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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2015 10:55:56 GMT -8
I was looking at the Amazon prices of freeze dried food and ran across this item Etekcity Ultralight Portable Outdoor Backpacking Camping Stoves with Piezo Ignition for 13 bucks. They made a new model and are dumping the old models. Something to get you started and a low price.
BTW, some freeze dried food prices have been cut' like a number 10 can of beef is down 20 bucks.
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Post by BlueBear on Dec 8, 2015 11:00:24 GMT -8
I couldn't tell you much about that particular stove. Gotta be careful with some of those on-top canister stoves, if they're tall and narrow they can be VERY tipsy when cooking, you can have a pot full of pasta sitting in the pine needles with the tiniest bump or breeze. Without seeing that one in person I can't say for sure how bad that one is.
If you look a little more at the longer-term costs (of fuel, which you have to refill regularly), you're hard-pressed to beat the value of an alcohol stove, often made from things like a used soda can. The fuel (denatured alcohol) is ubiquitous and cheap. There are drawbacks and compromises of all stove designs, so you'd want to research and find if it's for you, but I figured I'd toss that out there as an option to look into.
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Post by High Sierra Fan on Dec 8, 2015 12:58:14 GMT -8
True. But were I going that route I'd wait for an REI sale and get a Pocket Rocket: compressed flammable and explosive gasses NOT where I'm going to take great leap with an unknown manufacturer.... www.rei.com/product/660163/msr-pocketrocket-backpacking-stoveIf totally budget driven alcohol for sure as those canisters are never cheap, while alcohol is and the simple stoves such as the WEhitebox are inexpensive as well so I bet it'd net out comparable. |
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Post by almostthere on Dec 9, 2015 8:32:40 GMT -8
Get a can of cat food, punch holes with a single hole puncher, done. Free if you know someone who has a cat. Mine boils a couple cups of water in about 3-4 minutes with less than an ounce of alcohol.
I do take canister stoves when sharing the stove - the bf enjoys a good hot breakfast and it's easier to use a frying pan on a canister stove like the Olicamp remote canister model - less than a hundred bucks and made of titanium so it weighs 3 oz and never rusts with the drops of water left in the pot when you pack it.
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Post by rebeccad on Dec 9, 2015 9:58:44 GMT -8
I never succeeded in making a cat-can stove that was satisfactory. The $20 I spent on my White Box stove was well worth it. I do still have the old Whisperlite stoves, though I don't see myself using them. I also have a cheap, no-name canister stove I sometimes use car camping if we are taking minimal gear (for example, I'll toss it in when we head to Seattle in a couple of weeks; it will boil water if we stay at the state park and gives a little edge in the case of being snowed in on the road somewhere).
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Post by idahobob on Dec 15, 2015 14:33:36 GMT -8
If I was going to buy a canister stove, it would be a Snow Peak, not a Pocket Rocket. I tested one of those cheap Chinese stoves, and it seemed to be fine. It was a Dpower stove, for around $20. It has piezo starter, remote canister, and a wider pot support than the Pocket Rocket. But really, my go to stove is the Caldera Cone alcohol stove. Here it is compared to the Jet Boil and Pocket Rocket. |
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Post by turley on Dec 20, 2015 4:31:53 GMT -8
For a canister stove I also prefer the Snow Peak LiteMax Titanium. I've provided a link to a light weight canister stove (approximately 1oz) that received a good review at BPL and costs roughly $20. backpackinglight.com/brs-3000t-review-caffin/ |
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Post by Crockett on Dec 23, 2015 7:17:37 GMT -8
If I was going to buy a canister stove, it would be a Snow Peak I have one (GigaPower) and love it but it wasn't the price of this one. The reviews seem quite good. There may be some variance in quality as indicated by the one 2-star review on the linked Amazon site where it spoke of fuel leaking while screwing it to the canister. The company web site also makes mention of this as being "normal" but I have never experienced this with any stove I have used. There is also a You Tube review that is quite good and shows the stove in action. No leakage problem indicated there. www.etekcity.com/product/100049.htmlwww.youtube.com/watch?v=RaRcJb4PF-M |
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Post by BigLoad on Dec 23, 2015 18:34:58 GMT -8
If I was going to buy a canister stove, it would be a Snow Peak I have one (GigaPower) and love it but it wasn't the price of this one. The reviews seem quite good. There may be some variance in quality as indicated by the one 2-star review on the linked Amazon site where it spoke of fuel leaking while screwing it to the canister. The company web site also makes mention of this as being "normal" but I have never experienced this with any stove I have used. Well, you're probably a normal person who screws the stove on all the way at a reasonable pace. Even so, there's often a tiny hiss of infinitessimal duration when the stove breaks the canister's seal. There's always going to be someone who obsesses about such things. When I use a canister, I generally use a Gigapower, too, but I wasn't willing to spring for the UL version. |
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Post by Crockett on Dec 24, 2015 7:43:48 GMT -8
...there's often a tiny hiss of infinitessimal duration when the stove breaks the canister's seal. I hear ya, BigLoad, but I think they were experiencing somewhat more of a leak. "Unfortunately, when I tried screwing the stove onto a new fuel canister (EN417 compliant and with the fuel flow valve closed, of course) it leaks so much fuel half-way through the process that I was actually afraid that it might accidently blow up. The liquid gas was actually gushing out all over my hands and I was debating at that very moment whether I should back-off or continue tightening till the outside rubber gasket seals on to the canister. I repeated the process 3 times with the same results, but when the stove was actually all the way in and sealed by the rubber casket, it works fine. Not sure what the problem is but I suspect maybe the plunger pin in the stove might be too long, opening the gas canister before it gets a chance to seal itself." www.amazon.ca/Etekcity%C2%AE-Ultralight-Portable-Backpacking-Compatible/product-reviews/B00B4FY8YO/ref=cm_cr_pr_hist_2?showViewpoints=1&filterByStar=two_star&pageNumber=1But, as I said, there seem to be a lot of more positive reviews so I would consider it an alternative for those on a tight budget. Interestingly, it is much like the Snow Peak sizewise (actually a little lighter) and the case looks identical. |
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