New cook stove on the market

[hdn0380]

Looks nice but yeeeeeshh

 

[schwaf]

My biggest issue with these systems is the inability to cook with them in a campfire. If I have a fire, I'm using it to cook to save fuel or slow simmer meals. I've also run out of fuel on several occasions. It's my number 1 reason I never switched to jet boil type stoves and stick with my titanium cook set. Anything that melts or burns doesn't make the cut. Boils water quickly, but doesn't have much functionality beyond that.

 

[Kyle Wheeler]

Always neat seeing a company founded by hunters go for it.

 

[realunlucky]

Had Chris on the Rokcast to talk about the new stove. It's the last twelve minutes of the podcast if you want to skip ahead.

https://www.rokslide.com/the-thrill-of-moose-hunting-with-henry-ferguson/

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[Tailingloop]

My biggest issue with these systems is the inability to cook with them in a campfire. If I have a fire, I'm using it to cook to save fuel or slow simmer meals. I've also run out of fuel on several occasions. It's my number 1 reason I never switched to jet boil type stoves and stick with my titanium cook set. Anything that melts or burns doesn't make the cut. Boils water quickly, but doesn't have much functionality beyond that.

My thoughts exactly. MSRpocket rocket and titanium. I even run a solo stove lite sometimes, don’t even need a fuel canister.

 

[schwaf]

My only real issue with this roughridge stove is the lid made of plastic and silicone. I think the pot itself would survive a campfire, but the lid would absolutely burn up.

I use a toaks 750ml nested in a toaks 1100ml. The 750 holds a small fuel canister and a soto windmaster and mini bic. I don't care much for the 750's lid because it doesn't seal tight, but the 1100 converts into a small pan and seals inside the pot lip and creates a tight seal. The lid creating a tight seal is a huge factor with fast boils and minimizing evaporation. I keep it in a waterproof bucket container I took off a GSI Halulite Microdualist. I wish they sold those separate, because it's extremely useful as a sink or hauling around dirty water.

I usually carry a really small titanium firebox around 3oz. I try to use wood fire whenever possible so it's usually worth the weight outside of day hunts or back at camp.

The system as a whole is around 1lb + firebox, but totally worth the weight. I can pull out just the 750ml and tie it in a bandana if I need to drop weight. Versatility and durability is super important to me. Maybe something to consider for future iterations.

 

[svivian]

Saw these at the hunt expo. Pretty interesting setup up. Not sure it’s enough to get me to switch from what I already have.

 

[ozyclint]

My biggest issue with these systems is the inability to cook with them in a campfire. If I have a fire, I'm using it to cook to save fuel or slow simmer meals. I've also run out of fuel on several occasions. It's my number 1 reason I never switched to jet boil type stoves and stick with my titanium cook set. Anything that melts or burns doesn't make the cut. Boils water quickly, but doesn't have much functionality beyond that.

What if you hunt above treeline with nothing to burn to have a fire? And you have to carry it all the way there.
Pot with heat exchanger is the go for this.
I use a jetboil and get 3-4 boils a day for 10 days put of a 110gm canister.
That sounds considerably more than the 14-18 boils quoted earlier in this thread.

No stove and pot combo comes close to the efficiency of the jetboil that I know of.
For long duration trips the jetboil is the lightest system because you can carry so much less fuel

 

[mtnbound]

What if you hunt above treeline with nothing to burn to have a fire? And you have to carry it all the way there.
Pot with heat exchanger is the go for this.
I use a jetboil and get 3-4 boils a day for 10 days put of a 110gm canister.
That sounds considerably more than the 14-18 boils quoted earlier in this thread.

No stove and pot combo comes close to the efficiency of the jetboil that I know of.
For long duration trips the jetboil is the lightest system because you can carry so much less fuel

How are you getting 30-40 boils out of a 110 fuel canister?

 

[mtnbound]

My biggest issue with these systems is the inability to cook with them in a campfire. If I have a fire, I'm using it to cook to save fuel or slow simmer meals. I've also run out of fuel on several occasions. It's my number 1 reason I never switched to jet boil type stoves and stick with my titanium cook set. Anything that melts or burns doesn't make the cut. Boils water quickly, but doesn't have much functionality beyond that.

I agree; I also like to cook over an open fire at times instead of using my canister. It makes a mess of the pot, but it scrubs off.

 

[schwaf]

What if you hunt above treeline with nothing to burn to have a fire? And you have to carry it all the way there.
Pot with heat exchanger is the go for this.
I use a jetboil and get 3-4 boils a day for 10 days put of a 110gm canister.
That sounds considerably more than the 14-18 boils quoted earlier in this thread.

No stove and pot combo comes close to the efficiency of the jetboil that I know of.
For long duration trips the jetboil is the lightest system because you can carry so much less fuel

Then I use my stove and fuel, and an extra can if necessary. The Soto Windmaster is very fuel efficient, but is still useless without fuel. I would consider a jetboil if I was exclusively eating freeze dried meals and had no wood to burn, but more often than not I'm in the woods hanging out and having a good time and will pack tasty food to cook. It's not worth it to change my cook system when mine works perfectly for me.

I also don't camp above treeline. Too cold, too exposed, not enough water. Plenty of dead wood here in CO.

 

[ozyclint]

How are you getting 30-40 boils out of a 110 fuel canister?

Half a jetboil SOL cup is what I call a boil up. Half a cup is enough for a tea/coffee, freeze dry meal or quick oats in the morning.

So, I easily get 20 full cup boils out of a 110 because I have a cup of tea and quick oats in the morning then a cup of tea and freeze dri at night. If I'm tent bound I might have a cuppa soup or extra tea for lunch

 

[35WhelenAI]

The discussion is good, I made a post #80 two weeks ago that nobody's shown up to address. Maybe the questions or observations I made were not sitting well with them. Maven introduced a scope for this forum basically, these guys could have a gold mine if they'd have come here first and asked for some input.

On January 21st when someone suggested sending a few samples for Rokslide to give a try, it went dark.

Soto windmaster at 3 oz, even with the four prong pot support, Fire Maple HX ( heat exchanger) Ramen pot, that has relief cutouts to go with a three or four prong pot support, that is rated at 800 ml but easily holds 1,000 ml (what is the capacity of their non heat exchanger pot that has to rely on a wind guard to securely lock to the stove?), and a titanium spoon weighs between 10 and 11 oz. Fairly straightforward to slide a half ounce full length titanium spoon into a pack. Ramen pot has a metal lid. The Windmaster is one of the better canister stoves out there even without a separate windbreak or heat exchanger pot to break wind.

I take a bit of exception that by inference the systems myself and others put together are meant for "glamping". I've purchased what are considered some of the best cooking pieces in the industry for less than half the cost. The glamping crowd may be a market , something simple to pull out in the morning and make a cup of coffee for that backcountry feel, I wouldn't be talking down on them.

The video, gave me a chuckle with the clear tote and more pots than a person would buy in a lifetime, and the hapless searching through it.

I'd love to hear answers to my questions or thoughts on what I shared in post #80. Otherwise I'm thinking Shark Tank would have passed on this.

 

[SteveAndTheCrigBoys]

@Chris Neville - how does the setup handle rattling of the components in the pot?

I've always nested the fuel canister in the pot with a paper towel, which is nice to have for wiping the spoon/spork down among other things. Do y'all do something similar?

 

[35WhelenAI]

That's a good question to ask of them. I put in a microfiber towel to line the pot, LOL however mine is Frankenstein and possibly glamping.