Bug-Out Cook Stove

[cdale]

BUSHBUDDY

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THE BUSHBUDDY HAS BEEN NEWLY REDESIGNED TO BE LIGHTER AND SMALLER - A MORE RUGGED AND LOWER COST ALTERNATIVE TO THE BUSHBUDDY ULTRA


About the BUSHBUDDY

Like the original Bushbuddy, this stove was designed to provide the cooking needs of one or two people, but can also serve the needs of a family or small group if two stoves are carried.

It weighs just 6 1/2 oz, and makes a compact package 4 1/4" in diameter and 3 3/4" high when nested (the same size as the Bushbuddy Ultra), which will fit inside the Snow Peak Trek 900 titanium pot, and many other pots of similar or larger capacity. It's compact size and light weight make it ideally suited to the needs of the backpacker, cyclist, and other outdoor travelers. Because it burns wood, it is a very economical stove to use.

There is also no need to carry your fuel with you wherever wood is available (it does not need batteries), making it useful for long trips, or when traveling in remote areas of the world where liquid fuels may not be available. It is aircraft friendly too.

Under good conditions (protected from wind and rain and with a lid on the pot) the BUSHBUDDY can boil one quart of water in about 8-10 minutes. It is a very efficient stove, consuming only about 14 oz. of wood per hour at maximum heat, less at lower heat.

Because of its unique design which uses a double wall around the firebox to preheat secondary combustion air, you will find that you can burn wood as cleanly as a candle.

Just be sure to use dry wood only, and add it at regular intervals to
maintain an open flame.

The BUSHBUDDY is made of high quality 18% chrome 8% nickel stainless steel for many years of trouble free use. The grate is now made of nichrome wire for the longest possible life.

[cdale]

Has anyone have any experience with this cook stove ? I have been looking for a cook stove to use for when the supply of camping stove fuel will not be available and i must use wood.

The major advantages I see with the stove is small and lightweight for my backpack which will be used for bugging out. Since I don't have a bug-out spot I will be heading to the wilderness .

The cost is $95.00 which for the advantages I see for me is worth it.

Link to site: http://www.bushbuddy.ca/index1.html

Video link of stove in action :http://www.bushbuddy.ca/

[Buttercup]

Never used one before...but I'm wondering how an improvised one...made out of coffee cans would work in a pinch. I like the concept! http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/greet025.gif

[dreadstalker]

Dosen't look too tough to make one. My hobo stove took more work then that.

[cdale]

Buttercup,
I was researching that idea, many different styles on the web. Even though the coffee or hobo stoves work and are cost effective, some advantages to the Bushuddy are that wood can be added without removing your cookware so no delay in cooking time. Also since the stove is doubled walled there will be no flames escaping from the bottom, this will leave the ground surface free of any sign of fire. As long as I bury the left over burnt wood and all signs of human disturbance in the area the less chance people will follow me.

[cryhavoc]

$95.00?? Hmmmmm.....

Looks like I'm an empty Dinty Moore Stew can, and an empty #10 coffee can away from a "new" super-light camping stove!! :)

Thanks cdale!

cryhavoc

[Freeholder]

While I agree that the price of that little stove seems awfully high, a stove made of tin cans will burn out fairly quickly. This one ought to last for quite a while -- it's stainless steel.

Kathleen

[KuernoDeChivo]

Anyone interested in this should also look at making an alcohol burner stove. I have mad a few and they work very well. I have cooked bacon and sausage with eggs. Some times I have had to reload it or use 2 to finish bacon and sausage but once the get going, they burn hot for about 5 minutes and then simmer for another 7. Perfect for a pan of eggs or hotcakes.

I will post image links. These are not mine but the idea is about the same. I usually use about 8-12 holes for burning the alcohol gas and 1-3 small holes in the middle for filling. Then keep a nickel on hand to place over the fill holes when you light it. If it is cold you might need to use an old tuna can and put your burner in that. Put an little alcohol in the tuna can, light it and it will heat your burner enough to get it started.

These are easy to make and you can store a few of them in a freezer zip-lock and alcohol is still pretty cheap. I have burned rubbing alcohol from Rite-Aid as long is it is 90% or better. I have burned the alcohol gasoline additive "Heet" to suck water out of gasoline and prevent freezing. You can even buy pure alcohol by the gallon in the paint section at Walmart.

You could cook a helluva lot of breakfasts with a gallon of alcohol that takes up very little space, won't freeze and pure alcohol lasts a long long time.

http://www.thermojetstove.com/02burner.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Pepsi-can_stove_lit.JPG/200px-Pepsi-can_stove_lit.JPG

The internet is full of plans.
http://www.backpacking.net/makegear/stove/index.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverage-can_stove

[cjoi]

I've been thinking about this thread and wondering why the pics in the OP made me uneasy. It's the dry grass. The person deploying the stove didn't clear the burnables from enough space to make it safe to cook there. May not have bothered anyone else... carry on ;-)

[danoon]

Very nice stove but for $90 I think its a bit over priced. I have a Folding Pocket Cooker and even though its not stainless steel it folds up to the size of a paperback book and I think it would be almost as good as the bushbuddy plus its a LOT cheaper. If you haven't purchased the bushbuddy yet try this one out first.. if you don't like it you can keep it for a backup.

http://www.amazon.com/BRAND-NOT-SPECIFIED-Foldable-Pocket/dp/B000HR95NO/ref=pd_ys_iyr46

[KuernoDeChivo]

I've been thinking about this thread and wondering why the pics in the OP made me uneasy. It's the dry grass. The person deploying the stove didn't clear the burnables from enough space to make it safe to cook there. May not have bothered anyone else... carry on ;-)

HAHAHA..Having spent years in my previous community fire department I noticed the same thing. My wife thinks I am over cautious so I thought I would keep my mouth shut. I thought maybe they were trying to prove how safe it was by burning on a pile of dried pine needles. In fact that's the exact stuff I would scrounge up if I was trying to get a fire going...

[Bad Hand]

For $90 I would say it is way over priced since you can make one out of a coffee can. Only time I ever carry a stove is in the winter, I don't camp very much in the summer if at all too many people.