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 →

Ultralight tent pegs and concrete nail pilot hole spike.

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This page is about my ideas on ultralight titanium tent pegs that can greatly reduce the backpacking weight of an ultralight tent. Introduction My ‘bell tents’ or ‘tipi tents’ require so many pegs that their lightness becomes very important. At the same time, their functionality must be maintained. “The bottomRead More →

Ultralight 'Bell Tent' a roomy shelter with the comfort of central heating with an ultralight wood stove.

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Ultralight Tent Stove- Part 2 A glimmer of success This post is the second in a four-part series on my efforts to design a truly ultralight tent stove. My aim was to efficiently and cleanly provide cooking and warmth from a small number of bush sticks to enhance the pleasureRead More →

A high temperature body heater

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Ultralight tent Stove Part 1- Lessons through failure This post is the first in a four-part series on my efforts to design a truly ultralight tent stove. My aim was to efficiently and cleanly provide cooking and warmth from a small number of bush sticks to enhance the pleasure ofRead More →

Cheery cooking on a ultralight tent stove with lots of waste heat for the cook.

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Ultralight tent stove overview This ultralight tent stove overview summarises my posts on my many tent stove innovations as they have failed, morphed and improved as I have learned to make a better stove. It is a brief outline of a complex and non-linear journey. Background to the tent stoveRead More →

Ceramic wick candles. Featuring stable wicks, heat feedback to keep wax molten and perpetual ceramic wicks. Left; Square zirconia wick that sits in a tea candle dish that sits on an insulator. This wick stores a considerable amount of wax within it and can be removed to start another candle, start a fire or provide an ignition source for a smouldering tent stove. Center; Fixed zirconia wick in a food can that provides a large wax reserve and can be conveniently sealed with a plastic lid during backpacking. Right; Large glass fibre wick, in part of the aluminium tube from a thick marker pen.

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DIY candle This post is about making a DIY candle wick for alpine backpacking camping. It is a modified tea candle. The ceramic fibre wick has a metal-sheathed that provides; stability, long life and heat-transference that helps it work effectively under cold alpine conditions. Introduction to DIY backpacking candle wickRead More →

Assembled ultralight tent stove setup on a bush pole.

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Ultralight Tent Stove- Part 4 Getting the Best out of the stove This post is the last in a four-part series on my efforts to design a truly ultralight tent stove. My aim was to efficiently and cleanly provide cooking and warmth from a small number of bush sticks toRead More →

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Ultralight blower stove uses range from ultralight backpacking to base camping with stove weights from 100-500g. This page is a guide to help you select the best stove for your purposes. Introduction For backpackers, there is great cooking power in the lightest of my stoves, but for just a littleRead 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 →