What's your favorite stove?

[keeponriding]

Jetboil....can't beat it. I've used one for years; easy, small and light.

I was reading an interview with Ed Viesturs, (one of the few (only?) mtn climbers to have climbed all of the worlds 8,000M peaks) discussing his kit...he said he never left home without one in his pack.

 

[protondecay123]

This is my baby the MSR Dragonfly. I bought it back in the late ninety's or early thousands just as my kids were being born. It's seen some wet, muddy even snowy days. It's getting cleaned up and fired up for a new camping season.

This little baby will burn unleaded, diesel, kerosene, jet fuel, pretty much anything that's flammable. I usually used unleaded gas. It's noisy like a jet engine, but heats things up quick. ::003::

 

[Tremor38]

This is my baby the MSR Dragonfly. I bought it back in the late ninety's or early thousands just as my kids were being born. It's seen some wet, muddy even snowy days. It's getting cleaned up and fired up for a new camping season.

This little baby will burn unleaded, diesel, kerosene, jet fuel, pretty much anything that's flammable. I usually used unleaded gas. It's noisy like a jet engine, but heats things up quick. ::003::

Used to have a little Optimus hiking stove that was the same way ('roared like a jet engine'). No pump on it though. You had to put some petrol in a dished-out area next to the fitting that went into the tank then, let that burn to start a thermal updaft. After that you light the main burner and away she goes. It burned pretty darn hot!

 

[MikeBear]

MSR whisperLite Universal. You will never run out of stove fuel ::008::

 

[Bappo]

Jetboil for the win! MSR's are collecting dust in the garage

 

[imrubicon]

I normally take along a one burner coleman dual fuel as they just work , not pretty or techy or even that small .
They just freaking work every time. I also have a two burner coleman Dual fule and a one burner propane for when Im taking it easy

 

[Checkswrecks]

MSR whisperLite Universal. You will never run out of stove fuel ::008::

::026::

It just works and packs super small. I just use the teeny bottle since I can refill it from the bike's gas tank and keep it in the small stove bag.
With some practice at not pumping it you can even create less than a welding torch flame.

 

[fbiebesh]

Jetboil for the win! MSR's are collecting dust in the garage

I love my jetboil sol, but have a soft spot in my heart for the dragonfly. For short trips the jetboil goes. Longer trips, or if I want more than backpacking food, I take the dragonfly, which eats anything.

 

[Bappo]

Beyond motorcycle and kayak trips it's charcoal and Dutch ovens but that is truck and popup when space and weight is not a concern.

 

[MikeBear]

::026::

It just works and packs super small. I just use the teeny bottle since I can refill it from the bike's gas tank and keep it in the small stove bag.
With some practice at not pumping it you can even create less than a welding torch


I never take any fuel with me. I buy canister if I don't want to mess with gasoline. Cool

 

[HoebSTer]

I just had to!!!! My favorite stove would be a Viking 48" comercial gas/electric with a house to fit nicely around it!!! Oops, i don't think this would fit on the bike!!!

 

[dcstrom]

I have the whisperlite international - which doesn't use the propane canister. I didn't realise there is a model that does - could be handy. Maybe it's a new thing, cos they weren't on my radar 6 years ago when I bough mine. I note that it's an extra $30 for the privilege of burning a wider range of fuels...

::026::

It just works and packs super small. I just use the teeny bottle since I can refill it from the bike's gas tank and keep it in the small stove bag.
With some practice at not pumping it you can even create less than a welding torch flame.

 

[MikeBear]

It's called WhisperLite Universal. Priceless

 

[Checkswrecks]

It's called WhisperLite Universal. Priceless

What I really like is not very apparent. By using gas from the bike's gas tank, I just need the smallest, lightest, easiest to pack fuel bottle for the stove. The whole thing easily goes into the MSR drawstring bag.


btw, for the simplest fuel transfer for this, to start camp fires, or even start a bike to bike siphon, I don't carry a pump. I use a 60ml syringe and short piece of hose. Works fine, lasts long time, many uses.

 

[MikeBear]

My setup is for convenience : I have 2x30 ounce MSR bottles with primeum gasoline stashed as emergency fuel for motorcycle and to start a campfire. Also I have canister fuel for stove. If I run out canister fuel, I don't need to siphon anything anywhere, gasoline is already in the bottle. Clean and simple.

 

[spasm]

i just bought this little baby, it runs on lighter fuel and was only £10, it works great, im off camping this weekend so will let you know how it goes ::008::

 

[Smellyhound]

::026:: on the MSR Dragonfly. Although I am intrigued by the whisperlite that uses butane as well. I keep a MSR pocket rocket as a backup. The last couple trips Ive only taken the Pocket Rocket. Super small, boils water like crazy, goes easy on the fuel canisters as well. Looks like the Whisperlite is the combination of both. Kind of hard to make a nice quiet cup of coffee in the morning and not disturb the wildlife (or sleeping wife) with that Dragonfly. Holy cow ??? I had flashbacks of my days on the Flightdeck. Sounds like an A6 Intruder or EA6B Prowler winding up on the cat. Im considering an upgrade, and would like something that doesnt just burn the middle 3" of my cast iron skillet (or anything thats in it). A little more even heating would be nice.

 

[JTWY]

My all time favorite camp stove is my Swedish Military Trangia stove set . It may be a little heavier than some of the backpacking stoves out there , but there are no moving parts , so there is nothing to break down on you. I have run my stove set on Grain Alcohol from the Liquor store , Rubbing Alcohol , The Yellow bottles of HEAT you put I your gas tanks , Denatured Alcohol from the Hardware store , over an open fire using wood , and I even ran it once using cow chips , so I am never without fuel for my stove. ( I have 4 of them )

This guy does a great job at showing how a Swedish Military Trangia Stove Set works , except he forgot to mention that you can put the frying pan on top of the pot and use it as a double boiler.

Swedish Army Trangia

JT

 

[spklbuk]

Trangia is my fave too. I use a clikstand and windscreen with it. The clikstand used alone can easily handle wood as an alternative fuel. http://www.clikstand.com/

Often wondered about the addition of the Swedish Military set. Just might take the plunge.

 

[JTWY]

Trangia is my fave too. I use a clikstand and windscreen with it. The clikstand used alone can easily handle wood as an alternative fuel. http://www.clikstand.com/

Often wondered about the addition of the Swedish Military set. Just might take the plunge.

Those Clikstands are pretty nice to , I hadn't seen them before. 2 of my Swedish Military Trangia stoves I got on sale from a military surplus store for $15.00 each ( complete sets ) and the other 2 I have cost me $20.00 each for complete sets. ( They seem to be getting a little harder to find now though , I've had mine for years.
Trangia is still in business making Civilian Trangia Stove Sets. I may end up looking into a nice set for the bike ?? ( or maybe just use my military sets ?? ) http://www.trangia.se/english/2913.trangia_stoves.html