Mt. San Jacinto Outdoor Recreation

This week's stove is the iconic Borde Stove.

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HJ

Purty colors this stove makes.

tinaballina wrote:Purty colors this stove makes.

Sheesh, all this techno-speak is going straight over my head.

HJ

What a curious stove. Does the tank need to be pressurized initially, and if so, how? Ah, I think I see now. It's primed upside down so that gas drips out and the priming pressurizes the fuel tank. Nice.

leaftye wrote:What a curious stove. Does the tank need to be pressurized initially, and if so, how? Ah, I think I see now. It's primed upside down so that gas drips out and the priming pressurizes the fuel tank. Nice.

Yep, exactly. It's self pressurizing via thermal feedback. It's really an amazingly simple design when compared to other liquid fueled stoves. It's only gone out of production in the last year or so, after having gone into production some time in the 1950's, a testament to the soundness of it's design.

HJ

Pretty cool, HJ! I actually saw one of these gems in action once. If I remember correctly, the guy sort of nested it on the edge of a rock upside down to do the priming sequence. No wonder it's no longer made; the product liability coverage these days (if you could even get it) would be a bit spendy.

Did Borde ever provide a pot support, or were you supposed to just hold it in your other hand?

Dave G wrote:Pretty cool, HJ! I actually saw one of these gems in action once. If I remember correctly, the guy sort of nested it on the edge of a rock upside down to do the priming sequence. No wonder it's no longer made; the product liability coverage these days (if you could even get it) would be a bit spendy.

Did Borde ever provide a pot support, or were you supposed to just hold it in your other hand?

Hi, Dave,

The Borde stove has a real following among European climbers from what I've read. There's very little to go wrong with them. They only ceased production in the last year or so.

There were a couple of different pot supports that were put out with Borde although I wasn't particularly impressed with either of them. The Westwind stand that is designed for the Trangia burner is the best I've seen.

Question for you: Did any of the four lightweight snow melters I featured appeal to you? Those were my picks (although #4, the Borde, is admittedly a little esoteric).

HJ

Jim,
another fantastic write up. This one is awesome...it looks like something Buck Rogers would have used!

Andy wrote:Jim,
another fantastic write up. This one is awesome...it looks like something Buck Rogers would have used!

It would be cooler if it used magneto force vortex disruptor beam cooking ... but then again those things are really hard to get to simmer.

HJ

Nice! I think this guy was at the tram station bar last week.