Wind breaks for cooking

A cardboard box for a wind break ?? cardboard+fire+wind= disaster
sorry but I would not recommend that to anyone.

crewser,

I dont think he meant sit the cardboard wind break on the flames!

Crewser

From your reply I can see that you are not a practical person.

Willem

I like to think I am a practical person as I can build a better wind brake than one made of cardboard. we are talking about fire and wind arnt we?
there has to be a million other things you could use instead of cardboard?
Someone who`s best wind brake is cardboard cable tied together does not sound like a "practical person" to me. I was not having a go at you I was just trying to offer some advise, thats what people come here for, no need to get upset.

From your reply I can see that you are not a practical person.
I`d like to think my wind brake I made from tin was more practical than yours made of cardboard?
read it as you like

There you go Crewser............

Why didn't you come up with your solution instead of attacking my simplistic suggestion.

Have used card board on occasions. Whatever material is available at the time.

Some of you blokes are just uptight about things,

No I am not upset....just baiting you.

BTW it is wind break, not wind brake

willem if I was attacking you I would have said something like your a nob,
some of you blokes need some common sense. its ok Im baiting you
are you attacking me for my bad spelling?
BIOYA

Every now and again someone like you crawls out from underneath a log or something.

Lighten up, Richard Cranium !

Yep your spelling is bad.

Name calling and insults, your true colours are showing now Willum

Yeah mate, you are right.

But if I dont tell you, who will?

Hey Bill

Is this an RDO or are you having a sickie....LOL

No mate......we DO have 'puters at work ya know>>>!!! hahahaha

Yes but aren't they for work?

Pete,

This employer encourages "stress relief".............I can either go outside for a 10 minute smoke break every hour or so..........or I can get on this site and "relieve myself" (so to speak...hahahaha)

That works for me.

I have a great job .... if I get sick of working in the office I can hop in my car and drive around inspecting buildings. I'm not suposed to leave my working area without my boss's permission, but as my area covers all of the NT, SA, some of Vic and Western NSW that doesn't tie me down too much!

Cheers

Pete

Hey thanks Roachie that's a bloody good simple idea, I might knock one of your patented windbreaks up on the weekend.

Speaking of jobs, I have to go and get my boat and dive gear ready for "work" tomorrow.
Tough life but somebody's got to count crayfish Hey.

Cheers
Geordie

Hi Voilet

Always good to use a wind break as even if you have a strong stove it still takes
a lot more gas to heat up something that is being windblown.

If your stove can't put out a good burn then it can take fore ever, if at all to boil a billy, and is a waste of time trying.

Use one of those stoves here and as they are marginal in wind or cold , you should at least try and start with a new cannister , and one that has gas mix of no less than 80 butane /20 propane. Keep 1/2 used cannisters for when conditions are better.

The great thing we find with those is that they are very stable and the two sided plastic cover can shield two sides as is from wind. We usually carry some supplies in A4 photo copy paper boxes and just stack one of these near stove to fill in a third side.

Robin Miller

Wow, thank you, that is so kind. I am in Brisbane, so wont be able to take you up on your offer, but that is really lovely to offer it, thank you so much.

Violetmay

All we need is someone on the site who has a transport company and they could deliver it for free . Not much chance of that though I think .

Anyway , maybe one of our members in Brisbane could make you up a folding windguard .

Willie .

Thanks Brewman

I think the first night, when it wouldn't light properly, I think I must have had the canister in wrong. I did try a few other canisters but couldn't get them to light because of the wind.

I think I found something I can temporarily use as a firebreak - just a carboard box that the lady at the fruitshop packed my fruit/veggies into the other day. It is a grapebox, very strong and only a tiny bit higher than the stove, but wider and longer.

Today in Brisbane, it is a windy day, so I thought I would have a go of lighting the stove again and testing out the grapebox. I went to the front yard (windier than the backyard) and had no problems lighting the stove in the breeze at all LOL!! Couldn't believe it. It was windy as anything and the flame wasn't going out at all, and that wasn't inside the box, that was the stove sitting on the carboard box upturned so it was like a little table. Maybe lighting the stove closer to the ground is part of the secret too, maybe it is windier up high (table height) so lighting a stove down on the ground might work better...hm..

I did realise thought that a lot of my frustration on the weekend came from using matches to light the stove. The matches continually blew out in the wind. So I will buy a firelighter and bring that next time I am camping. I'll bring my box too.

If anyone thinks using a carboard box (heavy waxed one) in this regard is dangerous please let me know.

Thanks everyone for your help :-)

Oh - I have friend who is a retired field geologist and had years of camping experience in remote parts of Australia and overseas. She told me that for a windbreak she sewed some slots into a long turned over sheet of hessian. Into the slots she put garden stakes (4) and use the hessian/garden stake combination as a windbreak in whatever whay she needed it. Said it worked well, and that the hessian was far enough from the fire not to be a fire hazard.

Violetmay