M.T.  I looked at your Brushbuddy and although it looks well made, I decided to try the Littlbug sn. because it packs down so neatly. That's the hard thing, buying from what you can see off the computer screen. In the best of all worlds you could have both at hand and then decide. One of my serious questions was how stable the Littlbug sn would be when you assembled it, the thing locks up well once the little pegs snap into the proper holes. Then placing the stove into a steel cake pan (not included) gives it a real stable base. My stove measures just about 8 1/8 dia. which I'm confident will hold all my pots without the danger of tipping over. I don't think I would want to try to put an aluminum cake pan directly under the stove, I use a steel one. My second upside down one is made of aluminum. My latest separate the two pans plan is to use five 5/15 nuts spaced evenly about. It seems to be working.
Best Wishes, Rob

Yep Mastertangler, I can see how sandals could be a problem, for me I've always thought of a boot full of hot soup and trying to get the laces undone.
So far this summer I haven't been able to take it camping but that Littlbug sure impresses me playing with it on the lawn. My main goal with it is to have a way to have a small fire under my tarp on rainy days. Of course if my old kerosene roarer stove craps out I'll sure use the Littlbug for cooking too. In all my fiddling I've had a large pot of water on top, any number of uses for hot water and the pot acts as a flame deflector. Wouldn't want a straight shot up to my beloved synthetic tarp. Holding my hand above it, all around, I can't feel anything more than warm. We'll see, wouldn't be the first time one of my ideas didn't work out.
Best Wishes, Rob

I really like that 180 Tack stove.
Will have to look for any reviews comparing the Little Bug stoves or other similar item to it.
Like the ease of assembly.

mastertangler wrote on Jul 9^th, 2012 at 1:58am:


I took a wilderness first aid responder (WMI) course a few years ago. Our instructor started the class by asking everyone what they thought the #1 first aid issue was in the backcountry.  No one got it right.  People guessed: burns, abrasions, hypothermia, dehydration, sprains, bug bites....etc, etc.

Answer: upset stomachs!! -- caused in most cases from lack of personal hygiene!  Like not washing hands before eating and after bathroom breaks, sharing water bottles, and community grab-bag eating of gorp, etc. 

The instructors (they were also wilderness guides) said they are continually amazed at how once in the bush, folks forget about basic hygiene rules, and then they pay the price! 

prouboy

Anyone that has served in the military knows how much they stress the keeping of basic hygiene/sanitation practices even in the harshest environments if at all possible.

Dysentery has/will change the course of a battle and indeed history itself.