Camping Stove - Suggestions?

monstor · 08-08-2008, 03:34 PM

Hi everyone,

I'm looking for a camping stove solution for an upcoming trip. I'm looking for a propane powered stove and something that is compact (not backpacking compact). I first was interested in the Coleman Fold n Go:

But found reviews saying that if there is any kind of wind blowing it doesn't work well.

Does anyone have any suggestions on camping stoves?

Thanks.

AZ_FJ · 08-08-2008, 03:43 PM

I've used this one without any problems, even in the wind. Maybe other people camp in windier locations.

**Apexbasher** · 08-08-2008, 03:56 PM

For truck camping I am a big fan of the Coleman Perfectflow stove. It's shape allows the use of LARGE pots suitable for seafood boils (we like those after a day of wheeling). It will deflect wind and uses the usual propane bottles. I used to use the older Coleman 2 Burner, but it won't handle larger pots due to it's burner area shape. Both are well priced and readily available.

Perfectflow

original 2 Burner

MrBigAxe · 08-08-2008, 04:24 PM

Got one of these and like it. Made by IRODA.

Amazon.com: Portable Propane Grill: Home & Garden

better link:
Amazon.com: O Grill 3000: Home & Garden

It was on clearance for $59.99 at a local department store.

**Corey** · 08-08-2008, 04:34 PM

I have a Sears which is identical to this Century one.

It is self lighting with the push button.
It has served me well over the years.

Bought it when I had to sell my tent trailer which had a stove, and I got back into tent camping many years ago.

Now the stove I want to get later is called a Partner Stove.
They are expensive, but they can take a beating.
Many river guides toss them out of the boats, and they stand up well.

Partner Propane Stoves - A Happy Camper -Outdoor Camping Stove

Adventure Trailers who make the cool off road trailers you mount a roof top tent too sells them too, and includes them with some models of their trailers.

**Boss73** · 08-08-2008, 10:07 PM

I have the little red coleman and it works fine for me. Even in the wind... But I have thought about building some kind of wind blind for it.. just cannot beat the small size though..

**radiorobwalker** · 08-09-2008, 02:59 PM

I have an original Coleman two burner stove. They're cheap and it works great.
(I've seen them at second hand sports shops and Goodwill stores for $5 bucks.)
Nothing beats cooking up Bacon and Eggs on a Coleman on a chilly morning. There's just something about it.

For solo trips, I use a JetBoil. I know you said you weren't looking for a backpacker stove, but I had to sing the praises of the JetBoil. It is, by far, the easiest, fastest and most robust compact stove I've ever used.

**spincycle** · 08-09-2008, 06:18 PM

Quote:

monstor previously said:

Hi everyone,

I'm looking for a camping stove solution for an upcoming trip. I'm looking for a propane powered stove and something that is compact (not backpacking compact). I first was interested in the Coleman Fold n Go:

But found reviews saying that if there is any kind of wind blowing it doesn't work well.

Does anyone have any suggestions on camping stoves?

Thanks.

I don't like propane/butane, because there are multiple attachment types and the canisters aren't always available. The only stove I've needed, wanted, or used in the last decade or so is the MSR Dragonfly. Small, light, efficient, easy to fix if ever needed (unlikely), doesn't require wasteful butane canisters, works well at all altitudes, etc.

Plus, no matter where I am, I can find fuel for it: it burns white gas (standard liquid camping stove fuel), kerosene, unleaded auto fuel, diesel, and jet fuel. And I've actually used all of those except jet fuel.

I own two dragonfly stoves and the expedition repair kit (just in case - o-rings need to be replaced every handful of years), and, as you might tell, am something of a fanatic about this stove.

**Wolf** · 08-10-2008, 05:53 AM

Quote:

spincycle previously said:

I don't like propane/butane, because there are multiple attachment types and the canisters aren't always available. The only stove I've needed, wanted, or used in the last decade or so is the MSR Dragonfly. Small, light, efficient, easy to fix if ever needed (unlikely), doesn't require wasteful butane canisters, works well at all altitudes, etc

Absolutely - one of the finest stoves available! I have one and love it!

Howls,
FJ Wolf

**1911** · 08-10-2008, 09:01 AM

Quote:

spincycle previously said:

I don't like propane/butane, because there are multiple attachment types and the canisters aren't always available. The only stove I've needed, wanted, or used in the last decade or so is the MSR Dragonfly. Small, light, efficient, easy to fix if ever needed (unlikely), doesn't require wasteful butane canisters, works well at all altitudes, etc.

Plus, no matter where I am, I can find fuel for it: it burns white gas (standard liquid camping stove fuel), kerosene, unleaded auto fuel, diesel, and jet fuel.

+1 on a compact gas/multi-fuel stove.

Showing my age here, but I'm still using the first and only Svea 123 solid-brass stove I bought ages ago, and it still works perfectly every time. Last year I did Mt. Harvard with a group of Boy Scouts. The night before the summit we camped right at the timber line. By morning, there were a bunch of cold and hungry boys and leaders because their fancy propane/butane stoves wouldn't burn at that altitude, and I boiled water for half the morning with my trusty Svea. As an added bonus, it sounds like a stuttering jet engine when it is cranked up.