Not only is the price of backpacking gear outrageously high, but it's difficult to find outdoor gear that exactly meets our specifications. Paying high prices for backpacking equipment, especially when it only partially satisfies our requirements, is problematic, to say the least. One alternative is to make your own - home made outdoor gear. Even though there are a large variety of commercially produced backpacking stoves available, many backpackers choose to go the homemade route and build their own. Some people make a backpacking stove to save money, some because it is fun to do it yourself and some to suit a need that currently available stoves don't offer. Whatever your reason, building a homemade backpacking stove is a fun way to better enjoy your outdoor experience. There are dozens of designs out there to choose from, but here are a few ideas to get you started.
When deciding how to construct a home made backpacking stove, it is important to consider what kind of fuel you want to burn, what parts you have available to build from and where you plan on using your stove. Most homemade stoves are built from, or include, simple household items such as soda cans, coat hangers and aluminum foil.
The majority of homemade backpacking stoves burn fuel pellets, such as Esbit Solid Fuel Tablets, or denatured alcohol. The benefit of pellets is that they are easier to carry around, don't weigh much and can work in a variety of cooking contraptions. Denatured alcohol burns hotter, but it has to be stored in fuel canisters and requires more complex stove designs. You may want to try building different stoves designed for each fuel type to see which best suites your needs. You can build a stove designed to burn wood as well, but these are often larger and impractical for
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