The various kinds of backpacking stoves

If you are planning to be cooking in the great outdoors, and especially if you are doing so whilst backpacking, there are several features that will be useful to you in backpacking stoves. Before you try to narrow down the various choices, you need to try and imagine the conditions under which you will be using the stove, so that you can isolate only those backpacking stoves which fit all your requirements.

For example, if you are going to be away from the base camp for some time, then choosing from backpacking stoves that do not burn lots of fuel, or that have fuel which is lighter than other kinds is going to be a good idea. This is a trade off between how long the stove takes to boil a pan of water, and how many times you are going to be using it.

Backpacking stoves will also need to be backed up by spare fuel, and an alternative way of cooking, such as a solid fuel cooking device using the fire lighter style substance called hexamine, or something similar. It would not be pleasant to find yourself out on the trail, but unable to heat a pan of water because the stove has failed you.

Part of this is solved by choosing from a range of backpacking stoves which does not have any moving parts. Many alcohol fueled stoves, for example, whilst being relatively dangerous to use, also have no parts that can become clogged, or break, which gives them an additional advantage over others such as propane stoves, which need a valve.

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