Universal Camping Samovar

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A samovar is a device traditionally used to more quickly and conveniently heat and boil water for tea. This lightweight and durable aluminum version is perfect on the road for boiling water fast (within 3-5 minutes) once the fire is burning steady within the fire base. Uses any readily available natural fuel like wood, dry grass, etc. Whistles when the water inside starts to boil. Silicone covered handles stays cool to the touch even when contents inside are steaming hot and folds in for more compact storage. Set includes Samovar, wire pot support, fire base and carrier bag. Cooking pot sold separately. Choose .5L version (10.5”x5.5”, 1.2 lbs) or 1.2L version (13.4“x7“, 2.2 lbs)

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Cooking with Sticks and Twigs

Cooking with Sticks and Twigs

Nearly everywhere you’ll ever camp you’ll find all kinds of combustible hot-burning biomass. Sticks and twigs the size of your thumb and smaller. This stuff is way faster and easier to light and to cook with that you’d think, burns nearly smokelessly, and will reliably provide more than enough heat for all kinds of trail cookery.

But why go Neanderthal now, with all those ingenious little gas stoves available? Because A) it’s less stuff to carry so you’ll travel lighter, and B) it’s nearly as fast to gather the fuel and then heat a liter of water as it is to do the same job with a hissing stove. And C), it’s a lot cleaner than you’d think. Soot is confined within the ‘chimney’ of samovar-kettles so you never touch it, and flat-folding stoves come with fabric storage sleeves.

What if it’s been raining all day and everything is wet? Uhh…Dead limbs still attached to trees usually remain dry enough to ignite quickly with only a little help from an accelerant like a small piece of dry paper or a few drips of gasoline, or one or two Esbit fuel tabs (#4113). After they are going the heat provided will dry wetter stuff added later. But when it’s really raining super-hard find a motel and eat at a diner -- (even if you are carrying a gas stove).

About the only places you cannot quickly and easily find sticks and twigs are a few high desert locations.

Mr. Subjective
Cookware Metallurgy

COOKWARE METALLURGY

Aluminum? Titanium? Stainless Steel? Titanium is the lightest and most costly, but it doesn’t cook best because it transfers heat unevenly. If you want to cook anything fancier than boiling water for tea or making ramen noodles, it’s not ideal. Stainless Steel is the heaviest, most durable and least expensive. It works great for most kinds of cooking. Hard anodized non-stick aluminum is the best for providing the kind of even heat dispersion that helps you do a good job in a variety of cooking situations. Its non-stick surface makes it the quickest type to clean, too. Aluminum pots are lighter than stainless, heavier than titanium and slightly less durable than either. So when do we eat?

Titanium Stainless Steel Aluminum
Convenience + ++ +++
Durability ++ +++ ++
Heat Dispersion + ++ +++
Weight +++ + ++
Value + +++ ++

In one sentence, the great thing about these cooking systems is how they are light and compact to carry, heat water really fast with any kind of combustible material…and there’s no buildup of soot on the outside which makes packing and carrying them clean and easy.

Mr. Subjective
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