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BottleStoves.com |
Lightweight and Durable Alcohol Stoves
For $7 to $8 Each
Please contact
RecyclingOT@gail.com for latest paypal and other ordering information
since this business will be closing as soon as the remaining bottles
are sold. Thank-you
ORDERS on in continental USA.....
 
Videos
Benefits of This Type of Stove
Durability/Reliability: My stoves
are made from aluminum
bottles that are several times thicker than aluminum cans.
They won't
crush under the weight of other gear in your pack. The bottom photo
shows me standing on my stove.
Durability Demonstration Video
Weight:
There aren't many durable stoves that weigh less
than one of these. They weigh just a few grams, and don't use a stand.
Fuel
availability and Cost: These stoves can burn gas-line
antifreeze (Heet), isopropyl alcohol, and ethanol. You can buy fuel at
most supermarkets,
drug stores, hardware stores, auto parts stores, as
well as some gas stations. I recommend using Heet (in the yellow
bottle).
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Social Media
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Flickr
YouTube
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Paint
Jobs: Here are all the color designs that I've come
across as of 7/22/12. You may tell me the letters of your
preferred color designs starting with your first choice. Then do the
same for additional stoves (if you order more than one). For example,
"gihladefm." means that
your first choice is G, your second choice is I, and so on. I
can't guarantee that you will get the paint job you want unless I say
you will get it in
an email. However, I am doing my best to address preferences.
Click the pictures for enlarged photos to see in greater detail. My
email is Dsmolinski123@gmail.com if you choose to communicate
preferences.
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Why I Leave the Paint on the
Stoves
- Some companies claim that the paint of
these stoves burns
to create harmful fumes. I would argue that the fumes created from
burning fuel
- should also be treated as harmful and you
should avoid
breathing any fumes by not breathing directly over your stove. Also,
very little paint ends
- up burning. I tested the stove in the top
left
photo, and you can see that it retained most of its paint.
- The paint protects the aluminum from
oxidation.
- The designs printed on the aluminum
bottles I use look cool.
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Company History
It began with a trip…..
This past summer I took
almost
three months off to hike some of the Appalachian Trail. I started
out
cooking twice a day on a white gas (Optimus Nova) stove. I
ended up
cutting a lot of my cooking in order to save time, but the one meal I
couldn't
give up was cabbage. I love cabbage because it is cheap, round,
lasts
forever, and provides important nutrients. I eventually traded
out my
white gas stove for a canister stove (which I ended up using for the
rest of
the trip). After the trip was over I began thinking about the
next long
stroll I would go on and I began looking for a lighter method of
cooking cabbage.
I wanted a stove where I
could buy
cheap fuel in town, do my cooking, and leave with little or no fuel
leftover. I saw people use alcohol stoves,
and I liked
them because they were small, simple, and fuel was easy to find. After learning about various alcohol stove
designs,
I came across the aluminum bottle design. It
had all the features I wanted (fuel
efficiency, low priming time,
durability, minimal weight, and a design that is easy to pack without
puncturing my other gear). Since I enjoy
making things (and had little money) I decided I would make my own
bottle
stove.
Creating a stove for
myself….
I used a car jack to
crimp my
stoves against a variety of surfaces (a desk, a truck, and part of my
parent’s
house). All these surfaces were uneven
or didn’t provide enough force. I then
made a crimping jig out of scrap wood, and it worked.
It was then that I realized that making
and
selling stoves would be a fun, profitable venture.
The birth of
bottlestoves.com….
To determine if it was
legal to
make and sell this product, I conducted searches on the US patent
website (http://patft.uspto.gov/netahtml/PTO/search-adv.htm). I also found numerous other people and
companies who were already making and selling these stoves.
Production
became more efficient as I bought
and made industrial equipment. Approximately
40 of my stoves were made
with a wooden jig. After that, I switched
to an arbor
press. Early on, I gave people choices
as to how many jets their stoves would have, and what the diameters
would
be. Then I decided to make my stoves
with 24 jets of a 1/32” diameter because I ran tests that showed that
this
configuration is efficient. Customers
should email to discuss custom made stoves (which will cost more). I am
always
looking for ways to cut production costs, and reduce my environmental
impact
without reducing the product performance. I
have had customers from around the world who
have enjoyed my quality product. Happy
trails!
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The Disadvantages of Making Your
Own Stove
You need a press that will provide
immense, even pressure
(enough pressure to lift up a vehicle, maybe more).
Power tools help to make the stoves
accurately, and
quickly. You may not have these.
You can't drill holes smaller than 1/16 "
with your average
drill.
You will have to buy special drill bits
to do this.
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Dimensions
My Budweiser
stoves are
5.8 cm wide and
have the dimensions of the stove in the
top left picture.
They
have 24 jets,
each with a diameter of 1/32". I did some recent tests, and discovered
this to be the best size.
My venom stoves are 6.5 cm wide, and have 32 jets, each with a diameter
of 1/32".
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Pricing
- the stoves
- $8 each for 1
- $7.50 each for 2
- $7 each for up to 6
- contact me for more than 6
- Venom (Temporally
out of stock)
- $11 for 1
- $10.50 each for 2
- $10 each for up to 6
- contact me for more than 6
- Shipping
- $3 for the continental USA
- prices vary for international orders
depending on weight. Please email with number of stoves and location
and I will determine cost.
Please
e-mail me with the following:
- your name
- your country (if it isn't on the list of
confirmed countries I ship to)
- your color preference for the stove in
the
order of most
preferred to least preferred (Budweiser blue, white, and red)
- any custom order you want to do
E-mail: dsmolinski123@gmail.com
Refund Policy: Once you order a
stove and pay with
Paypal.
please
plan on receiving the stove. They are very inexpensive and
I
spend
time packaging/mailing and cannot afford to handle returns.
Stoves on rare occasions are damaged during shipping. Please
contact me if this happens.
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- For order over 3 stoves please contact me.
- If your country is not on my list, please
contact me before placing an order.
- Please contact me before ordering Venom
stoves to make sure they are in stock
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How to Use
- Place the stove on a
level surface.
- Pour some fuel in the
center of the stove. Don't go over the line of holes.
- Light the center of
the stove.
- You may hold a pot
over the stove while it primes, just don't cover it.
- Once the flames start
coming out of the jets, the stove is primed. Place a pot on it.
This is a pot
pressurized stove. Once primed, it must be covered with a pot to burn
properly.
I recommend placing rocks around the stove to prevent the possibility
of your
pot falling over and burning you with hot water. Let the stove cool
before
refueling. In cold weather, insulate the bottom of the stove. This can
be done
by placing it on an upside down can, or a non-flammable, insulated
surface.
Warning
- Use alcohol only
- Do not use gasoline.
- Do not use camp stove
fuel.
- Do not use any fuel
other than
alcohol.
- Clear flammable
objects within a
five foot radius of the stove.
- Do not use the stove
in an area
with strong winds.
- Use on a level surface.
- Keep flammable clothes
away when
lighting.
- Roll up sleeves when
using a
short lighter.
- Do not pour fuel into
a lit or
hot stove.
- It is difficult to see
the flame
of some fuels in sunlight. Shade the
stove with a non-flammable object to see the flame.
- Fuel fumes are mildly
toxic. Try
not to breathe them.
- Go to bottlestoves.com
for more
safety information.
When used properly, this stove is safe. I am not responsible for
any
accidents that occur while using this stove.
Made in
Massachusetts, USA
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