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The Bushbuddy Ultra

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Well, Saturday.  Time to exit on the trail!  :)  I'm looking frontward to testing a novel forest stove.

Heading upward the trail
Arriving at the creek, I encounter some recent blow down.  The fuel depot is open.  :)

Plenty of fuel
It exclusively takes a infinitesimal to get together plenty forest for a forest stove, a distinct wages to exactly using a pot over an opened upward fire.

Fuel for today's tests
And today's stove?  The BushBuddy Ultra.

The BushBuddy Ultra
The kickoff affair to banking concern complaint is that a BushBuddy Ultra is a tall stove.  You'll demand a pot amongst some elevation inwards gild to hold upward able to seat the stove inwards the pot.

Here, I'm using a Snow Peak 1000ml pot which has a frying pan type lid.  Without this lid, I couldn't shop a BushBuddy Ultra within a pot amongst these proportions.

A 1000ml Snow Peak pot amongst a frying pan type lid volition concur a BushBuddy Ultra
 A BushBuddy Ultra pretty much needs to hold upward stored upright.  It won't fifty-fifty start out to jibe inwards my pot sideways.

A BushBuddy Ultra volition non jibe sideways inwards a 1000ml Snow Peak pot
A wide, brusk pot without a frying pay lid may receive got problem accommodating a BushBuddy Ultra.  For example, an Evernew 1.3L pot cannot concur a BushBuddy Ultra.  You actually demand a taller pot.

A BushBuddy Ultra volition non jibe upright inwards a wide, brusk pot similar this 1.3L Evernew pot
Neither tin privy y'all lay the stove on its side.

A BushBuddy Ultra volition non jibe on its side inwards a 1.3L Evernew pot
Well, let's draw that BushBuddy out of the pot together with receive got a look.  The pot back upward cleverly fits upside downward within the trunk of the stove.

A BushBuddy Ultra amongst the pot back upward upside downward stored within the trunk of the stove.  
Note the grill inwards the inwards a higher house photo.  This is important.  The grill keeps the forest off the flooring of the stove, allowing air to current upward from underneath during a burn.

Pulling the pot back upward out, I notice a row of vent holes exactly below the rim of the stove.

Note ventilation ports exactly below the rim of the stove
There are to a greater extent than vents on the exterior at the base of operations of the stove.

On the exterior, at that topographic point are additional ventilation ports at the base of operations of the stove.
Basically, the BushBuddy Ultra is a chimney type stove.  Cooler air enters from exterior at the base, is heated betwixt the inner together with outer walls of the stove, together with equally the air is heated, it expands together with accelerates out the ventilation ports exactly below the rim of the stove inwards the interior, causing a rigid inflow of oxygen rich air.  It's a pretty expert design.  Someone apparently knew what they were doing.

The pot back upward rests on the rim of the trunk of the stove.

The pot back upward emplaced on a BushBuddy Ultra
The pot back upward has a gap inwards it that tin privy hold upward seen at the left inwards this photo.  Additional forest tin privy hold upward inserted through the gap during use.

Looking downward from inwards a higher house on a BushBuddy Ultra.  Note gap inwards pot back upward at upper left.
Taking a pace dorsum from the details, the kickoff affair I notice is the craftsmanship.  Everything is actually good made together with good seat together.  Just aspect at how regular the pattern of the spot welds is on the bottom of the stove.

The base of operations of a BushBuddy Ultra
This stove is non something that soul exactly slap dashed together.  This is a good idea out stove amongst truly excellent build quality.  A lot of undertaking clearly goes into the industry of these stoves.

Well, let's give the axe her up!

A BushBuddy Ultra starting a burn
Today, I'll hold upward testing amongst a 1.3L Evernew pot amongst 500ml of mutual depression temperature creek water.

A 1.3L Evernew pot on a BushBuddy
A 1.3L pot similar the Evernew is a petty fight broad for the BushBuddy, but I constitute the BushBuddy to hold upward reasonably stable.  I was careful to alternative fairly marking ground.

One affair I notice amongst a BushBuddy Ultra is that it's a petty difficult to predict where the flames volition come upward out.  This teach inwards a petty tricky to travel past times along the pot handles out of the flame.  I constitute that past times merely watching the give the axe together with periodically repositioning the pot equally needed kept the pot handles reasonably cool.

Flames tin privy arise from whatsoever scream for around the perimeter of a BushBuddy Ultra
The other affair I constitute during testing was that 1 charge of forest wasn't plenty to boil 500ml of mutual depression temperature creek water.  I had to reload the stove.  It's possible to insert some forest through the gap inwards the pot support.

Inserting additional forest through the gap inwards the pot support
However, to actually teach fifty-fifty loading, I constitute it easier to take away the pot.  If 1 is inserting forest through the gap inwards the pot support, it's of import to lookout adult man the ends of the sticks y'all insert.  Burning bits tin privy autumn of the ends of the sticks.

Burning ends of sticks tin privy autumn out if forest is inserted through the gap inwards the pot support
When additional forest is inserted, the first-class ventilation of the BushBuddy Ultra rapidly causes the additional forest to travel past times business office of the fire.

The first-class drafting qualities of the BushBuddy Ultra rapidly motility inserted forest to ignite.
I didn't fourth dimension it, but I was rapidly able to teach a expert boil using the BushBuddy Ultra.

Boiling H2O on a BushBuddy Ultra
Now, here's 1 of the dainty things close a forest stove:  There are to a greater extent than estrus settings than exactly "boil."  I allow the forest give the axe downward to exactly coals.

Coals inwards a BushBuddy Ultra
Then I add together my noodles. 

Preparing noodles over coals
I add together a few dried vegetables.

Adding vegetables to the mix
And a few minutes later, everything has re-hydrated nicely.

Nicely hydrated noodles together with vegetables
And the best part?  No scorching, together with no burning.  It's wonderful to receive got multiple estrus settings on a stove.

And after the burn?  Nice, consummate combustion.


The white ash of thorough combustion.
In short, the BushBuddy Ultra is a actually dainty forest burner.  It has a fairly pocket-size combustion chamber, hence y'all attain receive got to add together forest land a boil is inwards progress, but no large deal.

Of course, at that topographic point are times when y'all can't give the axe forest every meal.   For example, sometimes fuel is scarce (or wet) or mayhap you're at likewise high of an height or mayhap you're inwards such a pop expanse that forest fires are restricted.  Whatever the reason, at that topographic point are times when forest fires exactly aren't going to run out.  With the BushBuddy Ultra, attain y'all receive got a programme "B?"

To uncovering out, I idea I'd endeavour a quick experiment amongst an alcohol stove. 

An alcohol stove resting on the grill of a BushBuddy Ultra
Using a Trail Designs 12-10 alcohol stove together with 0.75 fl. oz. of SLX denatured alcohol, I idea I'd endeavour to boil 500ml of mutual depression temperature creek water. 


An alcohol stove burning within a BushBuddy Ultra
Normally, I'd hold off 0.75 fl. oz. of SLX denatured alcohol to choose 500ml of mutual depression temperature creek H2O to a boil.  It didn't. 

I added an additional 0.75 fl. oz. of SLX denatured alcohol together with re-lit the alcohol stove.  This time, toward the halt of the burn, I got a boil.  Not a rigid boil, but the H2O did boil.

A weak boil was achieved amongst 1.5 fl. oz. of SLX denatured alcohol
In other words, it took 1.5 fl. oz. of SLX denatured alcohol exactly to teach a rather uninspired boil.  So, attain y'all receive got a programme "B" amongst a BushBuddy Ultra?  Well, yes, but the BushBuddy Ultra actually isn't an alcohol laid up.  The BushBuddy's forcefulness is forest burning.  While the BushBuddy Ultra can be run on alcohol, it doesn't run all that well.  The BushBuddy Ultra is a forest burning stove together with is best used for that purpose.

I didn't teach a gamble to attempt amongst hexamine (e.g. ESBIT), but I believe the results volition hold upward similar to running amongst alcohol.  The best work for a BushBuddy Ultra would seem to hold upward for trips where y'all tin privy almost ever give the axe forest together with and hence travel past times to a secondary fuel exclusively if y'all actually receive got to.

Are at that topographic point other ways to work the BushBuddy amongst non-wood fuels than what I've shown?  Of course, together with I mean value they're worth exploring.  However, a uncomplicated commutation (as done above) of an alternative fuel did non create expert results.  Got a ameliorate way?  Lay it on me.  :)

CONCLUDING REMARKS
Cooking amongst a forest give the axe using a stove is so much easier than using an opened upward fire.  There's also much less gamble of starting a wildfire given the contained nature of a forest stove together with the consummate nature of the combustion, together with there's really petty delineate left when you're done.  Having tested a dyad of forest stoves now, I actually wouldn't consider going dorsum to an opened upward give the axe for cooking except inwards an emergency.

I receive got to tell that it was a existent pleasance to hold upward able to work a BushBuddy Ultra.  Special cheers to Christian D. for the loan of his BushBuddy Ultra for this testing. 

Thanks for joining me for some other Adventure inwards Stoving.

HJ

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Appendix
BushBuddy Ultra,
Weight ..... 139g/4.9oz
MSRP  ..... $120.00 CAD including transportation within Canada.  $128.00 CAD for transportation to the U.S. of A. including Alaska together with Hawaii*

Per the bushbuddy website:  All stainless steel construction, amongst an outer crunch of .004" fully hardened 304 stainless steel,  firebox walls of .010" annealed 304 stainless steel, together with a mitt made grate of nichrome wire for long life amongst minimum weight.

*Note that prices are inwards Canadian Dollars non U.S. of A. Dollars.

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