Bush Buddy Stove
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The Bushbuddy is a hot wood burning hiking stove that is a model of simplicity, efficiency, compactness, and convenience. An excellent piece of survival gear.
If you think I am enamored of the the Bush Buddy stove you are right. This wood burning stove designed for hiking, backpacking, or other outdoor activities where weight, bulk and convenience are a factor is exactly what I have been looking for all these years.
The beauty of using a Bush Buddy stove is that you will typically find plenty of firewood or other combustibles laying about almost wherever you go. No more bulky, smelly, even hard to find fuel. No more complicated portable stove parts that jam, clog, or otherwise malfunction.
This simple woodstove for hiking always works. Just grab a couple of dry sticks, light a fire, and you have yourself an efficient means of cooking food and boiling water on the trail. A mere handful or two of fuel can boil a quart of water in less than ten minutes during typical field use, though of course this will vary according to conditions and fuel.
Anyone can make a hobo stove; the simple metal-can-with-holes that burns wood more efficiently than an open fire. However the Bush Buddy stove goes more than a step further by pre-heating the air that goes into the combustion chamber and burning more of the escaping wood gases.
The clever design of the Bush Buddy stove is what does it. At the base of the Bush Buddy stove are a series of holes through which air is sucked. As the air comes into the stove it is forcefully drawn up between the outer and hot inner walls – which serves to pre-heat the air. This hot air then passes through another set of holes on the top part of stove and blown across the fire. In effect the stove creates its own bellows.
Types of Bush Buddy Stoves
Currently there are two types of Bush Buddy stoves:
Regular Bush Buddy Stove
- 6.5oz
- 4.25 inches diameter
- 3.75 inches high
- Fits inside a Snow Peak Trek 900 titanium pot
- Stainless steel with 18% chrome and 8% nickel
Bush Buddy Ultra Stove
- Slightly smaller than the regular
- 5.1oz
- Thinner materials
Take a look at the Bushbuddy Stove video and see if this type of hiking stove is for you. It would make a great gift if even for yourself or other survival expert. For more information on the BushBuddy stove visit BushBuddy.ca here.
Va.,USA
An alcohol stove operated on Rubbing alcohol of 70% or higher,no carbonmonoxide weighs in at about .3 ounces and is made out of aluminum soad cans.
Texas, U.S.A.
Like Mike, I use the aqlcohol stove. Very light and compact, and if made right, surprisingly fuel efficient. Can be troublesome in cold weather, but with practice and a little knowledge, this aspect can be dealt with fairly easily. The only thing I would suggest is to burn HEET in the stove as opposed to the rubbing alcohol. Burns very hot and clean.
Huntington, West Virginia
I got a Kelly Kettle for Christmas,and I love it. I watched the video and read the article about the "Bush Buddy Stove", and between the two I think that the Kelly Kettle is the best. It uses the same fuel, and can boil water in a fraction of the time. Plus you can cook on a Kelly Kettle also. What is your opinion on the two?
Survival Topics - I have both the Bush Buddy and Kelly Kettle and use them often. For bringing water to a boil to make it safe to drink, the Kelly Kettle is excellent. The Bush Buddy stove is well made too and easy to cook with. Both are useful survival gear made by reputable companies.
india
The bush buddy stove is good gear to carry.
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Iskut, B. C. Canada
The regular Bushbuddy stove and the Ultra model are the same size, the only difference is the thickness of the metal of the outer shell, and the weight.