Vent: Spent $40 on a fancy camp stove that barely boiled water until I tried using a wind screen from an old pizza box

I was about to give up on cooking dinner after 20 minutes of watching my pot sit there lukewarm at 9,000 feet near Estes Park, but folding up that greasy cardboard actually blocked the gusts and had my water rolling in under 5 minutes, has anyone else MacGyvered their way through a stubborn stove issue?

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lily2301d ago

Honestly, I used to be the same way - I thought you had to drop cash on the fancy stuff to get results. But last winter my buddy's cheap little propane stove was struggling in the wind up in the mountains, and I folded a piece of a cardboard box around it like a little shield. Within two minutes the water was bubbling. Ngl, it changed my whole view on gear. Now I keep a random piece of cardboard in my truck just in case I need it.

grant8261d ago

That bit about the greasy cardboard really got me. I used to think spending more money was the only answer to gear problems. But after a trip where my expensive stove just could not handle the wind, and I ended up using a folded piece of tin foil from a granola bar wrapper to get things going, I had to admit I was wrong. Sometimes the cheap, simple fix is better than anything you can buy.