I have one, I used it a few times. Once for a 3 days backpacking trip, it was difficult starting it in the morning as temperature was only a bit above 0 degC. Then for another 3 day hike where I used it to boil water for two persons it took so long that other people were done eating where we started.
I also had the fuel bottle leak in my pack (and the friend I was hiking with forgot his gas canister), fun times.
Now I'm mainly using a small gas canister (100g) and a small titanium burner (20g I think?) and I find the (small) added weight worth it.
Alcohol stoves are great if you have time and it's not too cold, plus it's easy to take only the fuel you need. With gas canisters you have to take the whole thing, and after a while you may end up with several partially empty canisters and have to weight them to take the one with the amount of remaining fuel the closest to what you'll need for your trip. I have 3 or 4 of those at the moment.
Depending on the weather and how much you're cooking, an 8-day trip may be long enough that the low energy density of alcohol fuel outweighs the size advantages of the stove.
You can simplify this a bit from the construction in the article. Use the bottom sections of two cans, and you only need the pinholes in the rim and a larger hole in the middle of the top half to fill/drain.
I used one of these exclusively to cook on an 8 day bike packing trip about 15 years ago. You can't beat it for weight and size efficiency IMO.
I have one, I used it a few times. Once for a 3 days backpacking trip, it was difficult starting it in the morning as temperature was only a bit above 0 degC. Then for another 3 day hike where I used it to boil water for two persons it took so long that other people were done eating where we started.
I also had the fuel bottle leak in my pack (and the friend I was hiking with forgot his gas canister), fun times.
Now I'm mainly using a small gas canister (100g) and a small titanium burner (20g I think?) and I find the (small) added weight worth it.
Alcohol stoves are great if you have time and it's not too cold, plus it's easy to take only the fuel you need. With gas canisters you have to take the whole thing, and after a while you may end up with several partially empty canisters and have to weight them to take the one with the amount of remaining fuel the closest to what you'll need for your trip. I have 3 or 4 of those at the moment.
Depending on the weather and how much you're cooking, an 8-day trip may be long enough that the low energy density of alcohol fuel outweighs the size advantages of the stove.
Similar, only mine was an even more basic fancy feast cat food can stove
Soda can definitely stove.
To be a little less snarky -
You can simplify this a bit from the construction in the article. Use the bottom sections of two cans, and you only need the pinholes in the rim and a larger hole in the middle of the top half to fill/drain.
https://zenstoves.net/Construction.htm
I'm gonna leave this here for anyone interested in a more in-depth tutorial.
this looks similar
http://web.archive.org/web/20080211102811/http://www.pcthike...