I would like to give credit for this idea to viewer "Conny Bjaaland" who wrote "I would like to see a comparison of burn when both are packed to there fullest capacity. I would also like to see how the ikea burns when placed inside the little bug. Does this configuration create a wood gas burn effect?"

That ruler idea will definitely come in handy. Cheap, accessible option for a crossbar.

Good day Mr Young... I'm a neighbor from QC. I liked your idea of the SS ruler so much, I got myself 5 and started working on them. Then I noticed something interesting... The rulers have great 90 degree spines... excellent to strike a rod and perfect for scraping bark or fat wood. So I'm making an all in one "Stove and fire kit"... Many thanks for continuous inspiration, your channel is an example of positive and creative thinking !!!

Hi Mark. Greetings from England! Thank you for this and your other Ikea stove videos. It inspired me to build my own. Looking at the principles of a rocket stove I then decided to have an added layer on the INSIDE. I did this taking the base off an old paint can, and then the remaining cylinder is held in place using bolts. The result is that air flows through the holes of the Ikea, but then gets blocked by the hot paint can, so is forced upwards until it meets the wood gas. And from my experience with it I believe I AM getting secondary combustion. And after some trial and error, I found I can use the bolts to rest an alcohol burner on, sitting inside the stove at the perfect height under my steel ruler pot stand! I'll make a video about it and post soon hopefully. But thanks again for your inspiring ideas and channel.

thanks for the shoutout mark - we'll probably bump into each other at the LC ;) The hybrid was a good experiment, it sorta looking like a firebox where the walls are more insulated and the air is forced up from the bottom or bottom side. Performance sue looked good and the ruler hack was a good one. You can't go wrong with a good piece of steel.

Not to blow my own trumpet, but, years ago, I already used these truly inexpensive steel rulers for a whole lot of different camping things. I have pictures somewhere, but can't put my hands on them right now amongst the trillion pics I have! I love your videos, I'm a cheapskate who will go to any lengths to achieve good quality items at minimum cost to free finds or give-aways! 😁 I love the avoid chores cap, I also do anything to get out of housework etc!! 😁

Great idea using stainless ruler as a pot stand, will be making one for my mini lixada folding wood stove to give some clearance when burning wood pellets....thanks for the tip 👍👍

Super clever turning two stainless steel rulers into a stove cross bar pot stand! Love it Mark! :D :)

Mark, one of the advantages of the Ikea stove is that you can add more fuel to the fire without removing your pan. The added Lixada stove negates that advantage. Keep using your windscreen. You out did yourself on this video my friend. I'll be watching this video again to make sure I grasp all the good material you gave us today! Thanks.

Wow so many good ideas, I like the veggie steamer as a Base for the Ikea to protect the ground. Thx for sharing. Take care bud..

The same efect i get with my windscreen. Thanks for the video Mark ☺️

Hi Mark, hope you and your family are all well. A couple of things that could be looked at is the speed of boiling. Using different types of wood and thickness, such as thin twigs and the thickness you usually use. Thanks for the video.

I like that the Lixada can be used as a wood stove by itself but also is a very light compact windscreen, a couple of different uses makes it a handy stove to have. Thanks for sharing Mark!

I need to build one of these ikea stoves myself one day

Frankenstoves I love it!😎🔥🍁 Very good idea to add the Lixada mod to the hobo stove if only as a wind screen or a spark arrestor! Well done, take care!👊

Mark, Love that ruler pot stand idea. Most stoves don't leave enough open area at the top of the stove which leads to more smoke and less flame/heat. ATB.

Mark, thanks for sharing and your efforts. The crossbar idea was a great option. I was surprised at the results, I was expecting gasification as well, I guess you don't know until you try . Atb 👍

Good video showing many different options. Thanks and take care.

@Mark Young, thank you for this demonstration and thanks to Conny Bjaaland for the suggestion. Re Hurricane Dorian, my friends in Florida and here in North Georgia where I am (north of Atlanta, but still too close for comfort) we got no rain, no wind, no nothing. I hope it treats you well! Prayers for the Bahamas and the Carolinas.

Stuff a strip of carbon felt around the opening at the top between the IKEA and the Lixada to force the gases back inthru the holes.

Great Comparison, Mark ! Gotta Love These Tests & Thanks for the Ruler Tip ! Be Well, Friend ! ATB T God Bless

Another great and informative test. I liked the rulers suggestion as pot stands. Awesome idea as a source for inexpensive stainless steel.

Maybe Santa Clause will put a SS ruler in my stocking this year.👍🔥

Thank-you for the ruler idea .. so simple a solution. I found them at my local Dollar Tree in the "office supplies"area. By the way bicycle wheel spokes make very good pot bails.

Large can with some holes made from either a can punch or step drill, for poor man's lixada windbreak. My utensil strainer has a rough 1 inch gap when I put it in a large can. Benefit of the large can is, you can enjoy the ingredients first :) or find free out back of restaurants 😁

Secondary combustion, not true gasification . Still great improvement. Good luck with Dorian

If the Lixada weight is close to the windscreen, it may provide more options than just the windscreen, IE a two burner set up. Cheers

Very interesting, indeed. Perhaps if you found or made a wider IKEA stove that fit more snugly it would work. A ring to close the gap over the top would definitely help either way. You would have a nice, even distribution of fresh air and wood gas around the entire fuel mass, with most of it being burned near the bottom of the Ikea. But as the unit got hotter, the tower effect involved should help to even out the heat levels of all of the Ikea's holes. It's interesting to note that drilling more holes in the Lixada would even out the distribution of fresh air around the fuel mass and the extra oxygen should cause the gasified flame mass to expand upwards along the sides of the Ikea stove. I'm thinking about just obtaining two different sizes of Ikea stoves, then cutting them to the same height. With the flames spread out over Ike's entire wall, it might be harder to see the gasification unless looking at it closely from above. The flames may also still be fainter towards the top of the Ikea but they will definitely rise higher and the oxygen assisted tower stove effect will do the rest. Your idea is brilliant and with only a little more tweaking it should work extremely well. The gasifying hobo stove hybrid. Cheers

Interesting experiment. That more coals seemed to remain in the shielded stove might mean that the oxygen level in the chamber was lower such that there was less combustion surrounding the burning wood and more heat retention lower in the stove so that more of the gassifying wood turned into charcoal before combustion ... though perhaps the same amount of wood gas was consumed in the upper part of the stove. In any case, the wood gas ran out when the flame went out and more charcoal remained.

I have been using the metal rulers as crossbars for my IKEA hobo stove for a while. I actually got the idea to make them originally from your hobo stove video where you made them out of aluminum bars. Also, I use a piece of aluminum flashing as an ash plate under the hobo stove. I put this on a piece as a carbon felt and it works great. The felt adds almost no extra weight and it cut to the same size as the plate. Keep up the good work!

Just an idea, you could use wood stove door rope to stuff the gap around the top gap, that way it wouldn't be permanent and spoil the duality of the system, great video, thanks

I use a cement paving stone I carry with me and put under my stove. Not practical for backpacking, but stable and heat safe.

I believe you would see a distinct difference in boil times if had not used a wind screen, that is the real advantage of using the Lixada around the Ikea.

I had somehow missed this video. The idea was there but missed a funneling of the air into the burn chamber. A cone windshield would have worked unlike this one which just let warm air rise out of the outer walls. You could alternatively plug the top with a bit of rolled up aluminum foil, which would be easier in your case since you already have a good fitting outer wall. I think the alu foil would be unlikely to melt unless a coal fire were maintained for a while, since it would be on the outer wall of the burn chamber, and protected by the ikea stove’s steel. I’ll try to fashion a gasifier out of my strainer stove, as described above. and I’ll get back to you on if you so wish, Mark. Just let me know and I’ll comment back on here or make a video for you. I suspect an outer aluminum wall would suffice so I am going to try that as it’s likely easier for me to source than thin spring steel sheets.

The ss ruler was a genius idea. I wonder if the top gap could be closed off by just stuffing in some char cloth? I was surprised the modified stove burned out as quickly as the other.

Using my Walmart 9 hole high hobo stove (instead of Ikea 6 hole high) I inserted a 25 oz can INSIDE the hobo stove. Top and bottom cut out and 1/2” holes around the bottom circumference. Vertically packed with twigs and a top burn down, I was getting flames 2’ to 2 1/2’ high with little to no smoke. It appeared there was some gasification around the inside of the inner can. Only downside was it appears this is going to be a fuel hog. Thank you for the video for getting me inspired. .

Thanks for this mate, I am thinking about getting something like this at some point. I have in the passed hitchhiked without something to prepare hot foods with, it is doable but way more borring than being able to for exemple cook pasta/sausages etc. As I do want to hitchhike again at some point I will definetly look into get something like this

Well done, Mark.

As a chemist, I do not think the silicone pad will survive without degradation. A silicone pad generally starts degrading from 400 to 500 deg F, far below the heat of the coals. Woven ceramic pads used to protect wood from propane flames can stand up to 2500 deg F.

I thought maybe the hybrid stove did look like a slightly better burn. Wonder how it would compare in a test straight against the lixada little bug or even lixada tower. Thanks so much for the ruler pot stand idea. I have the lixada tower wood Gasifier stove and lost my pot stands. Definitely making these.

I like a piece of aluminum foil under a stove if on carbonaceous soil. A piece of baking parchment under that adds further protection. You have a lot of fun being a “little boy playing with fire” in the cloak of a “responsible adult working with measured discipline”. ;-). I think that most of us camper cum bushcrafters do too. 😉. Life is good! Courtesy of Half Vast Flying

While it did not become a woodgas stove it seems the Lixada became a wind screen to the Ikea hobo stove. I suspect you this would have more cooking time on top of this set up. Thanks again for a great video.

Maybe if the outer layer was closer ti the top or even with the top of the ikea. May be worth experimenting with. Just a thought.

Mark, Thank You for sharing this information about your modified IKEA hobo stove and the Lixada little bug. I was wondering if you or your viewers have any suggestions for material to make the cross bar if one is unable to find a metal ruler at a reasonable price? The idea is fantastic, but I am disabled due to living with Multiple Sclerosis and rely upon online shopping for most of my purchases and for some reason, the cost of this ruler is much greater on line than in retail stores. Thank you so much for your time and effort.

The Ikea stove seems to have way too many holes up its sides. The formula is more like “in the bottom of the burn chamber, up through it and out the top”. Pretty straight forward. Water runs down; fire goes up. With my Littlbug Junior, I dig a narrow trench about 2”-3” longer than the diameter. I place the stove astraddle the trench. Benefits include more air intake, longer sticks, more ash room, and handier bottom lighting option. Actually, some gasifier stoves would benefit from a bottom trench on mineral soils. You want to continue modifying and experimenting; go right ahead. You don’t need our permission. Courtesy of Half Vast Flying

Great Video, kind regards from Germany.

Your ruler cross bar is a great idea. Metal is metal. I still might gi with the aluminum cross bar and use a bit less heat if I'm only boiling water. The cross bar for my rocket stove went adrift so I'll make another (1/8 x 1 inch steel bar). To cover your Ikea stove, a piece of heavy aluminum foil from Costco could work, held in place with a piece of rabbit wire or tuck the top edge over the stove lip. Less to pack.

What about making a floor held up with a couple of pins in the lixada ? X

Try The Tall IKEA Or Walmart 7” SS Strainer Inside A 1 Gallon Paint Can

Can you please use the trangia burner with these stoves for a comparison?

A Lixada is a more packable wind screen. The only question is it more economical than the other wind screen you would be carrying and is that worth the less bulk?