Comments for Hike for Purpose

Comment on Fancy Feast stove | Mark 3 by Frank

Frank — Mon, 19 Oct 2026 06:03:37 +0000

In reply to Mario Dominguez. Because it tends to make it a bit easier to light, fill up, and to replicate the earlier designs. But if it works without excellent! Saves you a bit of work.

Comment on Fancy Feast stove | Mark 3 by Mario Dominguez

Mario Dominguez — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 21:10:44 +0000

Hi! I wanted to ask you about the reason for the upper hole you made with a knife. I’m curious BC I made mine after watching your mk1 and mk2 posts but somehow I forgot to pay attention to the part wich says to do that hole, but the thing is that it works perfectly.. it just takes a little more to get the water to boil, than the 6 minutes you stated.
I used 50cl of water at 4°C and it took 6:59 minutes

Comment on Kiprun TR2 Trailrunning shoes review by Josh

Josh — Sat, 10 Oct 2026 05:09:49 +0000

I’ve loved my TR2 shoes and am lookeing for the next model now that Decathlon has retired them. Unfortunately Decathlon changes their product naming every couple of years so it’s hard to identify the proper successor!

Comment on Popular DIY Alcohol Stoves by Kamsiyochukwu Osuachalla

Kamsiyochukwu Osuachalla — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 20:44:14 +0000

Nice post thanks

Comment on Kiprun TR2 Trailrunning shoes review by Mateusz

Mateusz — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 22:41:43 +0000

I have them for 2 months now and I would agree with everything you’ve said. Great pair of shoes for the price and they’re surprisingly comfortable. Among all my running shoes they’re perhaps the most comfortable ones. Also it’s worth pointing out that they fit really good on my rather wide feet, making it even more comfortable. Also the sole seems prety solid for the price. So far I didn’t havy any issues. I don’t expect super grip in wet condition on rocky terrain but they good enough for most hikes. I would’t trust the in the rain in the Alps but on a sunny day they are pretty capable even in such a rough terrain. For the 45 euros they’re a no brainer.

Comment on Groove Alcohol stove by Frank

Frank — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 11:26:03 +0000

In reply to Grant.

Hey Grant,

With solid or gel I don’t think this will work. Since it relies on the ability to suck up the alcohol to burn.

Haven’t tried it though. So go ahead, but maybe do it outside with a bucket of water : )

Comment on Groove Alcohol stove by Grant

Grant — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 21:18:40 +0000

Quick and easy design that could be made while hiking if needed! Is this only for fluid alcohol (ncluding ethanol) or will it work with gel and/or solid ethanol?

Comment on Wool sweater for hiking by Jared Babb

Jared Babb — Sun, 18 Jan 2026 04:32:56 +0000

In reply to Justin.

Justin
Big fan of wool. It’s amazing. Check out the LL bean commando wool sweater. It was made for tough use. There are a plethora of them on eBay. They come in crew neck and Henley style. Tan, grey and olive. It’s modeled after the British SAS “wooly pulley”. $60-80 used.

Comment on Spyderco Persistence | Knife review by Dave

Dave — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 13:22:23 +0000

I fully agree with a lot of this review and would just like to add that the Persistance is an excellent companion to your own fixed bushcraft knife. I prefer G10 which less Spydercos seem to use now – theres nothing wrong with FRN and it does look cool but it can be rougher on your hands and pockets.

Comment on Fancy Feast Alcohol stove by Karl Klavon

Karl Klavon — Sun, 20 Jul 2025 18:05:18 +0000

Another solution is to build the FF Stove (with the inverted aluminum V-8 can as pictured above) to your Simmer Ring needs and build a Bicycle 3-spoke pot stand to the pot bottom lift height you need for the fastest Boil Time. In using the inner can as the pot lift, almost 4 square inches of the flame is shielded from striking the pot’s center bottom, which can be easily verified by watching 2 cups of water come to a boil with no lid on the pot. With a 1 3/4″ inner cylinder height you will not need a simmer ring at all using the FF stove in Stove Mode, with the pot resting on top of the stove. Instead of the flame hitting the pot bottom as a more than 2″ wide cylinder, it will transform into a cone shaped flame pattern to heat much more of the pot bottom than the cylindrical flame can….Karl.