"Too tacky?"...for camping?  For a VW van?  Hmmm.  Maybe a plastic sunflower
on my radio antenna might be 'pushing it'...Or a vanity plate with something
cutsie..but I really don't think I'd notice what was under my coffee pot, as
long as it quit tipping over...Just me though...I am the guy with a bicycle
that cost more than my vanagon and probably gets near as many miles of
use...
  I never heard of a heat diffuser until I asked this question.  Now I find
they are quite common..Amazing what you can learn on Vanagon list.  thanks
all..ordered one up today..coffee's on in MY van this weekend in Oregon..
  Don Hanson

On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 3:19 PM, Trooz <trooz@roadrunner.com> wrote:

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]
> > On Behalf Of Don Hanson
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 7:12 AM
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: Re: Goopy stuff on dish drainer
> .
> >   On my last extended camping trip I spilled my umpteenth pot
> > of coffee
> > before I cut up some coat hangers and made some dorky little
> > trivets to try
> > to keep it upright.  Those didn't last long and they had to
> > be repositioned
> > after driving, but with my  traveling tools it was all I could manage.
> > Maybe this winter I will remember to fix this before I hit the road.
> >   Don Hanson
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> I use a heat diffuser for my coffee pot.  Never had a problem.  They are
> available, I'll bet, at any local thrift store for pennies.
> Or,  $3.95 for a shiny new one.  If that's too tacky, a cast iron diffuser
> from Sur La Table is a mere $24.95.
>
> Bob Trousdale
> '90 Westy
>