Fancy Heat

[hjmoosejaw]

I was in Dollar Tree the other day and saw these little cans for a buck a piece. I picked up a few for the get home bag for my daughters (any of us really), It has a wick and supposed to last two hours. As long as they crack the car window a little, and watch they don't catch anything on fire, it should keep them warm enough, out there in a snow storm if the car brakes down, and they have to wait on a tow truck, or whatever.

http://www.fancyheat.com/about-fancyheat

[cornkiller1]

yeah i've used similar products in a small tent while camping. It really heats the area up nicely. Does say fumes are non-hazardous with the ones I was using.   

[hjmoosejaw]

Yeah, I figured it could make a lot of difference if the car heater isn't working. It gets pretty damn cold up here in the snow belt part of Pa. in the winter time.

[cornkiller1]

oh yeah, I could imagine. I went up there to visit family in late September and it was already reaching mid 30's. Down here in NC it hardly drops below 35 in the dead of winter.

[thatGuy]

For keeping the inside of the car warm I love it! Just make sure everyone is aware that the car can light on fire, we had a neighbor kid burn up like that...

[hjmoosejaw]

Just make sure everyone is aware that the car can light on fire, we had a neighbor kid burn up like that...

Definitely. While I was in the Dollar Tree, I picked up a couple of aluminum water bottles for a buck each also. I made one of those little liquid fuel stoves to see how well they worked. It does a pretty good job. My daughters and I have been making some "just add water" meals with it in the kitchen. It's definitely not an ultimate stove, but it's pretty kick ass in a pinch. Still tossing ideas around, maybe could incorporate it into a multi- fuel stove. Below is the type I made.

http://youtu.be/dDMJs0lvlNw

The one I made started the jets in less than 2 minutes, I didn't time it, but I'm sure it was less than 2 min. It boiled 2 cups of water in 4 minutes.
The fuel I used is HEET, or you can get the dollar store version called "Splash" for 1 dollar (a lot cheaper than Heet), same stuff though. Do not "SPLASH" it though, very flammable. LOL!

P.S. Don't drill through both layers of aluminum. It'll still work if you do though.

[thatGuy]

I love it!

I made a hybrid side burner out of an aluminum water bottle that I found in the weeds on the side of the road it wasn't nearly as nice as the one in the video!

Now that you have that under your belt HJ you should try a penny stove.

[hjmoosejaw]

Yeah, I thought about the penny stove. I wondered what kind of burn time it has in comparison to the aluminum bottle stove. I think I might make one of these Altoids stoves:

http://youtu.be/Yd4o4b7YojE

This guy sounds like he should be a radio personality.

[thatGuy]

Depends on the volume of stove... I get about a 8-10 minute burn on 3/4oz of fuel. I've built my stove to take 1 3/4oz so I can make pasta.

And that is one of the traps or one of the perks of making your own is that you have to think about this stuff and can get what you want.

[hjmoosejaw]

That sounds like a pretty good burn time.

[thatGuy]

I made some of those...

Roll your own backpacking stove

I wanna see pics HJ. I wanna see em!

[hjmoosejaw]

Yeah, I was following your posts on the stoves. A lot of good work there. Just looked them over again, to review. I was at the Dollar Store again yesterday, on my lunch break. I picked up a can of Altoids for like 1.65. Finally, a product that you get your money's worth. Only trouble is, there are way too many pieces in the can. (like a gazillion) I'm looking forward to making a stove with that. I know, I could put them in a baggie, but since I still have to get the other materials, I'll keep working on the "curiously strong mints". I'll try to get pics up, when both types are done, and one of my daughters help me to post them. LOL! 

[hjmoosejaw]

I made a couple of the Altoid stoves this weekend. They turned out pretty good, and worked like a charm. They take a little longer to boil water than the one dollar aluminum bottle stoves. Two tests with the Altoid stoves. One boiled 2 cups of water in 8 1/2 mins., the other did 2 cups in 10 mins. The one dollar bottle stove did 2 cups in about 4 1/2 mins. The dollar bottle stove seems to burn hotter, but doesn't burn near as long. (about 8 1/2 mins.- 9 mins.) The Altoid stove I timed yesterday, burned for 24 mins. You could do some cooking in 24 mins. Both types of stoves, I used 2 ozs. of fuel line anti-freeze. HEET, or the Dollar General version of it, "Splash"... ... ... ... ...I like them both!

http://youtu.be/dDMJs0lvlNw

http://youtu.be/Yd4o4b7YojE

[JohnyMac]

You ain't cooken crack are you??? Or better yet a "speed-ball." An awful lot about heaters lately.     

[hjmoosejaw]

LOL! Yeah, I'd probably blow myself up doing something like that. With the way my luck goes, something would happen to call attention to it. No, I'm just playing around, trying to keep from getting "cabin fever".

[JohnyMac]

Cabin fever... I hear ya' man.

The way I combat it is I cook! I cook and cook and cook! We had a small party here this evening and I made bean soup with ham. Rye bread and some corn bread with sweet cream butter from the cow across the road. Cheese of course and some really mediocre wine and great beer. Finished off with chocolate cake with mocha butter frosting and some Sumatra coffee.   

I am Jones-in for some foie gras to the point I am going to drive tomorrow to a little butcher shop I know about an hour away. The problem is I will not leave with just the goose pate I will leave with a shit-ton (Accounting term) of other things I am Jonzing for like: cheese,  sausages,  a hearty Zin and maybe a couple bottles of a mellow Merlot.

Oh, oh...There is a great bakery close to the butcher shop. Maybe some crusty french bread. O-Kay, O-Kay I have to stop!

We are having a great time at the cabin BUT.....

[thatGuy]

I with HJ on this one, tinkering is easer on the belt line!

A great pot stand for the stoves is a 2 pieces of 12 gauge wire bent twice at 90 degrees so they look like a flat bottomed U. Put one side of both legs into a piece of 1/4" tubing (might take the gentle caress of a light hammer) and you have a pot stand that folds up nicely.

[hjmoosejaw]

Hey JM! I end up getting hungry half the time you post. You sure do describe it well. I had to post the link below.

 

http://youtu.be/pCbw0BLS4m0

Thanks TG! That looks like a handy gadget to have. I'll have to make one. (or 2 or 3) [URL=http://www.smileyvault.co

[JohnyMac]

Too funny!  [URL=http://www.smileyvault.co