Mark Jurey has fantastic instructions for building a penny alcohol backpacking stove using two Heineken cans, a soda can, metal hanger, wire, and heavy foil.
If you don’t want to make it yourself, you can order one for $29.95 from The A.C. Aircraft Company. Here’s what he has to say about the stove:
For years I have been developing a homemade ultralight backpacking stove that heats faster, burns longer, uses less fuel, and is easier to use and build. Most alcohols stoves will heat two cups of water, but when I camp, I may want to sterilize four cups fast. Or, bake some scones, slow cook a pot of brown rice or grains on 2/3 oz. of fuel. Or, boil two cups for tea on 1/2 oz..
The penny pressure regulator and simmer ring combination let it function as two stoves. It can prime and boil a quart of water just 20 seconds slower than a gas cook-top, or, simmer at max efficiently for up to 40 min. Web reviews from around the World show that it “performed like a champ” with a wind chill of -9° and “great” at the top of Mt. Whitney - 14,491 ft..
