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18/11/2012 at 3:07pm
Location: Aberdeenshire
Outfit: Several tents and a hammock
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Thanks Jelboy. That's the spark arrestor which is designed to go with the Frontier. I thought it would be useful in preventing any stray sparks from causing problems, and also reassuring to campsite owners when asking if I could use the stove on their site. For example, Rothiemurchus had to send my request to the Estate Rangers who were obviously concerned with the fire risk to the surrounding forest.
Whether it affects the draw or not I don't know. I'd have to try with and without. If I've got kindling in with the baffle open and the door slightly ajar on the first catch, I get a roaring blaze. If it's a large chunk of wood and the door and baffle are closed, it eventually goes out, and I find a half burnt bit of wood there later on. These are the two opposite ends of the spectrum, so I'm experimenting with varying the size of the wood.
There are probably loads of factors which affect the result: type, condition and size of fuel, wind conditions, temperature, height of flue, spark arrestor, baffle, door position - who knows what else.
I've only used it a couple of times really so I'm a long way from knowing it properly. What I need to do is to give it to a tester who can play - oops, I mean 'study' - it for several days and monitor the results. Now I wonder who would be willing to take on that job . . .  I can tell you're just dying to experiment with it Jelboy!
Maybe in the warmer weather when I don't need it in the tent I could bring it across to the Squirrel and set it up somewhere near the fire pit for folks to try out. It was giving out a great heat in the tent, you must admit, even though the tent doors were wide open. Mind you, that was using kindling, and I'd need to sit there feeding it every couple of minutes to keep that going.
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Sarah
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with my bungees and chord under the explosion of tarp my wife was tasked with the job of finding them while i tried to half the tarp in 2 and then half again with the father in law bewildered at what i was trying to achieve. the wind was blowing it everywhere and it was evident when folded it was too heavy and would jut sag.
I need to put one of those axe sharpening file thingies on my Christmas list now.
I hope he's recovered and you have a great time!
