Here is an interesting camping stove that John Depa found and told me about. The Thermette kettle and cooking stove.
"The Thermette was first invented in 1929 by New Zealander John Ashley Hart but became a cultural icon and found its true home and place in New Zealand's history during the Second World War. For New Zealand soldiers fighting the deserts of North Africa the Thermette became a standard and treasured piece of equipment and earned the nickname the `Benghasi Boiler'.
It was originally advertised with the slogan `the more the wind the quicker it boils', indicating its usefulness in bad weather when other stoves might not work. "
Chuck.
http://www.thermette.com/thermette_how-to.htm
"The Thermette was first invented in 1929 by New Zealander John Ashley Hart but became a cultural icon and found its true home and place in New Zealand's history during the Second World War. For New Zealand soldiers fighting the deserts of North Africa the Thermette became a standard and treasured piece of equipment and earned the nickname the `Benghasi Boiler'.
It was originally advertised with the slogan `the more the wind the quicker it boils', indicating its usefulness in bad weather when other stoves might not work. "
Chuck.
http://www.thermette.com/thermette_how-to.htm
The best of both worlds when camping , No batteries , petroleum products , blowing on the fire to make it hot , burning your fingers when adding wood..... Yep , a good idea. Some of the best ideas have been around for a long time but no one has discovered them...... yet. :roll: