Cooking Stoves

[BTL]

Looking for opinions on using personal cooking stoves.
I am going back and forth between a few different ones and cant seem to decide. There certainly isn\'t a one size fits \'all needs\' stove but I am doing my best to find one for multiple uses if possible.

For example: I was leaning towards the MSR Micro Rocket because of its ability to cook, besides just boiling water. Certainly not the best for cooking but its possible, with different pans or pots, compared to your one pot only boiling systems. I have a coffee percolator I leave at the truck and it would be nice to be able to use this set up for that. Jet boils cant get the job done. I have also seen where the reactor and windboiler will not work for other pots. Not making these very versatile but good at what they do.....boil water in bad conditions.

Draw backs for me is the wind factor and blowing out the flame or making it harder to boil. Worst case scenario, in bad weather, a guy could boil water in the tent.

What types of system do you guys have? What do you like about it? What do you wish it could do differently?


I know, I am asking a lot out of a little stove but its the off season and my wheels are spinning.

 

[cnelk]

BTL

here is a thread I did last year.
It works great!

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I hope this is helpful

 

[bowhunter]

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I use the MSR Pocket Rocket if I spike in or bivy hunt. Much lighter to carry. the wind will rob some heat but a few rocks or something around can easily block that.

 

[Baby Huey]

For my backpacking stove I use a snow peak with a titanium pot & lid.

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To aid in the wind robbing, I add the windscreen which helps a pretty good amount.

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I haven\'t tried to cook anything on it, as I typically just boil water in it for mountain house meals or ramen. The flame is adjustable, so I don\'t see why you couldn\'t cook on it. The titanium pot I have is not a snow peak, as the stove is not pot dependant. For my system the wind sreen goes into the pot first, then the pot nests in the lid, lastly the fuel canister and lighters nest in the pot . It must be close to 10 years that I have had this snow peak stove and have never had any problems with it.

I have a long Al spoon that I use instead of a normal length spoon, as the longer handle is nice when eating out of the mountain house meal pouches.


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[BTL]

Thanks for the replies.
Interesting home made one, Brad! Not sure how I missed that thread. Baby Huey, I haven\'t looked much into that design yet, but I like the looks of it.
Ill have to let you guys know what I decide and hopefully doing a few test this summer on packing trips.

 

[Scot320]

If I am traveling lite on a canoe or hunting trip and want to actually cook something where I need to simmer...I carry my Fire Maple FMS-116T or FMS-117T with a fold out aluminum wind screen...works great.

 

[elkmtngear]

Been using the Jetboil PCS for about 4 Seasons now. Though not the most compact (for bivy style hunting)...it is very fast and reliable.

That being said, I only use it to boil water...I have no other cooking needs when I\'m out for 10 days.

 

[elky McElkerson]

i\'m also a Jetboil guy. i think mine is the FLASH model. to be honest, i\'ve used my brother\'s Jetboil more often. not sure what model his is, but the cook pot is smaller. perfect for the amount of water needed for a MountainHouse meal.

like above, i only boil water on my hunts.

i\'ve missed a few used sales on the MSR whisperlite international. i want a multi-fuel stove. for several reasons; one, i live in earthquake land and a stove that burns gasoline wont suck. two, i want to cook the occasional hunk of meat next to the downed animal. a jetboil sucks for this.

the Omni-Fuel looks awesome as well, but i rarely see it come up used.

 

[bnsafe]

i use the coleman version of the msr i bought at walmart for 20 bucks. works great. buddy used a homemade alcohol stove like brads last year an it worked well and lighter

 

[BTL]

Ended up going with the snow peak giga power stove system with the wind screen. Not sold on the wind screen durability or how it will make the stove more efficient yet. Only able to test it out on my peculator so far and boiled the water fairly quick in a controlled environment. Just need to get a nice frying pan for grouse and trout, which is the main reason I went with this stove. It should have the ability to simmer. Ill be sure to post pictures and how it works for me out in the field.

 

[Zpd307]

alcohol stove here, also.....