So I've been using the clikstand ( http://www.clikstand.com ) for quite a while now. It consists of a click together stainless steel stove / pot stand, combined with a brass alcohol burner from Trangia. Normally, you'd fill the burner with denatured alcohol and use the thing as a standard alky stove with a nice windscreen.


However, I started wondering whether I could use the base / stand as a wood stove, without the alcohol burner, if I were to run out of fuel, so I tested it out today.

It works!

It has rained for the last two days here, so it was perfect stove testing conditions <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> I used a couple of new knives to split and shave off some kindling and little bits of wood from the center of larger sticks, and even harvested a little bit of drenched fatwood. I forgot to check my watch until a bit after taking everything apart, but boil time was less than ten minutes after the fire was already going and I added the pot. Not bad, not bad at all.

I decided to use the base plate, but not actually clicked into the stove - just set on the ground below it. I don't know that it helped very much, but it at least gave SOME sort of dry surface to cut down on the moisture in the stove a bit.


My whole stove setup fits inside the stuff sack for the evernew titanium 0.9L pot.



I like to store the windscreen wrapped around the pot, with everything else inside the pot


Everything packs very flat inside. Here you see the Trangia alcohol burner, which I usually would use - I'm planning on the wood fire as nothing but a backup to the burner in case I run out of fuel.


And the side walls of the clikstand assembled. I will be using them without the base plate clicked in place


My new Bama Clay Active Duty was good for making some fatwood shavings


Tried to light the fatwood with a UST Sparkie, but it was fresh harvested from a soaking wet stump and I had to use a cotton ball soaked in candle wax


You didn't think I'd keep that Smooth Bolt SJTAC a safe queen did you? It was used to split up some of that fatwood, but it turned out to not be very saturated with resin, so not the best stuff.


finally, some fire!






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Seems pretty good to me - I'd call this test a big success!

that looks a hell of a lot lighter and more compact than my Swedish Mess Kit, which also utilizes the trangia stove. nice test

Great review MM!

That sure looks like a great lightweight solution!

Nice selection of knives too. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

The entire stove kit - evernew 900ml titanium pot, clikstand, trangia burner, and bandana, is 479 grams (16.9 ounces). Not half bad.


I even think there was a little bit of fuel inside the trangia burner when I weighed it.

That's a great looking setup there MM.

I was looking at this in the surplus store today. The fuel is only about
an inch in diameter, and maybe 3/4 inch high. Didn't strike me as being
very usable until seeing this thread. I think that there would be enough
room in the fire area to do a wood fire, or put something like denatured
alcohol in an old tuna can. They were pretty cheap, I think about $5.00
When done with it, it just folds up flat, and really isn't that big.

Anyone think it's worth getting?

That's an Esbit Stove.

I think a better option would be a folding Sterno stove. I bought one but haven't used it yet. There was an article in Backwoodsman about using one as a little wood stove. A lot more room for sticks inside. And of course, you could also use it as an alcohol stove, as sterno is gelled alcohol.



The Sterno stove was listed as an alternative to the pocket cooker that BWM sold.

Pocket Cooker


The sterno stove is lighter and cheaper.

Great! Thanks a lot for sharing!! :-)

That Sterno stove looks pretty light Andy.
I've been looking at a hobo stove the last couple of days.
Got an old 2 pound coffee can that I want to experiment with.
Not really lightweight, but very cheap, and has the advantage of being
able to store stuff in it as well.

Cheers

I have used the Esbit style before, and they do work. I also have a steel folding stove for use with Sterno, or even a wood fire, it is nice but a lot heavier.

Had a close look at the Sterno stove today in the surplus store.
For double the price of the esbit stove, I don't think that it's really
worth it. I think that I'll pick up the esbit stove after Christmas.