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Looking For Good Camp Stove For Camping and Climbing

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Colton Capps · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Apr 2022 · Points: 0

Does anyone have any recommendations for a good camp stove that can be used to feed a few people while camping out on a climbing trip? The size and weight are not super important, but I'm thinking of something more along the line of easy to fit in a pack. The best I have now is a Coleman stove which works fine but isn't always the easiest to carry around just because you can't really fit it into a bag. Thanks

Linnaeus · · ID · Joined Aug 2011 · Points: 0

MSR Whisperlite

MSR Dragonfly

MSR Windburner

IJMayer · · Guemes Island, WA · Joined Jan 2011 · Points: 350

I use a dragonfly but it’s loud. The whisperlite universal can adjust the temp too but is quiet. If there is more than me and my partner I use that for cooking and a jetboil or windburned type stove for boiling water for coffee/tea. They both fit in packs and it’s nice to have hot drinks while you’re waiting for dinner

Andrew R · · Marion, IA · Joined Aug 2019 · Points: 0

If you are just boiling water the MSR wind burner is a good stove.  The pot needs to be designed for it or the flame will go out   White gas is nice because you can refill the containers, the fuel is cheaper and it produces less waste.  Butane canisters are hazardous waste unless you puncture the empty container. MSR pocket rocket is also a good stove.  I now use a Soto WindMaster and have been happy with it.

mark felber · · Wheat Ridge, CO · Joined Jul 2005 · Points: 41

The Dragonfly is indeed loud. If it's working properly it will be hard to hold a conversation while using it. Whisperlites are quieter, but liquid fuel white gas, unleaded stoves in general are just a pain in the ass to deal with. Isobutane/propane gas cartridges have become so widely available and work so well that they have evolved into the default fuel for most backcountry use. 

Is this for backcountry trips or car camping road trips? For car camping, two burner Colemans are awfully nice, even if they are a pain to drag around. For something smaller but still primarily car camping oriented, there are "caterer's stoves (like this: rei.com/product/187621/eure… ) that pack down smaller than your Coleman and run on 8 oz butane cartridges. For backcountry use or even in a small vehicle, the MSR WindPro has the same burner as a Whisperlite, but runs on isobutane cartridges. It can be used with the canister inverted for really cold temps (I've used mine at -5 deg F that way).  System stoves like the WindBurner are great for boiling water fast, but the good ones are pricey and you're limited to the pots that are designed for your stove. The MSR Windburner and Windburned Duo are excellent system stoves. The Windburner Duo comes with a bigger pot than the regular Windburner, and can be used with a number of MSR cooking utensils, but those utensils are expensive.

Marc801 C · · Sandy, Utah · Joined Feb 2014 · Points: 65

There's this as well. Again, not for backpacking, but it's a 2-burner device that folds up. Pricey though.

https://jetboil.johnsonoutdoors.com/stoves-systems/genesis-basecamp-stove?id=22

PatMas · · Las Vegas, NV · Joined Jan 2017 · Points: 40

I've been using the MSR Pocket Rocket Deluxe for about 2 years now and I have been super happy with it. It ACTUALLY simmers. Like you can cook real food with it, not just boil water. I've used jetboils, original pocket rocket, BRS thingy, MSR Reactor, and 2 burner camp chef and 2 burner coleman stove. The PR deluxe does low heat simmer better than all of them. It is still a very small burner so it does have a definite hot spot in the middle of thinner pans, but something with a thick bottom works great on it.

Matt Himmelstein · · Orange, CA · Joined Jun 2014 · Points: 194
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