Mini portable butane stove

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Has anyone seen this smaller version of portable butane stove?
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I found this mini version at a cheaper-than-online price at, of all places, a store selling Chinese medicine and other goods. It came in a cute plastic case.
Does anyone have one of these, and what's been your experience? (not seeking a discussion of butane vs. other stoves, just how well this smaller version performs)

Thanks!
 
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I think I've seen similar ones used at hotels as chafing burners. I would be cautious, a lot of the larger burners here is Aus are made in china, and a bunch were banned from import due to overheating the canister.... boom
 
gadgetgeek said:
I think I've seen similar ones used at hotels as chafing burners. I would be cautious, a lot of the larger burners here is Aus are made in china, and a bunch were banned from import due to overheating the canister.... boom
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Thanks for the warning - possible safety issues about these are at the back of my mind.
 
I don't know anything about the OP stove. However, besides the obvious, to me, danger of a canister of gas in that location, I would wonder about the availability of replacement cartridges.
 
Codger_64 said:
I don't know anything about the OP stove. However, besides the obvious, to me, danger of a canister of gas in that location, I would wonder about the availability of replacement cartridges.
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Any GFS type store or Asian market has the canisters for less than $2 each in 4 or 6 packs. I have seen them at big box stores under the coleman brand for $3 I have both an adapter to run canister stoves of the can and an adapter to fill the iso butane canister from the cheap butane canisters I switch to iso-butane in the winter and use refilled tanks in the summer
 
plumberroy said:
Any GFS type store or Asian market has the canisters for less than $2 each in 4 or 6 packs. I have seen them at big box stores under the coleman brand for $3 I have both an adapter to run canister stoves of the can and an adapter to fill the iso butane canister from the cheap butane canisters I switch to iso-butane in the winter and use refilled tanks in the summer
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Here's what the regular, larger sized ones look like:
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I have a maxburton stove at home and it works just fine. This mini stove, however, looks enticing because it looks handy enough to put in your car. As plumerroy said, the butane cannisters are cheap at asian groceries, and the ones available at any large supermarket or sporting goods store are more expensive, but have less suspect quality. I personally have had no problem with the cheap ones. The mini might be a big tipover hazard, too.
 
OldNavy said:
A safer , more reliable option
http://www.cascadedesigns.com/msr/stoves/rapid-cooking/pocketrocket/product

For cold weather & Altitude, liquid fuel works better than canned gas. I've run one of these for 25+ yrs.
http://www.cascadedesigns.com/msr/stoves/simple-cooking/whisperlite/product
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My son is running the WhiperLite Internationale 600 I bought 20-25 years ago. It has never been torn down and never had a part replaced. Fires right up. He also has a pocket rocket but quit using it when I gave him my old WhisperLite.
 
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