Camping stove

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Hello,i have several stoves if you had to chose one for camping hiking what would it be, it would be for a small stove,it is a hard call but my enders benzin baby would get my first pick or my svea 123..............:yawn:
 
I use a pocket rocket by MSR for backpacking. in the car camp grounds good old green two burner coleman.
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For carrying in my kit the choice is simple. Either the MSR Pocket Rocket or Brunton Raptor. These are great little stoves.
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I run a 4 man and a 12 man tipi that is wood heated if the weather is poor or I have multiple people with me. So wood stove in those times.

Also, I have the MSR Reactor and it's truly THE hot dog of the stoves I've used. Like 30 seconds boiling pot hot. It hardly uses any fuel. I don't recommend it to folks becasue it's specialized and can only boil water/liquid and cooking in a pan is out of the question. The price as well is pretty high compared to the Raptor or Pocket Rocket.

Oh yeah, I also have one of those old Coleman green gas units. Doesn't about everyone in America?

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OP
 
I suppose it would be the same (and only) stove I've used for 20+ years, a MSR Whisperlite. It's not the lightest or the smallest but it's served me faithfully.
 
the msr's bar none 0 problems,i bought some of the coleman fuel bottle stoves they are nothing like the rest if you can get them going to the blue flame you are fine but all i get is the yellow sooty flame...:barf:
 
If I'm actually cooking, I like the MSR Windpro. I never cook though, just heat water, so I'm all about my Jetboil. The new Flash model with the heat sensitive gel on the side is awesome.
 
I built an alcohol stove out of some beer cans (heinies work the best). Search around for plans, its fun, and it puts out enough heat to boil soups or cook an MRE in a steel cup.
 
BlackHills said:
I suppose it would be the same (and only) stove I've used for 20+ years, a MSR Whisperlite. It's not the lightest or the smallest but it's served me faithfully.
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+1 on the MSR Whisperlite.

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But to be 100% honest take the MSR Pocket Rocket in the woods more.

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I Absolutely love my MSR WhisperLite. It burns White Gas, Unleaded Gas, Diesel, and kerosene. The "Shaker" jet cleaner works ok but you have to break it down and give it a good detailing every once and a wile (especially if you are burning Diesel or kerosene). But fortunately it breaks down easily with 1 tool and like all other MSR products; it comes with instructions in 1800 languages (Makes good tinder). :D
 
Here's another vote for the Pocket Rocket. I bought it right when they were first released and it's worked without a hitch since. It's not for simmering, but if you need something small, reliable (even in the cold, which is a bit rare for canister stoves) and reasonably priced, you could do far worse.
 
For solo use, I carry a Snow Peak Giga. For summer use when cooking for more than one person, I use an MSR Windpro with a Jetboil GCS pot - it is just as efficient and fast as the Reactor (I ran it side by side with a Reactor on a six day backpacking trip once).

For cold weather use, especially in snow, I use an Optimus Nova.
 
It's hard to beat the Svea 123...I'm thinking mine will join all the cockroaches and rats after a nuclear holocaust:D

I really like my Optimus Nova and Primus Omnifuel...both are rock solid performers, but like most stoves, pretty bulky unless it's a mandatory need on a trip (several places in TX would not allow open fires:mad:). However, what I've been using the most (actually my wife's) is the Optimus Crux. One of the small, folding isobutane stoves, but compact as all get out. My wife just carries a 220gram fuel canister with the stove tucked into the hollow at the bottom. I use it in the early morning to get water going for coffee as I get the main fire started up again. Also, it's simple to put into action if you're on the go with no fire and just need boiling water for a meal.

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ROCK6
 
Primus Omnifuel, MSR dragonfly, Crux, Jetboil, a few old Colemans. If something bad were to happen and we had to leave on foot, I would take the omnifuel, the ability to burn almost anything is very nice, propane cylinders, diesel, av gas, unleaded, kero, they all work... But like Rock said, it is a all metal stove and weights a good bit, but is also built like a brick house.
 
Primus and/or Brunton.

I really just like to get a fire going (can use the practive anyway) and take some time and make a meal with the camp fire but sometimes I go with this.

Backpack Stove, all Fuel, Liquid and Butane
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I've had an MSR Dragonfly for years and never had a problem. I loved it so much I bought another one for my girlfriend. Ya its a little bigger that some of the new ones but I love its versatility in fuel and with the large base (especially with the MSR adapter) and pot area it gives me more options.
 
Whisperlite for backpacking and good ol' Coleman 2-burner for car (except the Coleman is a b*itch to get going when it's -40:grumpy:.
 
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