Thanks Tim I was having trouble getting my stove to light, and your video gave me some great advice. I now have a very effective and reliable decagon stove.
Be careful not to fill the stove too much. I have the newer version with the larger centre hole. I found that the fuel seemed to expand and start to overflow from the stove.
I realize that there are two models of this stove. One has a small hole in the middle and one has a big center hole. Which one works better, or what's the difference ? I understand that some people are making the burn holes larger . Would this make it burn any hotter?
I tried this with rubbing alcohol (70% isopropyl alcohol), rather than denatured alcohol. It didn't work very well at all. It kept going out. I eventually got it going but it only got the water to 190.
Please, for your own safety, ignore learnaswego. Alcohol vapors will explode. Educate yourself, when you can discuss LEL and UEL limits for flamables then post your info.
