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I am after some thin aluminium foil for a stove windbreak, about 0.2 mm thick.

Ebay offers titanium foil in a suitable thickness but not aluminium. Anyone know where I can get some?

In reply to Gav M: i use disposable ali trays you get for cooking on, 3 for £1 from wilkos.

In reply to Gav M: http://www.tesco.com/groceries/Product/Details/?id=263781795

In reply to Gav M:

I tried to find disposable trays from supermarkets but they are all too small. Use two disposable BBQ trays jointed together at the end (or you can use a single family size one). My DIY windshield is almost identical to the original MSR one, except a bit taller. It has lasted for years.

In reply to Gav M: i'm currently using a cereal box covered in tin foil. not the lightest or most robust solution, but it certainly works and i've been using it for 4 years now and its only just getting to the point where i need to find a new cereal box!

In reply to Gav M:

Why not just buy an MSR one?

In reply to Gav M:

Ditto on the disposable BBQ/roasting tray/BBQ tray suggestions.

I make Caldera Clones from roasting trays from the 99p store. It's generally about 0.15mm, which is fine for a lightweight windshield.

Alternatively, use sidewalls from aluminium beer cans, fastened together with a bit of cunning.

In reply to myth:

If that Tesco foil is actually 450 microns it would indeed do the trick.

To the diyers - I have been using a windbreak made from modified oven trays for years but it has now split and is getting a bit sharp.

I would buy a commercially available one but haven't seen one that is tall enough, I need about 25 cm tall to shield a 250 g gas canister, canister top stove and pot.

In reply to Gav M:

This is what I'm after but I don't want to pay a tenner for it!

http://backpackinglight.co.uk/product308.asp?PageID=110

In reply to Gav M:

http://www.cyclingforums.com/forum/thread/187723/foil-windshield-on-mini-tr...

In reply to Gav M:


If the last one worked for years, what's wrong with making another one...?

The foil from BPL Bob is 0.006" = 0.15mm. This is the same thickness as the 99p Store roasting trays. Only it's softer. Bob also supplies some 0.25mm foil.

Since I can make a Caldera Clone for an Alpkit MyTiMug with a 99p Store roasting tray, which needs a piece of foil 500mm wide by 250mm high, you should be able to get a piece of foil as big as Bob supplies.

You might also like to ask an OM member called yonky, who is a metal factor, and has supplied foil to a number of users of my Caldera Clone script.

http://www.outdoorsmagic.com/localiser/member.asp?sp=&v=7&MemNo=543...

In reply to Gav M:

BTW, I have a fair bit of experience with making windshields of various designs from Al and Ti foil, including my Colab09 award-winning SqueezeBox, the Caldera Clone, and various other bits and bobs...

http://www.outdoorsmagic.com/outdoors-news/colab-award-2009-winners/5952.ht...
http://www.outdoorsmagic.com/gear-features/the-squeezebox-files/5644.html
http://www.outdoorsmagic.com/forum/forummessages/mps/UTN/22357

In reply to captain paranoia:

I am impressed. I haven't used meths since I hung up my trangia but there are so many lightweight enthusiasts using these modern meths burning designs that I may have to join in!

In reply to Gav M:
Go to the Offie. Purchase a 4 pack of Guinness or some suitable beverage that comes in nice tall cans.

Drink the said beverage.

Alternatively, do as I did and if you know where you can get some nice tall cans from, re-use them. This is what I did, becuase I don't like Guinness, but the cans are quite stylish.

When sober, use strong scissors to cut open the cans, and flatten them out.
cut two slits for about 1/2" along the ling ides, so as to create hinges. Using some suitabe cheap kebab/barbecue scewrs, create hinges so that the three cans can now nicely fit around your stove. If you keep the scewers nice and longish, you can anchor it into the ground.


Hey presto, one cheap, light, effective windbreak, and it costs very little.

Cheapskate, me.

Sx

In reply to Sarah G:

This is what I have used for years but I found that I only needed two cans left slightly curved. I cut two slots in one can and two tabs in the other so that they slot together when in use. Use a bit of sandpaper to give them a nice "brushed" finish though, burning paint and plastic coating is horrible and ruins the taste of couscous.

In reply to Gav M: backpackinglight sell stuff like this online, reasonably cheap and fast service.

In reply to Sarah G:

why wait till your sober?