Back pack stove/wilderness survival "UPDATE"
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wildcat hunter
388Hammer, I too am interested in the "rocket stove" you have pictured on post #15. Can you tell us where you bought it. I have a very heavy, clay/metal rocket stove and it works fantastic but the one pictured there would be a great back packing tool.
The picture on # 15 is home made and I do not know where to purchase one. I do know that the stove weighs in well past camping weight. Like maybe 10 pounds. I have sampled different designs and have concluded that square tubing cut to one's desired length and welded together top and bottom is really all one needs. Review the first rocket stove post/the little one. There is a cross bar, used as a foot and it is removable. That is all one needs. At another permanent camp sight I cut/split and covered a bunch of wood for cooking use and indoor heating. I am in the process of making one of these stoves to fit inside my 12' X 12' Teepee so I can heat and cook year around.
A lot has changed since I last spoke. The pack originally posted is still sound but the waterproofing flacked off do to Chinese quality. We went to the Osprey series of packs because of the awesome evaporation setup. On a hot day or a hard day of packing everyone sweats. The Osprey comes in different sizes and demands. Mine is a model 58 and my wife's is a model 46. Because of the design I can really feel the air/wind passing between me and the pack do to the ventilated suspension system shown.
The # 2 reason I like the Osprey setup is because I never ever during the course of a trip have to get into the main compartment to get into the extra food, sleeping system or the tent. There are external pockets everywhere and the only difference between those two packs pictured is the 46 does not have one of the two vertical external side pockets that my 58 has. My pack is on the left and has the bonnet open so you can better see what is up. I would have to write pages to tell you all the nooks and crannies of storage including the waste belt storage of my 2500degreelighter and fire starting material.
http://i311.photobucket.com/albums/k...ps8f410cde.jpg
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...410_em_1p_7_ti Everything this says is absolutely true! The only down side to this is it crinkles. But, a sleeping system that equals a med weight sleeping bag is way past cool.
There are a number of liners that we are putting inside of the above sleeping system like the SOL ultra to add a margin of warmth for winter camping. These two systems together with clothing will and has kept us warm for 5 hours at 22 degrees and a 25 mph wind!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/SOL-Escape-L...p2054897.l4276
Got to run for now. Welding shops if you do not weld should not want much to make a simple circumference weld.
Neal