Well, I pulled the trigger on a lightweight titanium backpacking stove to be used in conjunction with the Mountainsmith LT shelter I bought this summer. I am picking up the Mountainsmith LT shelter today from BearPaw Wilderness Designs in Fort Collins Colorado, as they installed a stove jack in that shelter for me.
This lightweight stove was purchased for my first time ever using a floorless shelter and woodburning backpacking stove. I primarily bought the stove for this upcoming Colorado first rifle season in early October, as my buddy and I will be backpacking into our hunting area. He will have his own tent. I also am expecting to use this set up on solo archery trips and possibly more rifle hunts.
My expectations are to have a stove that is lightweight and will provide warmth if it snows/rains and to dry out clothes. I don\'t expect it to keep a fire going all night, but I am hoping it will be nice for the mornings, evenings and during inclement weather. I plan to test the stove and shelter this weekend in my back yard. It will get its first field use next week with the shelter on my rifle hunt and I\'ll post up the review.
The stove itself is made quite well. I like how the legs screw into the top and have an Al stop that cinches the entire unit up nice and tight. The top and bottom are rigid titanium, the body is titanium foil, legs are Al and the stove pipe is titanium foil with wire rings to hold the pipe together.
Here are some photos of it during the first burn at my dad\'s house. Note, the first photo shows the cover on the grass to the left of the stove - no photos of it actually on the stove covering the feed opening.
This lightweight stove was purchased for my first time ever using a floorless shelter and woodburning backpacking stove. I primarily bought the stove for this upcoming Colorado first rifle season in early October, as my buddy and I will be backpacking into our hunting area. He will have his own tent. I also am expecting to use this set up on solo archery trips and possibly more rifle hunts.
My expectations are to have a stove that is lightweight and will provide warmth if it snows/rains and to dry out clothes. I don\'t expect it to keep a fire going all night, but I am hoping it will be nice for the mornings, evenings and during inclement weather. I plan to test the stove and shelter this weekend in my back yard. It will get its first field use next week with the shelter on my rifle hunt and I\'ll post up the review.
The stove itself is made quite well. I like how the legs screw into the top and have an Al stop that cinches the entire unit up nice and tight. The top and bottom are rigid titanium, the body is titanium foil, legs are Al and the stove pipe is titanium foil with wire rings to hold the pipe together.
Here are some photos of it during the first burn at my dad\'s house. Note, the first photo shows the cover on the grass to the left of the stove - no photos of it actually on the stove covering the feed opening.
