Nightwalker
11-06-2007, 17:49
I was at the Royal Cornwall Show recently and was checking out Shelterbox charity who were beside a lovely lake. I was gob-smacked at the amount of kit and useful stuff they fit into the boxes. Click here (http://www.shelterbox.org/box_contents.htm) to checkout the kit they put in their aid box's and the whole box, kit & delievery anywhere within the world is done for just under £500.
Anyway I was interested in some of their stove designs. The guy said they had tried some custom designs and were looking for something to use. They think they have found their best option:
http://acnetwork.co.uk/forums/BCUK/stove1.jpg
http://acnetwork.co.uk/forums/BCUK/stove2.jpg
The guy said the stove was like 90-95% efficient, I was at the show for all three days and I did see him run it soley on one bag of kindling, it looked a great design for a basecamp maybe. The whole thing flatpacks to go into the ShelterBox, even the chimney comes apart etc. As you can see you can heat numerous pots at the same time aswell as keeping other stuff warm.
Also you can see in the background a kelly-kettle, funny it wasnt what I was expecting, it was the first time I had seen one in person, I had a good look at it and noticed it was all burnt out, there was no chamber for the water the guy said it had burnt through, they had a peice of steel that he made that sits in the neck of the kelly-kettle and holds a pot on top, he said it was one of the cooking trial's they'd tried but wasnt very good.
I was wondering why it burnt out? I have little experience of kelly-kettle's but would it have burnt out maybe if it was a cheap copy not an original? Hope you enjoyed some of the info.
You can find more info on Shelterbox here: http://www.shelterbox.org/
Its a superb charity that provides essential aid to those who need it all around the globe and it started here in my own county.. Cornwall :)
Anyway I was interested in some of their stove designs. The guy said they had tried some custom designs and were looking for something to use. They think they have found their best option:
http://acnetwork.co.uk/forums/BCUK/stove1.jpg
http://acnetwork.co.uk/forums/BCUK/stove2.jpg
The guy said the stove was like 90-95% efficient, I was at the show for all three days and I did see him run it soley on one bag of kindling, it looked a great design for a basecamp maybe. The whole thing flatpacks to go into the ShelterBox, even the chimney comes apart etc. As you can see you can heat numerous pots at the same time aswell as keeping other stuff warm.
Also you can see in the background a kelly-kettle, funny it wasnt what I was expecting, it was the first time I had seen one in person, I had a good look at it and noticed it was all burnt out, there was no chamber for the water the guy said it had burnt through, they had a peice of steel that he made that sits in the neck of the kelly-kettle and holds a pot on top, he said it was one of the cooking trial's they'd tried but wasnt very good.
I was wondering why it burnt out? I have little experience of kelly-kettle's but would it have burnt out maybe if it was a cheap copy not an original? Hope you enjoyed some of the info.
You can find more info on Shelterbox here: http://www.shelterbox.org/
Its a superb charity that provides essential aid to those who need it all around the globe and it started here in my own county.. Cornwall :)