Pepsi Can Stove Review

"I have used my pop can stove for three summers and over 1300 miles of hiking. The nice thing is that you can make one for all your friends and throw one in your bounce box in case you loose it. the only con is that once in a while it is ahrd to get fuel, but that is the same for any stove"

"Anyone else think this little thing is the best thing for lightweight hiking?

I used one last summer FRYING FISH! It worked great! Not as convient as a heavyer costlier stove, but great considering the fact that I MADE IT!

I only brought enough alcohol to cook 4 meals and that was only 6oz. It certainly was a neat test."

"These stoves are great. Filled to about 1/8" from the top I can get 15-17 minutes of burn time. Used it to bake biscuits in a portable oven/smoker ("Pocket Smoker"). With a proper squeeqe bottle you can even add fuel (carefully!) while its burning."

"I used to use the Peak-1 Feather 442 stove and loved. However, after a backpack trip when I saw someone using the Pepsi stove , and how well it performed, I had to try it. I got home, made one myslef, and now I do not know why I was using anything else before, and whay anybody bothers to buy expensive, high-tech ones. Easy to make, VERY light weight, and extremely simple to use (no pumping required). I am sold, but I did not even had to buy it. If you are looking for the ultimate lightweight stove, THIS is it!!!"

"Yeah! This thing works great! The fact that I built it with my own two hands helps me connect with nature better. I wouldn't suggest refueling a lit stove though. My friend flashburned his arm and lost an eyebrow trying it."

"Works great. I made a triangular pot sport for it with a coat hanger. (straighten hanger & cut into 3 equal lengths. Overlap the 3 pieces to make a triangle in the center-slightly bigger than the stove diameter. Hold wire in a vice at each corner--one at a time. Twist the extra wire together at each of the 3 corners. Bend these down to make the 3 legs and cut to equal height. Use heavy duty foil as a wind screen and for a "reflector base" below the stove."

"Melted snow during a power outage. Melted snow inside snowcave. Melted snow outside snowcave. Slow to melt compared to gasoline, but I can't stand smelling gas when backpacking. Used for three years now, no problems ever. To save weight, I make improvised pot stands with rocks and aluminum foil windscreen. Use foil for bottom insultation when melting snow. Unless you need to melt large amounts of snow or spend mony for the pleasure of it...make your own stove!"

"Alcohol stoves are sweet because nothing can break: no pump to clog, no o-rung to crack. If you make traditional designs, they have slow boil times. I have tweeked this stove and gotten boil times of 4 1/2 minutes. These stoves weigh an ounce or two so they are perfect for ultralight or solo backpacking."

"For years I used Optimus stoves, and they worked great, but I decided to lose some pack weight so I tried the pepsi can stove. I made about 30-40 of them over the past few years, always trying new ideas. These are the best stoves out there in my opinion. In 2006 I thru-hiked the A.T. and I used the Pepsi Can stove, and it never failed."

"These stoves are incredible. I can't imagine why anyone going light wouldn't want to use one! besides the fact that they weigh basically nothing, they are consistent (if well built) and essentially cant break! Reliability and light weight? unmatchable"

"Yeah thats kind of funny, backpacker bob, I flashburnt my face and lost an eyebrow refueling one of these things while lit. Anyways I hear it works pretty well for the more intelligent among us."