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The Honey Stove - Stainless Steel

The Honey Stove - Stainless Steel
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Our Price:  £38.99(Inc. 20% VAT)Earn 38 Loyalty Points
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Product Code:  RD103
Brand:  Backpackinglight.co.uk

Availability:  In stock, immediate despatch
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Since the launch in 2008, The Honey Stove has grown in popularity in all areas of the outdoor community.

Users have enthused over the flexibility and practically of the 100% British design and manufacture, sharing the news of the discovery with other outdoor enthusiasts.

Hikers, backpackers, bushcrafters, kayakers, cyclists, riders and travelers around the globe have enjoyed the simplicity of the design, combined with the reliable functionality, which results in cooking over a stove which is virtually carbon neutral.

There’s no escaping the fact. This style of cooking will transport you back to a simpler time, and increase yours pleasures when living outdoors.

Time to appreciate your surroundings and your companions more. Time which is never wasted.

I wanted to design a stove which would be unique. No moving parts, just a simple solid reliable construction, which when linked together would provide maximum strength either in the square or hexagonal configuration.

A true multi fuel stove which cooks efficiently with virtually any size or shape of cook pot, used by the independent traveler around the world.

One which will burn organic matter, esbit/hexamine tablets, night light candles, ANY make of meths (denatured alcohol) stove, Greenheat Fuel Cells and even the standard Trangia gas burner, or other similar variations.

Flexibility is the key to the design concept. Your cooking vessel can be placed on top, or if less than 12cm diameter, inside the rim of the stove.

For example, by placing a simple heat source in the base of the Hexagonal setting, the Stainless Steel will reflect heat inwards and act as a reliable windshield.

By simply sliding two 3mm pegs through the horizontal holes in the mid points, your pot (less than 12cm dia) will be lowered and supported inside the perimeter walls, and therefore trap more of the generated heat, reducing the time taken to boil.

Your Honey Stove package consists of 5 x side panels, a fire door, a base plate, a Trangia Burner support, a small square plate and a top mesh grill. The base plate is interchangeable in any of the five different side slots.

There are no hard and fast rules, as to which slot you use, or which way is up!  It is entirely up to you and your needs at that particular cooking moment!

Please note: You do NOT need to use ALL of the parts, ALL of the time!

Please note: It is designed to be a tight fit the first few times you assemble the stove. This will quickly become easier with use.

Shipping to Europe and US: Please see comments and cost at end


Honey Stove Reviews

Andy Howell reviews the Honey Stove Ti

Shipping abroad


Honey Stove to Europe - please enter your order normally and 'ok' the shipping fee of £12.00 (Instead of £3) in the 'customer comments' box. Your card will be processed manually.

Honey Stove to US - please enter your order normally and 'ok' the shipping fee of £16 in the 'customer comments' box. The total will be less 20% UK Sales Tax + £14 (Instead of £3). Your card will be processed manually.
 

Honey Stove + Hive to Europe - please enter your order normally and 'ok' the shipping fee of £16.50 (Instead of £3) in the 'customer comments' box. Your card will be processed manually.

Honey Stove + Hive to US - please enter your order normally and 'ok' the shipping fee of £24 in the 'customer comments' box. The total will be less 20% UK Sales Tax + £24 (Instead of £3). Your card will be processed manually.

Assembling the square configuration

This is the most compact stove setting, and it may be all a ‘lightweight’ backpacker, cyclist, bushcrafter or kayaker will ever need.

Option 1: Take a side panel with the prongs facing upwards, and slide down on each side two further panels. If you are burning organic matter, place the square plate in either of the two lowest slots, then slide the door on ‘upwards’. This will allow you slide fuel in through the door slot.

Option 2: If you are using a coke can stove, esbit/hexamine tablet or Greenheat place the square plate in the mid slot and then slide on the door. This allows easy lighting of the tablets and better air flow.

Option 3: However you may wish to make the fire completely enclosed. Therefore instead of sliding on the door, use another side panel. This will enclose the fire completely.

Option 4: You may also prefer to use the standard Trangia Burner. The slots in the side panels are designed to hold the rim of the burner securely.

Therefore, slot the rim into the mid slot of the three panels and then slide the door into place.
This slot provides the optimum burner to pot height, to achieve maximum heat performance.

NB: You are also still able to access the simmering ring through the door.


Assembling the hexagonal configuration

To burn organic matter/charcoal BBQ briquettes

Option 1: Take a side panel and hold it with the prongs facing downwards. Slide on two other side panels either side and place the base plate in either of the bottom two slots (air flow).

Make sure the rear of the base plate sits in the central panel slot.

Slide on a fourth and fifth panel on alternate sides, and then while holding those two panels between your thumb and forefinger, ease the fire door into place.

NB: As the metal is freshly laser cut, this will be a tight fit initially, so may require positive, but not excessive force. This will quickly become easier.

For pots smaller than 12cm, slide two 3mm pegs through the slots at a height of your choice.

Or cook directly on the grill placed on top of the final assembly.


To burn esbit/hexamine tablet

Option 2: Assemble as above, but raise the base plate to the second slot.

For pots smaller than 12cm, slide in two 3mm pegs through the slots at a height of your choice to make the most of the heat generated. Or cook directly on the grill placed on top of the final assembly.


To use a Trangia Burner

Option 3: Assemble as above with the base plate in either of the two lowest slots. Prior to fitting the door, slide in the Trangia plate into two opposing mid slots. Then ease the fire door into place.

If your pot is greater then 12cm, place it on top of the stove.

If your pot is less than 12cm slide in two 3mm pegs through two upper holes as support. Or use the grill on top of the assembly as support.

However, for maximum wind protection, you have the option to assemble the stove with the Trangia plate lower down, and therefore the base of the pot is enclosed within the perimeter of the stove for maximum wind protection.
To use Trangia Gas or other Trangia Fitting Multifuel Convertor

Option 4: Assemble as above but start with the prongs facing upwards on the first panel, so the door fits on last with the wider section at the top of the stove. This allows the fuel line to exit the unit without obstruction.
Which wood to burn? They use this old woodman's poem ….

Logs to burn! Logs to burn!
Logs to save the coal a turn!
Here's a word to make you wise
When you hear the woodman's cries.

Beechwood fire burn bright and clear;
Hornbeam blazes too,
If logs are kept a year
And seasoned through and through.

Oak logs will warm you well
If they're old and dry,
Larch logs of pinewood smell
But the sparks will fly.

Pine is good and so is yew
For warmth through winter days
But poplar and willow, too
Take long to dry and blaze.

Birch logs will burn too fast,
Alder scarce at all.
Chestnut logs are good to last
If cut in the fall.

Holly logs will burn like wax,
You should burn them green,
Elm logs like smoldering flax,
No flame is seen.

Pear logs and apple logs,
They will scent your room.
Cherry logs across the dogs
Smell like flowers in bloom.

But ash logs, all smooth and grey,
Burn them green or old,
Buy up all that come your way,
They're worth their weight in gold.


Hard woods for roasting
Apple, Ash, Beech, Birch, Sweet Chestnut, Hazel, Holly, Hornbeam, Larch, Oak and Willow.

Soft woods for boiling
Alder, Aspen, cedar, Hawthorn, Horse chestnut, Lime, Pine, Poplar, Spruce, Sycamore.

Specifications:

  • Weights
  • Sides 5 x 42g
  • Door 25g
  • Base 57g
  • Square Plate 20g
  • Trangia Plate 16g
  • Top Grill 34g
  • Total 362g
  • Measurements
  • Grill Size: 153mm / 6 inches square
  • Side Panel Height: 12.3cm
  • Side Panel Width: 7cm
  • Max Pot Dia to sit 'inside' the rim of stove: 12cm
  • Min Pot Dia to sit 'on top' of rim of stove: 13cm
  • Weight capacity of stove: Tested to 10kg (no sign of deforming)

To expand the unit in size for group or more social use please see our Hive expansion kits.

Average Rating (10 Reviews):  
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Rating:  
Its the bees knees!
Friday, 3 May 2013  | 

I can only add to what people have already said. I do not own another stove I've given all of them away because this just does everything I want - people are always gob-smacked when I show them this small falt pack that becomes a stove! The best things for me about it is the ability to grill, the wide base which will take big pans and the shelter from wind. My only dodgy time with it was when I put it on some decking and one of the sides just slipped out down a gap - but it was a pretty stupid thing to do ( it wasn't lit! ) - genius & perfect. Must confess haven't burnt wood in it yet but looking forward to.

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Rating:  
Sterling service
Sunday, 28 April 2013  | 

I bought this stove, the Hive expansion kit and White Box stove for my husband's birthday. They arrived swiftly within a couple of days and I had a helpful phone call to ensure they arrived at the correct address. He is delighted with them and spent a happy hour on his birthday morning working out how to put them together to boil a kettle and cook breakfast on our kitchen table! Impressive speed with the meths burner and looking forward to trying them out in the wilds soon. Many thanks.

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Rating:  
Fantastic - even in the rain
Sunday, 14 April 2013  | 

A superb product. Will never use a gas stove again! We used the product this weekend, and despite the wind and rain it coped really well.

A pity I cannot upload a picture as I would be able to show you it in action.

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Rating:  
compact, versatile and robust
Wednesday, 10 April 2013  | 

The honey stove is easy to use in many different ways. It's very compact so suitable for ultralight solo activities and robust enough to use in group situations as a multi-fuel alternative stove.
Overall it's a brilliant investment for outdoor pursuits.

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Honey Stove and its many configurations
Monday, 1 April 2013  | 

I have had my Honey Stove for about two weeks now. I have used it with twigs and pinecones, esbit fuel tab, alcohol and with a pressurized stove. In all cases, it preformed perfectly. The first 3 or 4 times that I put this stove together, it was a little "sticky" but eventually, the pieces started fitting together without effort. I love the ability to put this stove together with only 4 sides as a minimalist setup and found this to be particularly useful with a Trangia stove. Another great feature of the Honey Stove is its packability. I cannot believe how compact it is while in its case. I was considering another folding stove when I came across the Honey Stove. I scrutinized the two and could not be happier with my decision to go with the Honey Stove.

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Honey stove
Monday, 25 March 2013  | 

Nice item light weight easy to put together and take apart

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The Honey Stove
Wednesday, 20 March 2013  | 

A lovely stove, quick to boil and perfect for packing. It does tend to set fire to whatever it's stood on though so for a woodland area you need a metal undertray or a flat rock.

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Rating:  
Versatility at its best!
Tuesday, 19 March 2013  | 

I recieved a Honey Stove a couple of years ago, and have used it on many occasions in many ways. Backpacking with the square configuration and a trangia meths burner. Weekend trips as a woodburner. (After cooking it gives you something to play with and sit around whilst chatting to friends). I've also done a bit of tweaking with a trangia gas adaptor to fit a primus gas/petrol stove to it.

The wide top means that it's heated up mugs, cups, pots, pans and kettles, without looking wobbly. it's still going strong and with no moving parts I imagine it will do for a long time to come. It packs up to nothing and gives you plenty of options for fuel.

I you are using it as a woodburner and haven't had much experience of firelighting, check out some of the you tube videos on finding the correct wood to use.

The provided instructions are detailed, easy to follow and even have a few recipes in.

Finally, it's always nice to buy a totally British item, and the service from Bob and Rose is always friendly and first rate.

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Rating:  
Honey Stove
Friday, 15 March 2013  | 

Thanks for a very prompt service and good communication. Not had an opportunity to test the stove yet, but it assembled easily and appears sturdy. I love the size of the pack, takes up no space at all. Excellent design!

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the bees knees
Tuesday, 12 March 2013  | 

not just a stove its the fire you can have with you anywhere you go. great product well made will last a life time

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