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 →

Flue retaining rings and flue mounting socket stored outside of the rolley ready for packing other close fitting components inside and outside

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Rollup flue pipe for tent stoves and hot tenting Rollup flue pipe This article is about my rollup flue pipes or rollup stove pipes for use with tent stoves or hot tenting and can have diameters from 30 mm upwards and any length up to about 3 m. The innovativeRead More →

Whisky top burner with riser (~9 g), with small clean concentrated flame.

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Backup alcohol burner A ~9g ‘whisky top’ backup alcohol burner is described. It can be used as an alternative ultralight way of cooking, on wood-burning stoves, when it must be used inside a tent in bad weather. Introduction This article is about a compact backup alcohol burners to use in myRead More →