| Stove |
Burn time/just stove-1 oz fuel (mins.secs)
|
Comment |
Ranking
|
| Control: empty cat food can
|
5.27
|
surprisingly efficient |
21
|
| Basic Stove - rayon puffs (3)
|
11.25
|
yellow flame...smoked at end, used water to stop smoke |
7
|
| Basic Stove - cotton puffs (1)
|
11.54
|
very
tall blue flame almost to end |
5
|
| Brasslite
|
10.47
|
completely blue flame...@10 mins tip yellow...alcohol boiled vigorously |
11
|
| Feather-Fire
 
|
8.49
|
went
out suddenly |
16
|
| Swedish Military
|
12.39
|
11 mins-diminished flame...yellow flame...turned blue @10 mins |
2
|
| Trangia
|
11.47
|
yellow flame...@10mins no jet flames, only center flame |
6
|
| Ultralight
|
10.02
|
tall jet flames-yellow tips...yellow flame |
12
|
| Pop Can-logo
|
9.19
|
tall jet flames...low center flame |
15
|
| Paired - full
|
8.19
|
yellow/blue
flame |
17
|
| Paired - simmer
|
12.12
|
blue
flame |
3
|
| Pop Can - taped
|
6.30
|
blue
flame |
20
|
| Jiffy Heat
|
4.53
|
jets
lit at 40 secs |
23
|
|
Pressurized Pop Can - In/Out jets
|
10.55 |
took 3 tries to light...flares near end...hisses under pressure, stopped when pressure dropped...1/2 jets inside rim, 1/2 on shoulder |
9 |
|
Silver Pressurized Pop Can
|
12.07 |
|
4 |
|
Atomic
|
9.58 |
jets lit at 17 secs |
13 |
| Gram Weenie
|
4.0
|
did not include in the Ranking because it will not hold 1 oz of fuel... |
n/a
|
| White Box
|
5.01
|
|
22
|
| BIOS
|
1.55
|
jets lit at 19 secs |
30
|
| Side Jet Rivet
|
3.28
|
jets
lit at 1.11 mins |
27
|
| Riveted Pop Can
|
4.13
|
jets
lit at 1.05 mins |
25
|
| Super Cat
made per these instructions: http://jwbasecamp.com/Articles/SuperCat/index.html
|
6.32
|
tall flame...can see the stove pulling in air through the side holes |
19
|
| Pressurized pop can-black
|
4.45
|
took 3 tries to get jets lit...flame flared near end |
24
|
| SITH
|
2.02
|
jets lit at 16 secs |
29
|
| Iso-Fly
|
13.5
|
this was an off-design test...stove is intended to be used with a water jacket to keep the fuel cool...wicks are adjustable for fast burn or simmer |
1
|
| Triad
|
9.40
|
per the instructions...this stove is meant to work best with a windscreen...I had to use a pre-heat cup to get it to burn w/out that...use 10 drops to preheat |
14
|
| SSBIT
|
11.22
|
this stove was noisy...made popping noises..tall flame until 7.38 secs...flame dropped to almost out...then revived not as tall & stove went silent |
8
|
| Nion #2
|
7.5
|
1 1/4 oz capacity...didn't get flame pattern described for high mode...tested on high |
18
|
|
Iso-Fly |
13.5 |
this was an off-design test...stove is intended to be used with a water jacket to keep the fuel cool...wicks are adjustable for fast burn or simmer |
1 |
| Etowah
|
10.54
|
blue flame to start, turned yellow...after outer flame out, inner flame lit then slowly diminished...use 1/2 oz in outer can...1/2 oz in closed can |
10
|
| Ring of Fire
|
2.48
|
double-walled like pop can, but with braided nylon narrow rope around rim...blue flame, then blue & yellow, then very yellow, then blue at end |
28
|