ive had this a while now and have been carrying it around in my work van incase im stuck out somewhere (4 hours in the snow a few years back).
The only problem was always what fuel to use, i had made a very low profile meths burner for it, but wasnt sure my boss would be happy with me carrying around liquid fuel. It is meant for gel, so i eventually got myself some Chaffing Gel from the cash and carry, although you can use hexi tabs or even sticks if you have to. The chaffing gel cannot spill and is in a tin so far safer to transport and works out much cheaper than the stuff they say you should use.
I have used it a few times, it is very slow to boil and makes a real mess of the burner, so have been looking for something better.
After many Youtube vids and various reading, i came across this that seems to be a popular mod and very easy.
It is a shoe polish tin with fiberglass fire rope coiled inside.
Now i have tried it i would have used a rope that would have nearly filled the tin, i bought 10mm, the tin is about 15mm deep, so i would buy 12mm i recon, the rope is just there as a wick so you are not burning the meths directly i spose, but it works really well and although it is not the quickest, it is arout a 6 min boil (1/2 l) and its much better than the gel.
So i will be carrying this around from now on, being that it is a tin it means it is not a perminent thing and you can just take it out and use other fuels, it also packs in place with no problem.
