I've bought this Czech stove in a local store about $90. It can burn any type of fuel: kerosene, unleaded gas, white gas and has propane fitting also. I tried it only with unleaded fuel. It has an aluminum bottle, a plastic fuel pump, and a roaring burner. Very lightweight (255 g), for bag packing it has a black holder for all of its accessories.
@attb2 Interesting. Czech branding but I’ve a feeling it’s a re-badged and re-modelled Fire Maple with some useful updates, like the detachable pump and the adaptor for isobutane fuel. John
Sure! Some part holds Made in China. And manufacturer is Zhejiang Deermaple Outdoor Products Co. Ltd. Model item: FMS-F3 like Fire Maple!
With you on that John, I felt it looked familiar. Altbough not enough to spot the small changes as you have. The burner and feet have hints of BRS about them as well. The recent excellent run through of Chinese stoves I don't think suggested where they were actually made. Possibly the same factory? Although if not it would suggest they copy their own stoves.
@attb2, you have got me curious now. I'll have to look at the origins of my BRS. I might even light it again just for fun.
Specification on the Czech site: "Petrol, alcohol, kerosene, diesel or gas cartridges - these are fuels that can be cooked on the Pyro cooker." I found FMS-F3 on aliexpress as "Camping Oil Stove FMS-F3 Engine Split Wild Diesel Petrol Kerosene Stove". So the question is: is it safe to burn with kerosene? And diesel? Should it work?
It will be safe with kerosene and diesel, but it may not work very well. I would not even try diesel, it does not burn well on nearly all camp stoves, it may clog your jets filter ( assuming it has one). Alcohol might be iffy too. It needs a larger jet, and some form of air restriction. It can also be bad for the seals in some pumps. It depends on the materials used for the orings. But that is a long term problem, in the short term it would be fun to try alcohol.
I didn't have much luck with kero in the BRS, and other members experiences seem to attest is the pre heat tube just isn't man enough to vapourise the fuel without some modification. It's worth a try, but only outside. I'd be interested in what you find. If it's like the BRS then the feed tube is steel and only runs a short distance over the flame. The cleaning wire may also be too short, I have yet to check. Some have added copper wire to increase surface area and heat transfer. My preference would be to remake it in brass and run more of it in the flame. Too many ideas and too little time at the moment sadly.
