Outlander Systems
07-03-10, 12:54
Took Mike G's, from Austere Provisions ( http://www.austereprovisions.com ) advice, and got some Klean Kanteens. My original 40oz is too sooted up to do this with, but added these two to the lineup. The 27oz is going into my new hiking bag, and the 40oz is going on my Bug-Out Vest.
Setup:
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/7555/kleanmod.jpg
Final Product:
http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/2447/kleanmod2.jpg
Easy, cheap, and ugly. Supposedly the black aids in heat absorption, and resin repellence. We'll see. Since 99.9% of users aren't buying these things to stick directly into a fire, I figured it can't hurt. If you boil with them enough, they're going to get a blackened "carbon enamel" coating anyway.
My next mod will probably be some sort of wire retaining device/bail for dangling the thing over the center of the fire.
Be sure, if you cook over direct flame with a bottle that you:
1) DO NOT use aluminum, since they typically have some sort of epoxy-lined walls.
2) DO NOT use insulated stainless-steel, as you run the risk of a blowout.
In short, the Klean Kanteens are the heat.
Setup:
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/7555/kleanmod.jpg
Final Product:
http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/2447/kleanmod2.jpg
Easy, cheap, and ugly. Supposedly the black aids in heat absorption, and resin repellence. We'll see. Since 99.9% of users aren't buying these things to stick directly into a fire, I figured it can't hurt. If you boil with them enough, they're going to get a blackened "carbon enamel" coating anyway.
My next mod will probably be some sort of wire retaining device/bail for dangling the thing over the center of the fire.
Be sure, if you cook over direct flame with a bottle that you:
1) DO NOT use aluminum, since they typically have some sort of epoxy-lined walls.
2) DO NOT use insulated stainless-steel, as you run the risk of a blowout.
In short, the Klean Kanteens are the heat.