tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7155442987102316475.post7851869189394297338..comments2023-04-12T15:23:25.088+01:00Comments on flight of the bumblie: super duper uber lightLaurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07109187629189983272noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7155442987102316475.post-55090433371531149542010-04-30T22:13:43.569+01:002010-04-30T22:13:43.569+01:00Ichi,
I was concerned too about how the disk woul...Ichi,<br /><br />I was concerned too about how the disk would fair when heated, and it was remarkably...unremarkable. Because of the reflective properties of the base, the CD seemed to barely get hot, even when water was boiling inside the pan. It certainly didn't bend or distort in any way.<br /><br />I was also concerned about the possibility of toxin release and so I have been doing some research, and whilst I am still not entirely sure, I don't believe the type of plastic used to be problematic in this regard, although if I'm wrong I'd love to be corrected.<br /><br />I don't intend using the CD lid much though if I'm honest, there are very few occasions where I will need to be cutting my pack weight back (as I mentioned), but bivvying on route in the Alps will be somewhere that every gram will count. <br /><br />As for the bushcraft stuff - Phil is hugely into all that kind of thing, we have a wood burning 'Kelly kettle' in the garage, which is wonderful but massively too big and heavy to be used backpacking, we do experiment with fuels and ignition methods though - I may post more up at some point, I really am an anorak!<br /><br />Never got into the whole alcohol stove thing though, it all just seems too much of a faff for me if I'm honest.Laurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07109187629189983272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7155442987102316475.post-80305072167669510752010-04-30T22:02:36.628+01:002010-04-30T22:02:36.628+01:00I really like simple solutions like that being an ...I really like simple solutions like that being an outdoorsy freak myself. However, will that CD work when the cookware is heated?<br /><br />I'd worry about the plastic disk releasing some nasty chemicals into my stew using it like that especially because I prefer open flame cooking from alcohol stoves (I bring the stove and a small amount going but once the stove is working I generally let the alcohol burn out and feed it twigs instead) because the added weight of alcohol to burn is something I try to be without if I am out for more than a couple of days.<br /><br />But I still like that. <br /><br />I got a lovely book in Swedish made by a writer who spent years with the Saami people in the north of scandinavia, teaching on how to get a fire started using fresh wood and what will give the best tinder for cooking and so on. I don't think there is an english translation for it but I might write a summary sometime because I think the book is a really good source of information for outdoors people who wish to save on the carried fuel and just go with what is growing around them insted.<br /><br />And of course YMMV, don't know if you are even allowed to do cooking like we do here in the wilderness in the UK...Ichimusaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03402894733977081928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7155442987102316475.post-18963469236219779812010-04-29T07:23:22.071+01:002010-04-29T07:23:22.071+01:00haha! ingenious.haha! ingenious.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15931745298839074976noreply@blogger.com