Set up is quick and easy
Aluminum Frame
R&D takes time to complete and is never finished all the way. And that is where your feedback is important to us. The camp stove wind block base-frame has gone through many changes as evolution progressed from sheet metal to aluminum with several trials in between resulting with a near perfect product.
Evolution
The developmental process, years of R&D, resulted with a very user friendly camping appliance. WindTamer Camp Stove Companion wind block is flame proof, repels rain and when completely closed keeps flying bugs at bay.
Each step required field testing and feedback from our fellow campers.
An essential addition was a tie down strap that wraps under the table, securing with a adjustable quick release buckle. This necessity was discovered when a forty-mile-an-hour wind storm moved our WindTamer and Coleman stove several yards down wind.
Set-up time
Takes about two minutes. Super windy conditions can slow you down a little but after you are set-up your camp stove is wind free and rain proof. Camp stove weather blocker.
Alternative fuel in a pinch
Why you might have to.
I don't recommend that you begin your camp-out with this method of cooking in mind. But fuel does run out; sometimes we forget to bring enough fuel and seals do break allowing precious propane to fizz out. With the nearest fast food joint miles farther away than your wife and kids are willing to wait, you do have an option. After all, you are camping.
I have cooked with this method with much success. I was always camping solo (fact finding, scientific mission) and happily shared the experience with others afterward and suffered through disbelief and sermons for cooking with a campfire inside my WindTamer.
I suggest using a clean burning fuel such as seasoned Juniper or oak but no bigger around than your thumb. Charcoal is good too. First you want to insure there is adequate space between the fire pan and the floor of your WindTamer and the table top. I use a cast iron skillet on top of my stove grill, make a bed of coals in the skillet and cook away.
Small BBQ grills work well too! Any BBQ grill that will fit inside a 24" X 17 3/4" space will work.
The Nomex shell melts around 770 degree Fahrenheit. But if your fire gets of of hand and spills out there could be problems. But, it can be done, use caution just as you would cooking over a camp fire. This emergency method could save the trip for the family campers.
Camp stove runs out. Alternative fuel available.