Ivation Lightweight Kitchen Bowl w/Digital Scale (Black)

(I really wanted to give this awesome stove 5 stars) The stove arrived very safely packaged, however upon examination of the body I found several scratches, dents & dings all over. If not used and returned prior to my purchase, I would say it was either dropped/beat up and the quality control is terrible. I mean i know it's gonna get beat up in the woods, but I wanna be the one to do it! Ya know!? Anyway very disappointed in the quality of the shell, however it still lights and performs very very very well. I highly recommend this stove! Very lightweight too. Oh and a way to store alcohol in it would be nice :)

Took a little while to get the pressure up to come out of the holes, but it did and it boils water in no time - 2cups in 3 minutes. All in all I think it is a sturdy little stove. I like the fact that alcohol is by far lighter than the butane cans to carry and takes up far less space. I've seen the soda can alcohol stoves (homemade) but this one will last MUCH longer it is lightweight and 10 times sturdier.

Nice stove! Large capacity, strong, yet light weight with good burn time.Experimenting with a base that would permit "simmering."

Be Patient the first time-I poured in half ounce of Yellow Heet and lit it, it burned all the Heet off but none of the side jets lighted. I added another half ounce of yellow Heet and relit it, this time 2 of the jets flamed into life before all the fuel burned away. I waited for the stove to cool and added slightly more Heet this time, about 3/4 of an inch in the stove, relit it again, this time after 3 minutes all the jets lit up, I was able to bring 2 cups of water in a stainless steel camp cup, to a full rolling boil in 4 minutes just as the fuel was consumed and the stove went out. I assume once the stove is "broken in" and I can accurately gauge fuel consumption, I will be able to try heating up a can of chili or frying an egg, I don't think I would be able to "refuel in flight" if the stove went out before the food was heated so will have to estimate and add enough fuel to complete the task before the stove goes out. I did notice a slight burning sensation on the tip of my tongue from the fumes while near the stove when it was lit, so I would advise using this only for a true emergency or perhaps just outside in the open air.

This double-walled alcohol stove from Nextove is slightly larger and heavier than the usual pop-can stove with a height of 2 1/4 in., a diameter of 3 1/4 in., and a weight of 46 g or 1.6 oz. It is sturdier, too, and very well-made, with no rough edges or oozing adhesive. I also noticed that the vent holes are set a bit lower than usual, just at the shoulder of the can.I tested the stove in ideal conditions, indoors with an ambient temperature of about 80 degrees and no wind using 3 tsp. (0.5 oz. or 15 ml) of Klean-Strip denatured alcohol. The stove easily brought 16 oz. of cool tap water in an MSR Titan Kettle to a rolling boil in under seven minutes.Certainly it would take more fuel and time in less perfect conditions, and especially with colder air, fuel, or water, but it is noticeably more efficient than my simple stove made from a Vienna sausage can, which is much smaller and weighs 10 g.This stove produces a nice blue flame and blooms quickly. The flames will reignite if some but not all are blown out.It is slightly too large for the MSR Titan Kettle, which has a diameter of 4 1/2 in. It doesn't quite fit in the indentation on the bottom of the pot and the flames are so close to the edge of the pot that a good bit of heat is lost. It would work better with a larger pot.DBROTH provided a stove for evaluation and review.There are plenty of tips on using alcohol stoves on the internet, but here are a few of the ones that have been most helpful to me or are based on my own experience:' Use high-grade fuel, preferably denatured alcohol from the hardware store or yellow HEET. Ethanol or methanol are fine. Isopropyl alcohol or isopropanol is less efficient and produces messy black soot that will stick to the pot and anything else it touches.' If buying HEET at the store, remember, "Yellow=Caution & Red=Stop". Only use the HEET from a yellow bottle, which is methanol. The red bottle contains isopropanol.' Use warm water if available, for example, water that has been carried in a bladder during the summer rather than cool water fresh from a spring.' Warm the alcohol in a inner jacket pocket or sleeping bag during the winter.' Good alcohol containers include a HEET bottle, a rubbing alcohol container, a small mouthwash bottle, or a pharmacy bottle for liquid medicine.' Measure the alcohol with a plastic medicine cup to avoid waste.' Stoves get hot and alcohol can burn invisibly. Never add alcohol to a burning stove. Assume it is still burning until the stove is comfortable enough to pick up with the bare fingers. Flames will spread with spilled alcohol. Don't use the stove in a tent or directly on wooden shelter floors, tables, or tent platforms. Put the stove on a rock or bare earth or a metal jar lid to avoid burning the wood and leaving charred rings.' For efficiency, use a windscreen and a pot lid.' Many packaged foods call for boiling water when hot water will work just fine, including freeze-dried meals. Add foods such as ramen to the cold water to shorten the cooking time.' Hold the pot a half-inch over the stove while waiting for it to bloom to take advantage of the flame and avoid wasting fuel.

I have seen alcohol stoves before, and heard about them, but have never used one so I was curious to see how well they worked. This alcohol stove is pretty small, it's only 2.25" high, and weighs just 1.7 ounces, so it's a good size to add to your pack or camping gear.We had an old bottle of Klean strip denatured alcohol in the garage that my husband uses to clean his garage stuff in, so that is what we used to test. 70% alcohol will work in a pinch but will produce a lot of soot marking up your pans. We added about 1 ounce of alcohol and waited for the flames to start appearing through the holes. A few times we either put the pot on either too fast or too soon and the flames went out so we had to re-light the stove and start over. Once the flames appeared nice and big through the holes we added the pot, and after waiting a few minutes you could see the water was starting to bubble. After we used the good stuff I wanted to try the regular 70% rubbing alcohol. It took longer to light, and it did produce quite a bit of soot, but it still worked.I tried the majority of my pots and pans, and they all really did fit well on top, but it was more comfortable for me to use a smaller pot so I could see what was going on with the stove while it was lit since I have never used one before. Once we saw that it actually worked, it was fun to use. Knowing how well this works, I really could see using one of these while camping or in an emergency situation. This would be a great item to add to earthquake kit along with a small bottle of denatured alcohol. Neat little item to have. :)Product sample received for review purposes.