Swiss Volcano Ranger Stove Modification and Review 

The cork allows for expansion in frozen climates. Great Vid

had one for 20 years but never done any mods but will do now they are good bits of kit

Thanks for the video. Worth noting that the old style 'SIGG' shaped bottles (intended to carry fuel) had no inner lining and so would be fine for boiling. The newer consumer SIGG (or SIGG style) drinking bottles may have a thin plastic/rubber coating which would get damaged through boiling. Greetings from Switzerland.

Nice with some interesting and useful mods 👍. Strictly speaking, the stove is not designed to be top-loaded and stacked up with twigs in order to create a bed or coals. Depending on the type used, wood can burn pretty hot .. especially the hardwoods .. enough to possibly damage the aluminium body. Twigs loaded in at the bottom keep the Fire relatively 'cool'. Yes, more effort but that's how it is. It works very well with Alcohol Gel Fuel or even Esbit Tabs. Attaching the Cork to the Bottle Neck with a length of Sink Plug Chain will ensure that the Cork does not go 'walkabout'. Take care ..

Good ideas Roo! Thank you for sharing my friend.

That is the way you do it....modify it and make it your own and....maybe even make it better than it was....ingenuity

Cool little camp stove. Never seen one b4. Dig the mods you did to it sweet stove brother!

Like that kit never had one or seen one in action thanks for sharing buddy

I can not believe I hadn't ever thought of using a can top for a cup lid. That is just ingenious and I am so stealing that idea! Good video, thanks for posting!

I like the look of that, looks cool and different, like the mods you made too, never seen one before so thanks for sharing, all the best 👍

Not a bad kit and good call on the mods.

That is pretty cool. I like it. The stopper is a bit weird. Definitely, would come in handy. Thanks for the support and sharing. Giving you more watch time my friend. Hugs

Hey Roo, great video! Nice review, I really like your modifications! A very handy little stove! Take care & God bless! Joy

Cracking vid Roo, just picked up one of these from Military mart and was looking for ideas. Your vid came up straight away. Love the mods you have done, the lid idea is awesome! Thanks for sharing mate. All the best, Jay

Awsome man great video 👍

Had one for about 5 or 6 years. I got it and an LK35 from Military Mart, a tenner for the stove, the LK was £17 I think. Haven't modded the stove itself, as it works well. Not sure about drilling more holes in it as the top ones are going to let heat out before it gets to the top of the cup sides to vent, and more lower holes will make it more susceptible to wind. I did use a kitchen sink hole drain strainer the same as you, but the other way up. A bolt and wing nut through the centre with a cut off domed base from an aerosol hole through that so it was a stand for the strainer. I used that to hold solid fuel tablets (cut down fire lighter blocks from the CoOp). Worked well. I wanted an alcohol stove for it, my Trangia was too fierce, flames coming out of the top holes, so I made a smaller one out of the base of a beer can and a strip from the can to form the inner reservoir with a string wick surround, pin prick holes around the top (which was the base), then the base cut of a small can of vegetables slotted in as the base for the burner. The same design as the Trangia, fuel heats up, travels up the wick, vapourises and flames out of the pin holes. Works a treat, and what's more I cut the cork down and the stove's top hole slots upside down over it and the bottle neck, the cup fits over that for packed assembly, water, stove and burner, one unit. I don't have a problem with corks, they've been used as bottle stoppers for centuries. I take them out of wine bottles fairly regularly. Never had it leak. The other advantage of it is you can use it to speed up boil time of the bottle. Not too tight, otherwise it will launch itself at a great rate of knots when the pressure builds up. In with just enough to hold it there, and it makes a pop and sits there or falls out when the water boils. I have an 40 year old one litre Swiss SIGG screw top aluminium bottle which I used for rock climbing weekends, they may be the manufacturers of the stove, it fits it like it was made for it, so I could use it instead. The other thing that fits the cup like it was made for it is another 40 year old item, the lid off the smallest Trangia kettle. I modded that by drilling 3 small holes, for draining water off from pasta, just in from the edge and 1 directly opposite to let air in so the water can drain easily, again works a treat. 🙂

I like it brother. New sub.

Nice mods!

For some reason both my phone and tablet struggle to play this video. Anyone else having the same issue? I see it's view count is quite low!