRead More →

Photo of a lay flat kettle filled with water and sitting on a flat surface in front of the flat carry pack. It is 31 g lightweight kettle with 700 cc capacity for snow melting and water boiling. It can be flattened to be easily carried for ultralight backpacking.

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LAY FLAT KETTLE This post describes a backpacking ultralight lay flat kettle that is made of silnylon, RTV silicone rubber and copper foil. INTRODUCTION My ultralight lay flat kettle (~31 g) for snow melting and water boiling is made of copper foil and silnylon and it has a capacity ofRead More →