1 Qt water-no lid small Ti pot 2oz fuel

Stove
Warmup (mins.secs)
Stove out (mins.secs)
Water Temp (deg)
Boiled?
Max Temp (deg)
 Comments
Ranking
Control: empty cat food can

n/a
30.14
76
no
206
5
Basic Stove - rayon puffs (3)

n/a
10.01
74
no
193
 flame lapped pot
12
Basic Stove - cotton puffs (1)

n/a
9.28
76
no
187
17
Brasslite

n/a
9.35
73
no
191
 flames to edge of pot...some lapping
14
Feather-Fire

n/a
9.17
72
no
196
 flames well under pot
9
Swedish Military

n/a
11.24
72
no
169
 Homemade soup can pot stand...flame to edge of pot at side vents
27
Trangia

n/a
11.03
72
no
193
 Trangia pot stand-flame lapped sides of pot
13
Ultralight

n/a
11.01
72
no
199
 Integral pot stand-flame lapped sides as stove heated up
7
Paired - full

n/a
8.20
74
no
198
 flame to edge of pot
8
Paired - simmer

n/a
11.52
72
no
195
 flame to edge of pot
10
Pop Can-logo

n/a 9.55 76 no 171 Homemade soup can pot stand-flame to edge of pot at side vents
26
Pop Can - taped

n/a
8.22
70
no
187
 flame lapped pot slightly
16
Jiffy Heat

n/a
8.29
64
no
176
 jets lit at 50 secs...at 7.33 mins hit max temp...then up & down as stove slowely burned out
23

Pressurized Pop Can - In/Out jets 		n/a 7.51 74 no 178 flame lapped pot slightly 22
Silver Pressurized Pop Can

n/a 20.33 70 no 205 soup can stand 6
Atomic

n/a 20.43 69 no 194 flames well under pot 11
Gram Weenie






not tested...this stove is not designed to boil a quart of water
n/a
White Box

1.0
7.58
72
no
187
 flames under pot
15
BIOS

0.25
7.16
69
no
183
 flames under pot
21
Side Jet Rivet

1.00
16.50
68
yes
212
 boiled at 10.42

2 oz was slightly too much fuel...boiled over until 2.40...let stove pre-heat for 1 minute...jets lit at .43 with lots of pre-heating fuel, maybe 1/4 oz

flames lapped slightly past edge of pot
3
Riveted Pop Can

1.04
9.01
73
no
185
18
Super Cat

made per these instructions: http://jwbasecamp.com/Articles/SuperCat/index.html
.30
15.23
65
yes
212
 used 11/2 oz fuel (capacity)...flame well under pot
4
Pressurized pop can-black

n/a
9.50
79
no
185
 flames under pot
19
SITH

1.30
11.45
73
yes
212
 boiled at 7.05...takes a lot of pre-heat...took 2 tries to get jets lit...huge flame to start...settle to slightly lapping over edge of pot
1
Triad

n/a
18.35
65
no
174
 no windscreen...flame burned as a continuous "wall" of flame, not individual jets
25
SSBIT

n/a
13.50
65
no
157
very tight flame...well under pot...use 3/4 oz fuel...this stove ranked last, but it is not meant to boil a quart and it didn't
29
Nion #2

n/a
9.45
70
yes
212
 boiled at 8.44...takes more pre-heating fuel than wick will hold...stove roars...noisest stove...huge flame to start...settled to under pot at 4.20...then surged to lapping 1/2 way up pot at 6.40...gets hot enough to make the head of the bolts glow cherry red
2

Iso-Fly 		n/a 18.10 67 no 184 off-design test...tight flame, well under pot 20
Etowah

n/a
30
74
no
165
 used 1/2 oz & 1/2 oz...Intergral pot stand-flame lapped pot to rim when outer flame burning...inner can-high flame, gradually dimished, water temp bounced up & down as inner can flame slowly diminished
28
Ring of Fire

n/a
8.50
75
no
174
 flame lapped WAY up pot...used can pot stand
24
Ranking
Ranking
Stove
Max Temp (degrees)
boiled at (mins.secs)
out at (mins.secs)

SITH
212
7.05
11.45
1
NION #2
212
8.44
9.45
2
Side Jet Rivet
212
10.42
16.50
3
Super Cat
212
12.30
15.23
4
Control
206

30.14
5
Silver Pressurized
205

20.33
6
Ultralight
199

11.01
7
Paired - full
198

8.20
8
Feather Fire
196

9.17
9
Paired - simmer
195

11.52
10
Atomic
194

20.43
11
Basic - rayon puffs
193
10.01
10.01
12
Trangia
193
11.03
11.03
13
Brasslite
191

9.35
14
White Box
187
7.58
7.58
15
Pop Can - taped
187
8.22
8.22
16
Basic - cotton puffs
187
9.28
9.28
17
Riveted Pop Can
185

9.01
18
Pressurized - black
185

9.50
19
Iso-fly
184

18.10
20
BIOS
183

7.16
21
Pressurized - in/out
178

7.51
22
Jiffy Heat
176

8.29
23
Ring of Fire
174
8.50
8.50
24
Triad
174
18.35
18.35
25
Pop Can - logo
171

9.55
26
Swedish Military
169

11.24
27
Etowah
165

13.50
28
SSBIT
157

13.50
29