Soda can stoves

[Easy-E]

Any one else use soda can stoves on your back country hunts or backpack trips?

I made a couple and tried them this year and they worked great. Heated water for cup O' soup, hot tea, etc.

Cheers!

[JLS]

I made one, but like my Snowpeak better.

[whuppinstick]

Any one else use soda can stoves on your back country hunts or backpack trips?

I made a couple and tried them this year and they worked great. Heated water for cup O' soup, hot tea, etc.

Cheers!

Yep, it's all I use.  I've used the same Pepsi-G stove (google it) for 1.5 Mexico-to-Canada thru-hikes and many backcountry hunting trips.  I've learned to make everything using boiling water and I don't even see a need for simmer anymore.  I don't understand why people waste all that weight (and money) on heavier stoves. 

[Skyvalhunter]

Made a couple and made one out of aluminum beer bottle type. Make sure you use 99% or Heat as the lower percentage alcohol doesn't burn well.

[kentrek]

I use the cat food can stove, hljust as effective as the soda stove except its way simpler to make

I do only use it for summer type camping...had it in 4 foot of snow in 30 degree weather an it did double fuel consumption but that's prolly pretty reasonable I'd think

[_TONY_]

Made one last night, after reading this thread.... These are pretty sweet!

[Hunter mike]

I've used a couple off of ebay - I should make one, but I figure it's not really worth my time for what they're selling for.  I've used mine in pretty heavy weather with good results. 

This year I switched to a Snow Peak lightweight stove.  I'm not entirely confident of the fuel consumption yet (so I take an extra can on longer trips) but the cutoff for me in weight is about 3 days (shorter trips with the soda can, longer with the Snow Peak).  The soda can can be a bit flaky in cold weather (occasionally needs a refill to get the job done) but the Snow Peak takes forever to boil when you get towards the end of a bottle of fuel...  If I had to pick just one, I'd probably stick with an alcohol stove.  It all nests up so nice and it's really light for just an overnight trip.  It's also pretty no frills - you won't have a failure because of some O-ring or whatever!

FYI - I have coffee every morning and a Mt House at night in the backcountry.  I like to have the fuel for another cup of coffee whenever I want too so I usually have some extra.

[follow maggie]

Can someone post up a picture of one?  I've not heard of this before.

[Possum197]

Take a look on youtube.com     lots of stuff like that with videos of how to make them.

[mrolen]

I have been looking into this there seems to be a few ways of doing it. Some seemed pretty bad but this one How to Make a Penny Can Stove seemed to be a pretty like the right way to go, can any one give me some input on this?

[WaltAlpine]

Is it really lighter than a pocket rocket, fuel included???

[Wanttohuntmore]

I did the math, using the stove twice a day, for heating water for a meal, I find the pop can stove/heet combo weighs less for about 2.5 days.  The pocket rocket/fuel combo is good to about 6 days.   After 6, a whisper lite becomes weight beneficial.   I admit I'm an ultralight bp geek....  First step toward recovery.   

[WaltAlpine]

I did the math, using the stove twice a day, for heating water for a meal, I find the pop can stove/heet combo weighs less for about 2.5 days.  The pocket rocket/fuel combo is good to about 6 days.   After 6, a whisper lite becomes weight beneficial.   I admit I'm an ultralight bp geek....  First step toward recovery.   

That's good info. All of my trips are longer than 2.5 days. I'll stick with the rocket. It works awesomely.