Comments on: Gear in the Naughties http://www.andyhowell.info/trek-blog/2010/01/04/gear-in-the-naughties/ Chat about backpacking, trekking and hiking Sat, 11 Feb 2012 10:06:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: andy http://www.andyhowell.info/trek-blog/2010/01/04/gear-in-the-naughties/comment-page-1/#comment-36428 andy Mon, 07 Feb 2011 09:12:11 +0000 http://www.andyhowell.info/trek-blog/?p=1653#comment-36428 Wladyslaw, There are no operational difficulties with the Bushbuddy Ultra. On the ground it works just as well as the not so light versions. the only thing to be concerned about is the denting of the stove. You do need to transport it in a pot even if like the MSR pots the lid does not fit on. I stash mine in a stuff sack and nestling inside the pot. The only time I dented mine was when I forgot and put my pack in a plane hold! Ordinarily, store your Bushbuddy like this and you will have no problems. As I say, once you are using the stove there are no problems with it. The profile of the stove is quite wide and stability is not a problem. Wladyslaw,

There are no operational difficulties with the Bushbuddy Ultra. On the ground it works just as well as the not so light versions. the only thing to be concerned about is the denting of the stove. You do need to transport it in a pot even if like the MSR pots the lid does not fit on. I stash mine in a stuff sack and nestling inside the pot. The only time I dented mine was when I forgot and put my pack in a plane hold! Ordinarily, store your Bushbuddy like this and you will have no problems.

As I say, once you are using the stove there are no problems with it. The profile of the stove is quite wide and stability is not a problem.

]]> By: Wladyslaw Narwhal http://www.andyhowell.info/trek-blog/2010/01/04/gear-in-the-naughties/comment-page-1/#comment-36425 Wladyslaw Narwhal Sun, 06 Feb 2011 17:26:30 +0000 http://www.andyhowell.info/trek-blog/?p=1653#comment-36425 Andy, could you possibly comment on how sturdy and rugged the Bushbuddy Ultra is, and whether you'd have any reservations about it in these respects - would a regular one not be perhaps a better compromise? I can't decide on which model, and the thought of falling off-balance while squatting and putting my hand out to stop myself on it and denting it has made me trawl the net for a good idea of its ruggedness but I can't find a good enough appraisal. Many thanks Andy, could you possibly comment on how sturdy and rugged the Bushbuddy Ultra is, and whether you’d have any reservations about it in these respects – would a regular one not be perhaps a better compromise? I can’t decide on which model, and the thought of falling off-balance while squatting and putting my hand out to stop myself on it and denting it has made me trawl the net for a good idea of its ruggedness but I can’t find a good enough appraisal. Many thanks

]]> By: andy http://www.andyhowell.info/trek-blog/2010/01/04/gear-in-the-naughties/comment-page-1/#comment-33115 andy Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:09:44 +0000 http://www.andyhowell.info/trek-blog/?p=1653#comment-33115 We shouldn't forget Bob Cartwright's Honey Stove. A little heavy for some but amazingly adaptable and as ingenious an invention as you would expect from Bob. We shouldn’t forget Bob Cartwright’s Honey Stove. A little heavy for some but amazingly adaptable and as ingenious an invention as you would expect from Bob.

]]> By: Bob http://www.andyhowell.info/trek-blog/2010/01/04/gear-in-the-naughties/comment-page-1/#comment-33107 Bob Tue, 05 Jan 2010 10:24:56 +0000 http://www.andyhowell.info/trek-blog/?p=1653#comment-33107 The bushbuddy is OK but I prefer the Fire-Spout it’s a great cooking stove, if you put long sticks in it becomes a campfire and it folds flat http://www.occuk.co.uk/outdoor My friend introduced me to it he has had one for years and swears by it The bushbuddy is OK but I prefer the
Fire-Spout it’s a great cooking stove, if you put long sticks in it becomes a campfire and it folds flat
http://www.occuk.co.uk/outdoor
My friend introduced me to it he has had one for years and swears by it

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