Friday 31 July 2009

'Blue Peter' Time - Part 1: The 33p Foil Windbreak...

Step 1 - take a large foil cooking tray (3 for £1 at Wilkinsons):
Step 2 - trim off top & bottom edges. Flatten remains to a sheet.

Step 3 - Curl sheet around pot and use as below (MyTiMug sitting on EK backup meths burner):
The windshield wraps around the mug for storage...
Weight is 14g. Lighter foil is available but I wanted something resiliant enough to last my 6 week trip.

After all the weight last week, and finding when I got back I'd been carrying 3 stoves I've thinned things down and this combination will be "the kitchen" for this weeks hike - so test results coming soon!

4 comments:

  1. Good source of foil Rob but I'd suggest making the windshield long enough to surround the pot with a part cut out for the handle.

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  2. I wasn't just intending it to be for the meths burner, but hey, damn the expense - I'll blow the other 66p worth of trays on a Clone Cone... Was there a printable template somewhere?

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  3. :-)

    I can send you the template (I think) to suit the Mitymug/EK Alcohol Burner but if you download the relevant programs (GS View & Ghostscript) you can edit the parameters on the template text file to suit any pot/burner conbination.

    http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/

    You can download both at the link above.

    The basic template is a text file that you can edit in Wordpad etc.

    Tempted to shoot down to Tesco and see if they have any trays similar the ones you got.

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  4. Cheers! Go for it!
    Disposable BBQs look like another 'recycle opportunity' for thick alu foil...

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