
As the air circulates, it feeds the fire at its base. In layman’s terms, rising hot air combined with the lack of oxygen in the combustion process pulls the air through the vent holes on the bottom. For starters… The airflow design is different than what I found on previous backpacking stoves. These biomass burning stoves come with some impressive technology. Or to just cook up that fresh trout that you just caught. It also gives you quick access to your stove if you need to purify water, make tea and coffee….

This will save you crucial interior space in your pack. Since they are lightweight, you can easily affix them to the external webbing on your backpack. Luckily, weight is a non-issue when it comes to these stainless steel stoves. In a crisis, each ounce that you add to your bug out bag needs to be well thought out. When you are out on the trail, you want your gear as streamlined and as light as possible. This keeps the overall weight of the stove extremely manageable. Most of these newer wood-burning backpack stoves are made from stainless steel. I’m sharing this information in hopes that you will get as much out of these biofuel stoves as I do. I would like to share a few of the key points that I learned about these stoves as well as their integrated technology. But after purchasing a couple of these biofuel stoves, I knew that I had found my backpacking stove solution for both recreational as well as my emergency preparedness needs.Īs I accumulated more of these wood burning stoves and replaced all of my other stoves with them, I learned a great deal about the features and applications for these biofuel stoves. At first, I thought that this sounded a bit too good to be true. Wood was certainly the preferred fuel source but dry grass, plants and pretty much anything else that was organic, could be used in these stoves as fuel.īasically, these stoves were running on biofuel and any other natural debris that you would find in the bush. But what really caught my attention was the fact that the fuel for these stoves, consisted of whatever you found on the ground. The new stoves were packed with very cool features. The need to carry replacement parts for my stoves was also annoying -but a must.Ī few years ago I came across a new line of stoves that seemed to address the issues that I was having with my current stoves. I would need to swap out the stoves and fuel tanks from my rucks each season. Unfortunately, they certainly weren’t very efficient when it came to adding them to my go-bags. These stoves did a great job once you finally got them setup and working. Components needed to soak for hours in certain cleaning solutions and the fuel tanks needed special handling. The maintenance of my backpacking stoves was also very detailed.

These fuels smelled horrible, were terrible for the environment and quite dangerous to be moving around with.


There were different types of fuel that I needed to store, once again, depending on the stove. Some stoves were ideal for high altitudes while others were only useful in the warmer months. If losing components for my stove wasn’t bad enough, I also needed to own various stoves depending on the location and season that I would be using it in. 1.12 Up Next: KeySmart Lite: Deal or Dud? Biofuel Backpacking Stoves: Is One In Your Go Bag?
