The 101: A Guide to Backpacking Stoves
The 101: A Guide to Backpacking Stoves
Backpacking is one of our favorite ways to get outdoors—but for beginners, choosing the right gear to get started can be daunting. Once you’ve got your pack, tent, and sleeping pad dialed, you’ll want to buy a quality camp stove so you can cook a hot meal at the end of a long day on the trail. Contributor Bryan Rogala is here with some tips on finding the right backpacking stove.
I had no problems with me Peak 1 and white gas. I had it for many years.
the ‘right’ stove is a personal thing, there is no best for everyone, their needs, expectations and budget.
You forgot about alcohol stoves
Soto
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get a folding leg floor level stove ..jetboils are stacked and crap in storms .. iv had them topple , mates build chimneys to support them 😁😁😁😀 terrible for altitude … vango is the way . jetboils are a trendy fad , considrerd amateur food burners ! jetboils in scottish mountains should be no 1 on your hate list , or dig a hole to stabilise it , build a lean to for it in strong winds .. or just buy the vango style with the braided lead , no 1 for scottish mountains … leave the fads at home ,
How often do you get asked if you’re related to Alex Honnold?
The best option here is… Neither 😂
Using a campfire or twig stove whenever you can is better than anything else because you don’t carry fuel. For a one or two day trip, alvphol is best. For fire bans unfortunately gas stoves are a must in the US, but that’s far less relevant everywhere else
Are canister threads universal? I have a small foldable stove that is designed to attach directly to the canister, a gift from Japan, and was wondering if it would fit a standard canister here in the US. Thanks!
Thank you very helpful
Hey do you have any recommendations for safety? Can something often go wrong with this type of gas bottles. Is there like specific safety measures for this type of cookers? Would be cool if u give some tips about it or make a short video. Cheers
Additional consideration for weight: Canister stoves are excellent for 1 person (Pocket Rocket) or possibly 2 people (larger Jetboil. If backpacking in a group of 2 to 4 people, weight can be saved by sharing cooked meals and the cooking gear – then the white gas (WhisperLite) with a larger pot can actually be the lighter option. The liquid fuel option may also be the lighter option on trips of a week or more when cooking for 2 or more people and depending upon cooking style. There is lots of info available about fuel usage for various stoves but once you make your choice, be sure to test fuel usage with your cooking style.
Also, gas canisters seem to be readily available in most hiking areas and are growing in popularity. Liquid fuel hasn’t been too difficult to find but it appears to be less prevalent.
Screw Jetboil. Over priced junk. A Soto windmaster or MSR pocket rocket deluxe is a much better, higher quality stove and can be coupled with an Olicamp XTS 1 liter pot with heat exchanger and blow the fucking doors off of Jetboil. And will pack down smaller and is lighter and more powerful. For about $100.00 And even less if you find the stoves on sale.
Canisters are not refillable. So there’s that.
Good video. Clear and to the point.
A waste of time as dude rushes you through complex stoves to the newcomer- other videos actually take the time needed to really explain the differences
Which one does not turn pot black. Harder to clean than food itself. Thanks anyone ☺️
Very helpful. Thanks.
I wouldn’t pay a cent for such toys as a gas stove or a liquid fuel stove. They require very special fuel, which runs out quickly, and their storage is also unsafe. I "swear" by solid fuel fireplaces, because I can find wood and dry weeds almost anywhere. Using this obviously requires some skill, but it can be learned quickly. So there is a wood-burning stove in my backpack, additionally it is even made by I myself…
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25$ for a Mighty Mo? Yeah, try 60
You start with a Trangia, because it’s versatile and good enough for everything – the best choice if You don’t know yet what kind of outdoor stuff You will end up doing. Then You get something ultralight for backpacking, a biolite for bicycle or kayak (to charge the phone while cooking), a gasoline stove for motorcycle tours (to fill up the cooking fuel at the same time as the vehicle, and to have the cooking fuel as emergency fuel for the vehicle), and You shouldn’t go on real expeditions in dangerous environments if You don’t know better than some random person on YouTube what kind of equipment is the right choice for that kind of expedition. It’s as simple as that. Oh, and probably something cheap for car camping, because volume and weight are not at premium in a car trunk, and if it doesn’t work, You just drive to the next diner.
Great information! Thanks!
The mightymo is a lot more expensive than that now 😔
Newbie here (with some decades behind me not new to life but new to this stuff) with a Q for anyone who knows:
So I just got the AOTU stove and a Toaks 70 ml cup and did a test boil with a standard Primus 8 oz canister.
I found I could not make the 3 minute boil time unless I cranked the thing up to what seemed like all the way AND, in the bottom of the cup, there was a quarter sized bright red spot, as if the thing might burn through the bottom of the cup.
Sooo, all systems normal? Something might be wrong? Please advise. Thanks.
Very good info, thank you.
Someone should make an insulated cover for the canisters– like
those old army canteens.
There’s more than two options they have those little titanium wood burners that’s what I use now I don’t like carrying fuel when it’s around us all the time. They are a little more time consuming