UW Design 2013

Tinder

Tinder is a backpacking camp stove that has greater surface area and a more stable base than minimalist camp stoves, while remaining easily transportable.

The goal of this project was to re-design the current backpacking camp stoves. The stoves now are minimal, small, light weight, but as a trade off, they are unstable, have bad temperature control, and are only really good for boiling water.

When designing this camp stove, I followed the theme of a campfire, I wanted to imitate the spirit and warmth people get when they are gathered and cooking next to a campfire. So, I sacrificed some of the minimalist features, to make a bigger camp stove that is targeted more towards groups of backpackers rather than a single person.