AB Field Stove Foldable Windshield, Aluminum

A handy, lightweight, and easily packable aluminum windscreen for camp stoves. Makes cooking easier in windy weather, especially in open terrain, and reduces fuel consumption. Available in two sizes and colors.

These windshields come in silvery grey and orange. Both block the wind equally well but the orange is easier to find in the shrubbery. Both come in an orange carrying bag that is also easy to find in dark and shady surroundings. The bag is closed with a drawcord.

Use

The idea of this windscreen is very simple. No cooking stove works optimally in windy conditions whether it is a Trangia spirit burner, Esbit stove, gas stove, or a twig stove. And it is often windy, especially in the mountains. Lighting the stove takes whole lotta matchsticks, and heating the food and water takes longer and uses more fuel. You can of course build an improvised windscreen using big rocks, provided that there are such nearby.

Or you can bring along this kind of a light portable windscreen. Fold it open and place it between the wind and the stove with the notched side down. This way the airflow isn’t inhibited in the wrong way. Use the extendable ground pegs found on the panels at the edges to secure the windscreen to the ground a bit better. It isn’t the Great Wall of China though, so no drunken mudwrestling very close to it, please.

It is also possible to fold this in a circle and attach the end panels to each other. However, the end result is a very confined circle, and there isn’t much space between the stove and the screen, which may lead to both of them overheating. Because of these things, a half-circle setup a bit further is a lot smarter solution.

This is a very nice windscreen, but remember it is still just a windscreen. So, don’t use it to hold the coffee pot when making coffee or as a tent sauna stove, or try to make moonshine in it.

Sizing

These come in two sizes. The choice depends on the height of your camping stove. Measure at what height the flame is and select the windscreen size that blocks the wind at that height. You don’t have to protect the cooking pot from the wind, the heat source is enough.

Small

• Dimensions open: c. 140 x 600 mm (5.5” x 23.6”)
• Dimensions closed: c. 140 x 70 x 15 mm (5.5” x 2.8” x 0.6”)
• Weight with the bag: c. 110 g (3.9 oz)

Large

• Dimensions open: ca. 240 x 680 mm (9.5” x 26.8”)
• Dimensions closed: ca. 240 x 85 x 15 mm (9.5” x 3.4” x 0.6”)
• Weight with the bag: c. 205 g (7.2 oz)

Manufacturer

Made by the German company Anton Blöchl, likely manufactured in China.