A view of the KISS stove flue pipe, looking down length (2,400mm)) of the pipe assembly.

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This post describes improved roll up flue pipe holding rings and other holding rings for ultralight tent stoves for winter backpacking. Introduction Holding rings are what I call the little rings that hold roll up flue pipes together in a pipe shape (I might have given them other names inRead More →

Regulation of burn rate with regular 40mm flue pipe by removing fuel tube and having sloping fuel sticks.

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Experiments to cool the hot tent stove This post describes possible ways of making the KISS tent stove run a little less hot so as to slow the rate of decay of some critical flue pipe components. This post is a prelude to other posts; Part 2. that describes aRead More →

The formed sacrificial flue pipe guard mounted in the exhaust port of a dome stove.

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A sacrificial guard tube for a KISS tent stove This post describes a guard tube for the stove pipe on a tent stove. It sacrificially protects the roll up foil stove pipe from damage. I have had an enquiry about the KISS stoves ‘flat-out’ burning action being a little bitRead More →

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 →