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my bar for happiness is lower than you’d think

but it doesn’t cover much

if anything, it’s pretty narrow

drilled a hole in the lid of my square cooker …fun
works as a steam vent too
but mostly i just like making my gear a little more mine

fun!

brewing coffee and remembering why i love Evernew

the Ti 900 pot + their stove just look unfair together
that titanium blue hits different

and being able to set it straight on the ground?
kinda unbeatable

out of all the store-bought alcohol stoves, this one’s still my #1

米stove

with about 0.5 fl oz of fuel
it still puts out usable heat
and burns for at least 20 minutes

right now
that combination only exists
with a carbon felt stove

this integrated stand is made by roughly cutting a steel can
giving just enough bite

so even on a slope
the cooker stays put

the ground is rarely flat
stoves tip over sometimes

but carbon felt holds the fuel in place
keeping damage to a minimum

a pot stand that doesnt let the cooker slip
also matters a lot

the biggest advantage of a carbon felt stove
is that cold doesnt really matter

i mostly use my stoves in the mountains
so alcohol stoves that need long preheating
just arent an option for me

looks really good
even the mont-bell aluminum cooker feels right on it

tuning the burn for cooking rice
medium to strong to low

i built a three layer inner wall
each layer packed with carbon felt

trying to shape the burn curve
instead of just pushing more flame

make the burner wider
burn time drops right along with it
and the core stays firm again

not easy
but the trial and error is the fun part

up to two cups it cooks fine
beyond that the core stays raw

maybe it works with a full 1 fl oz
but once im over about 0.7 fl oz
evernew or trangia just makes more sense

the value of this CF stove
is cooking rice efficiently
with very little fuel

seems a bit underpowered
rice came out slightly firm in the center

to integrate it with the pot stand
i flipped an aluminum can upside down
so fuel capacity is limited

honestly this square mess tin
is really cute

not the rugged rectangular kind
this one feels softer somehow
still a tool with a bit of charm

the size doesnt try too hard
just sitting there it looks right

with a CF stove
the fit feels weirdly perfect
makes me want to cook rice
for no reason

trying to quantify the potential of a CF stove
kind of a reckless test

how much rice can i cook
with just 0.7 fl oz of fuel

testing a CF stove tuned just for cooking rice

0.4 fl oz fuel
1–5 min: low → medium
6–13: strong
13–20: low again

rice came out perfect!

adding an aluminum inner wall
and running the carbon felt as a double layer
seems to have made the difference