Durabiltiy of stoves

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Lil-Rokslider
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Quick question. Ordered a stove jack for my Mountainshelter LT now I'm looking for a stove for heat only. I'm leaning toward a small cylinder stove like the Smith Cylinder from Kifaru or Cylinder from TiGoat. How gentle does one need to be with these contraptions once they are setup? Is it simply a matter of popping out any dents or wrinkles that show up when wood or gear get dropped on them.

Curious to know what else I should consider. Thx
 
I have had a Ti-Goat for 4 years and have not been gentle with it. Just know it will have dents etc that develop, can't get away from it so don't expect it to be perfect. It will get banged up looking just from the first time you set it up no matter the brand unless you go box stove.
 
Yeah. I'm not too worried about the dents and dings. Its the trip and fall or heavy pack rolling on it that I wonder about most. Thanks for the replies.
 
I have an EdT stove they come with a plastic tube that the roll up parts will all go into for packing.It all works very well
Tim
 
I have a Tigoat cylinder stove and it packs very well. The sides and the pipe all roll into one cylinder, then you wrap it up in a corduroy sleeve. The tightness of the roll, and how many layers of titanic in it make it pretty crush resistant. The end pieces are stainless steel, so no danger of crushing their either.
 
I've transported mine a few times in duffel bags checked on airlines. I don't have any "protection" just some silnylon sacks to hold stuff. Most recently I had it in a bag with a large pack raft for a round trip to Alaska. In the bag the stove was fairly exposed between the rolled raft and the side of the bag. I'm sure they took a pretty good beating and came out fine. I wouldn't think twice about any abuse in an actual pack.
 
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