9/23/2023 0 Comments Piezo lighter and kovea spider![]() Trail talk: The Thames Path- Sonning to Marlow.Trail talk: The Thames Path- Marlow to Windsor.Trail talk: The Thames Path- Windsor to Chertsey.Trail talk: The Thames Path- Chertsey to Hampton Wick/Kingston-on-Thames.Trail talk: The Thames Path- Hampton Wick/Kingston-on-Thames to Putney.Trail talk: The Thames Path- Putney to Tower Bridge.Trail talk: The Thames Path- Tower Bridge to Woolwich Foot Tunnel.Gear talk: the WickiUp 3, a shelter with a history.Map measure of the month: HC model 457, combination pedometer, compass and map measure.Gear talk: fitting magnetic door closures to my MLD Duomid.Gear talk: Nitecore Carbo 20000, the world’s lightest 20000mAh powerbank.Gear talk: the Fire Maple Polaris Pressure-regulator Gas Stove.Map measure of the month: the WEDO adjustable kilometre measure.Trail talk: Iceland’s Laugavegur and Fimmvörðuháls Trails.Gear talk: some thoughts on gear used on the Laugavegur and Fimmvörðuháls Trails.Gear talk: a Primus Micron retrospective.Neither windscreen will blow away in a breeze when used as they are fixed in place. When fitted to the support legs of the Spider both windscreens are at a perfect height to stop a breeze affecting the burner head, yet still allow air around the burner while also preventing pressure build up. The titanium foil windscreen is ‘fairly’ durable but can crumple if handled carelessly as it is very thin, it crackles alarmingly loud when being rolled, unfurled and fitted to the legs of the Kovea Spider, but is silent when in use. The stainless steel Ocelot is light yet durable, bends easily but does not distort and is quiet to fit. Both are short enough to coil and unfurl inside even the smallest of pots. My titanium foil windscreen clone weighs 4g.īoth Ocelot windscreen and Ti clone are a doddle to fit and use. The cut down piece of titanium foil that I normally carry with the Kovea Spider weighs 10g. I did leave four or five millimetres extra along the edges of the titanium in order to fold it over and avoid subsequent skin cuts from the thin foil edge. Images are self-explanatory.Ĭloning Ocelot windscreen with titanium foil The Ocelot windscreen measures 517mm x 45mm. The Ocelot windscreen is suspended at such a height when fitted that it protects the burner head from wind, while still allowing a breeze to pass below, so when coiled, it fits easily into a pot. I usually carry a ridiculously thin sheet of titanium foil for use with this stove but when rolled it will not fit into many narrower taller pots alongside a stowed stove. The Spider tends to only find its way into my pack in colder weather as it is one of the lightest stoves that will handle a liquid feed via inverted gas canisters. Three Points of the Compass did a review of the terrific Kovea Spider stove here and purchased the Flat Cat windscreen specifically designed for this stove, which is also the simplest and lightest screen that Flat Cat Gear make. There isn’t a great deal to this product- a thin flexible sheet of 304 Stainless Steel with some carefully placed holes. This was their cleverly thought out Ocelot windscreen. Punched arrow indicates the right way up.įlat Cat Gear Ocelot stainless steel windscreen for the Kovea Spider:Īs I was ordering something from Flat Cat Gear recently, I slipped an extra item into my basket. Kovea Spider with fitted Ocelot windscreen from Flat Cat Gear.
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