backpacking

I have made a few of these, including one with an external fuel bottle that I never felt comfortable using in the field because the hose was made of surgical tubing.

The best ones you could make were made from a Venom energy drink bottle before they went to the thinner aluminum. I think Bud Lite also had an aluminum bottle with the same thickness. One of the best ones I made from that was a normal hobo penny stove, I threw it in a wood gasifier stove I made from food cans. It supercharged the stove and made it burn crazy hot and clean. 8 minutes on one ounce of fuel to boil 1 liter was good enough to not shave off 2 minutes and add a few ounces of weight with the gasifier.

I switch from my trusty homemade one to a titanium one from Vargo for no reason other than titanium and it works well enough. I also use the Snow Peak giga when I can't use an alcohol stove, it works well enough but isn't as "fun".

Try the soda can design next! I made a few with my kids as a craft project.

Note that these stoves are often banned in the western US during wildfire season. Allowed stoves generally need to have a sealed fuel system with an on-off valve.

I used something like this at a music festival, after they'd banned every other type of stove. I found a lot of nerds on the internet who all raved about these little things and after using them I was inclined to agree.

It's the simplicity of them, they feel so peaceful to use. Yes they take a bit longer to boil than everything else but who's rushing while camping.

It's not always about bigger, better, faster, prettier or more efficient.

You're making good use of something you made yourself from "waste". It probably was one of the best coffee's you have had, or at the very least one you will allways remember. Just because of that.