Dang, I'll never look at aluminum cans in the same way again 😂👍 This is a brilliant instructional video! Can't wait to try it. I think this would make a CRAZY GOOD gift for my husband for Father's Day! I will make one for myself out of a coffee tin -- nothing says "breakfast" better than your first cup of "Joe" complete with a picture of your coffee on it. Cool stuff, thanks!

Very slick! Thanks for posting this. I just happen to have a dozen wind screens chilling in my fridge!

I have used a DIY stand that I made out of some aluminum ducting for years, and I finally put it away after I made one like yours, thanks for the tutorial! Ok, so I only saved 0.15 oz...BUT I like the way it functions much better and it is easier to store because it rolls so easily. Awesome, awesome design man! Had mine build in around 10 minutes after watching the video :)

I like this design. Regarding wind blowing the screen, I like to keep a couple of shepard's hook stakes in my kit handy to anchor the screen if needed. Thanks for posting this.

Thank you so much!!! I am a 2% owner of a microbrewery in Michigan (Unruly Brewing Company). But we do no have cans yet!!! So I made a windscreen using Odd Side Ales Citra Pale Ale, Right Brain Brewery's CEO Stout and Monster Energy Drink's Rob Gronkowski cans. They work GREAT and are much lighter than other options and sturdier than aluminum foil. Keep making videos and thank you!

I've noticed when making my clean cut with scissors that it is very important to cut the part of the can facing me when it's held in my left hand. I tried a few times cutting the far side and the cut isn't nearly as good. The way you do it in the video is exactly how I do it now. I'm putting this comment here to help anyone struggling with getting clean cuts. It makes a big difference to cut in the correct direction. It's counterintuitive because you cut with the scissors pointed at your palm and the sharp can scraps curling toward you. Just wear a hardhat while you're doing it and you should be alright [joke]. I would SERIOUSLY recommend wearing eye protection when cutting the cans, I've seen little slivers fly out when I cut. If one of those gets in an eyeball it would be really bad.

So simple and yet, so effective. Thanks. Beer - Guinness Irish Stout works really well too...

Just a great instructional video ! I'm buying a six pack tomorrow and starting my windscreen the following day ! I was turned on to your channel by watching a video of Andy Timinsky......now I subscribe to both. Living here in Florida I am so envious of you hiking options in CO. Keep up the good work and thanks.

Another great idea. Thanks for sharing it. I have been using baking pans for my wind screens but after watching this I'm going to switch to beer or pop cans. Thanks again! I am enjoying your channel.

Excellent video!

I use a similar windscreen using bottom of a foil roasting pan, cut into a single rectangle w/ bottom folded up 1/2" for a little more strength. (My GSI Glacier cup is only 3 and 11/16" diameter so I can use a single piece of aluminum.) I cut 3 triangular air holes on one quadrant of bottom, 3/4" wide/high each about 3/4" apart for air inflow. I join the ends exactly the way you do. I've never had a wind problem, but I can see the possibility it could arise. I like to size windscreen circumference to about 1/4" to 3/8" greater than cup circumference for a "potskirt" effect. windscreen is stored entirely within cup, as yours is. you/ve definitely got the "craft brew cool factor" working for you. mine works well, I'm sure yours works equally as well or better. I just happened to find a bunch of aluminum roasting pans of various types in my grocery store markdown bin and stocked up. a windscreen of this type coupled w/ a stove which is the potstand is the sweet setup. I'm still curious about what other people are doing, but completely content with this method. Hiram Cook mentioned you on one of his "watching water boil" vids. I'm glad he did. you've got some interesting things to say on a number of topics. Thanks.

Wow this is cool, definitely making one! Thanks.

If I had known about this back in the day, I would have several thousand miles of wind screen by now, could have stopped the wind from blowing through WY! Nice how to, thanks.

Wow, I made a couple of these before I knew this video existed. Good job on explaining the process.

I was cringing a bit in the beginning when you were stabbing the can with you bare hands! Glad you were unscathed! I will try this!

This is the best video on how to make a campstove windscreen. Thank you so much for posting it!

Great video. Very clear on the camera and the explanations. Plus you make it look so easy. I think I could actually do it. After viewing this, I'm going to go back to using an alcohol stove, which I had quit using because it was too slow heating up water. The wind screen will help keep the heat in and make the stove work more efficiently. Plus I noticed that you didn't yammer on about saving $20 for a store-bought windscreen, but of course that's another advantage of your setup . . .

Very clever windscreen! Looking forward to making one of these.

Thanks for sharing! I made some myself and they work great. All the best, Dimitri

Just completed mine using some local beer cans from Athen's GA. Turned out way better than expected for my first go at it, and i'll be making another for my roommate (have to drink some more beers first ;)) Great idea and thanks for sharing!

Well Done ! A Kölsch on a Day is always okay ;-) Cheers from Germany.

Wonderful. Thanks

Genius. Best one I’ve seen by far.

Excellent tutorial .. Cheers.

Made one Colorado thanks for the tutorial:)

Great video... Thank you for the great information.

Great tutorial! I have seen dozens of others and this one is the closest to what I settled on. Mine uses two pop cans that are just separate and fit around my hardware cloth pot stand. I use the same stove as you and find it doesn't hold bigger pots well, thus the pot stand. I look forward to playing with the idea of folding and connecting them. Thanks!

I Like this....THANK YOU FOR VIDEO !!! I haven't been able to buy the screen that really fit my needs. I run 3 different stoves depending on my needs when I pack it.....Evernew/Trangia/Toaks. I bought so many screens from the DX to a simple Esbit stand I modified. Ultimately I want/need an outer ring like yours....I can than use it for my 900/500/350 Ti cups by just setting them flush on the stove, or raised on the Evernew or Lixada stands. Something that packs tight and close like this does too....not bulky. I use a tin lid under my stove though...acts as a well to dump fuel & ignite in freezing cold up here, plus a little stability too. I love my DX...BUT....works excellent yet its tall and bulky. There is no single answer DEPENDING ON NEEDS/Variables....yet basics of stove/stand/and windscreen is always necessary. THIS SCREEN appears to open options....yet keep everything basic in form. I must build it.

I'm gonna try this but instead of the opposite folds on the final edges, I might try super gluing thin magnetised strips and closing the shield that way.

So much for not drinking tonight!!! Thx.. I want to make one to hang from pot supports on my sp lite max canister stove...can't trap heat around canister...Sierra Nevada here I come! Cans that is....

i made one after watched this video . Now finally i have cool and nice windscreen :) my main problem stove pods i dont want to use very simple pods my stoves .i am looking new designs .Thx for nice videos.

this worked great on today's outing. Thanks.

Great video, just what I was looking for. Thanks!

Excellent video, thanks for the info.

I use a razor to score around the can three or four goes and then push it apart for a nice clean and straight cut

Great video. Thanks for the knowledge.

Pretty damn god build. The can lable give it an extra cool fun factor.

Your wind screen is way better looking then mine. Well guess that gives me a good excuse to drink a few cold tasty ones and make a new wind screen. I've been wanting to make a taller one for my MSR pocket rocket. Btw- I did a overnight at Gross Reservoir, great spot and thanks for the suggestion. -Andy

I must have a go at making one myself. Atb Glenn.

Love this. I tried to make one out of an aluminum baking pan. It was too heavy, hard to fold, hard to pack, hard to roll. Never used it! I am scared of cutting myself but I'll try some leather gloves. Thanks so much.

Good idea. I'm using roof flashing because like you, I find foil too light. However, my roof flashing is thick, stiff and heavier than needed. I think your idea is a perfect in between. I'll make a couple (different size pots for different outings). Thanks....

Carbon felt also makes a great windscreen. You don't have to worry about getting burnt.

Great

Nice, I like it.

some fancy beer. noice!

This is good stuff. I made one of these using a couple of taller coconut juice cans I got from dollar tree. Very easy and quick to make and no crying if you screw it up. I don't suggest going the foil tape route, it's extremely easy to make without. Anyone find a less annoying way to initially cut the cans?

Making one... Thanks

Liked & subbed. Thanks!

Those stoves worked great for me on a table, but in the field, very unstable.

True that

👍👍🇧🇷 Parabéns

Will this melt if too close to the fire? Thanks I think no need to punch holes just clip 3 little binder at the bottom and lift a little bit up

Great video, but Kölsch? Greatings from Germany

Have you compared this with a caldera cone style in boil tests?

I have to hurry up and drink this six pack so I can get to work on this.

Dude, brilliant! I built a stove about a month ago and was having the same issues with aluminum foil and flashing so I had kind of given up on it. This looks perfect. I have read that alcohol doesn't burn well at higher elevations. Have you had any issues with this? I am concerned that the alcohol will burn down before the water boils. Do I just need to build a bigger stove maybe?

Any reason that you didn't make the screen tighter? More snug to your pot? What size is your pot? Thanks for your vid...

i was wondering if i could use this as a windscreen for a pop filter for a mic ?

I'll do it with soda cans.

How much space between the screen and the pot

Chur Brother, great idea, will have to give a crack and will let ya know, Cheers, Ras Da Bushman, Waikato, Aotearoa

This is a great windscreen. Though I give up on the fancy feast stove they just don't perform.