Lightweight stoves

In article <[email hidden]>, Woollyzone
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Hello folks,

Just wondering if anyone can advise me what (in their opinion) is the best
lightweight stove on the market at present - money is *not* no object
though!

Cheers.

Take your pick from:

MSR Pocket Rocket
http://www.msrcorp.com/stoves/pocket_rocket.asp

Optimus Crux
http://www.optimus.se/products/crux/

Outdoor Designs Camp 3 / Markill Peak Ignition
http://www.outdoordesigns.co.uk/camp3.html

Primus Micron
http://www.primus.se/EN/products/product_321383.html

Brasslite alcohol stove
http://www.brasslite.com/

The Micron is reputed to be the most fuel efficient. The Crux has a good
flame spreader and is a folding design which fits in the base hollow of
a 250g gas canister. The Brasslite is simple but will probably use more
fuel than any of the gas stoves in the long term.

There were some interesting discussions on stove here recently:

<http://www.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&th=15a8d8d0448c2f2b>

<http://www.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&th=d7650e2033ab676d>

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Dominic Sexton
http://www.dscs.demon.co.uk/

"Woollyzone" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Hello folks,

Just wondering if anyone can advise me what (in their opinion) is the best
lightweight stove on the market at present - money is *not* no object
though!

I have an MSR Pocket Rocket, which is very light and burns very well. It
also seems to hold pans better than most of the featherlight stoves I have
seen.

All in all, I would be happy to recommend it.

Have fun,
Paul

For Gas Def the Pocket Rocket!! Perfect! Nice little box to keep it in too!
So it doesn't snag owt in the rucky

Stonie

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Quoted message said:

Hello folks,

Just wondering if anyone can advise me what (in their opinion) is the best
lightweight stove on the market at present - money is *not* no object
though!

Cheers.

"Stonie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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For Gas Def the Pocket Rocket!! Perfect! Nice little box to keep it in

too!

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So it doesn't snag owt in the rucky

Stonie

Thanks guys, the amusingly named pocket rocket is looking the favourite at
the moment!

Woollyzone said:

Just wondering if anyone can advise me what (in their opinion) is the best
lightweight stove on the market at present

It depends on your definition of "best". The very light ones like the
Pocket Rocket certainly weigh less than the likes of MSR's Windpro, but
then if the PR was absolutely /better/ than the WP, they wouldn't bother
making the WP!

The Windpro is easier to cook on as it's more stable in use, and as the
cooker doesn't sit on top of the cannister it's also easier to shield
from the wind, which makes it more fuel efficient if you do this.

So is it lightest at the expense of everything else, or do you want a
different combination where you carry a little more but have a better
device to actually /cook/ with? You choose, you lose... Personally I
favour the remote cannister ones with a wide, stable tripod like the
Windpro and Primus EasyFuel because they work better when you're
actually /using/ them, as opposed to being less when you're carrying
them. YMMV...

Pete.
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Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer
Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital
Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK
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Only one choice: Coleman F1 Lite stove!

Weight: 77grams (plus 11grams for the stuffsack)

Price: About £23 from loads of places like www.sportswarehouse.co.uk,
www.wildday.co.uk, etc. Just search on Google.
Or £15 second hand from
http://www.outdoorsmagic.com/classifieds/advert.asp?c=612&sp=&v=1

It's an excellent stove. I love mine. It boils very, very quickly and
simmers fine.

Cheers, Jiffy

PS: Posted this yesterday but doesn't seem to have made it to the server so
here goes again.

Woollyzone said:

Hello folks,

Just wondering if anyone can advise me what (in their opinion) is the best
lightweight stove on the market at present - money is *not* no object
though!

Cheers.

The wood burning stove is a fire spout

http://www.occuk.co.uk/outdoor/firespout.htm

In article <[email hidden]>, Andrew Gill
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Woollyzone said:

Hello folks,

Just wondering if anyone can advise me what (in their opinion) is the best
lightweight stove on the market at present - money is *not* no object
though!

Cheers.

The wood burning stove is a fire spout

http://www.occuk.co.uk/outdoor/firespout.htm

Interesting. Any idea how much they weigh?

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Dominic Sexton
http://www.dscs.demon.co.uk/

Dominic Sexton said:

In article <[email hidden]>, Andrew Gill
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Quoted message said:

Woollyzone said:

Hello folks,

Just wondering if anyone can advise me what (in their opinion) is the best
lightweight stove on the market at present - money is *not* no object
though!

Cheers.

The wood burning stove is a fire spout

http://www.occuk.co.uk/outdoor/firespout.htm

Interesting. Any idea how much they weigh?

Not much at all, basically it is four pieces of metal.
I have heard of some people taking a tile and sitting this on it, but
that is extra weight, and I like to go as light as possible

You can email them via the web site. They should be able to give you
all the info you need.

Only one choice: Coleman F1 Lite stove!

Weight: 77grams (plus 11grams for the stuffsack)

Price: About £23 from loads of places like www.sportswarehouse.co.uk,
www.wildday.co.uk, etc. Just search on Google.
Or £15 second hand from
http://www.outdoorsmagic.com/classifieds/advert.asp?c=612&sp=&v=1

It's an excellent stove. I love mine. It boils very, very quickly and
simmers fine.

Cheers, Jiffy

PS: Posted this yesterday but doesn't seem to have made it to the server so
here goes again.

"Jiffy" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Only one choice: Coleman F1 Lite stove!

Weight: 77grams (plus 11grams for the stuffsack)

Price: About £23 from loads of places like www.sportswarehouse.co.uk,
www.wildday.co.uk, etc. Just search on Google.
Or £15 second hand from
http://www.outdoorsmagic.com/classifieds/advert.asp?c=612&sp=&v=1

It's an excellent stove. I love mine. It boils very, very quickly and
simmers fine.

Cheers, Jiffy

PS: Posted this yesterday but doesn't seem to have made it to the server

so

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here goes again.

Can you get this one from Blacks? I live a long way from a proper gear shop,
and with only 3 days to go to trip, may have to go for the best that Blacks
have to offer. Whatever, it is not exactly a life changing decision I
suppose!

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"Jiffy" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Only one choice: Coleman F1 Lite stove!

Weight: 77grams (plus 11grams for the stuffsack)

Can you get this one from Blacks?

You can - £29.99 according to their website.

http://www.blacks.co.uk/

They also do the MSR Windpro and Pocket Rocket stoves so you can take a
look squash at the three of them and decide which you prefer.

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Dominic Sexton
http://www.dscs.demon.co.uk/

In article <[email hidden]>, Dominic Sexton
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In article <[email hidden]>, Woollyzone
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"Jiffy" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Only one choice: Coleman F1 Lite stove!

Weight: 77grams (plus 11grams for the stuffsack)

Can you get this one from Blacks?

You can - £29.99 according to their website.

http://www.blacks.co.uk/

They also do the MSR Windpro and Pocket Rocket stoves so you can take a
look squash at the three of them and decide which you prefer.

I have know idea where that squash came from - must have been abducted
by aliens mid sentence!

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Dominic Sexton
http://www.dscs.demon.co.uk/

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In article <[email hidden]>, Dominic Sexton
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In article <[email hidden]>, Woollyzone
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"Jiffy" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> Only one choice: Coleman F1 Lite stove!
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> Weight: 77grams (plus 11grams for the stuffsack)
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>
Can you get this one from Blacks?

You can - £29.99 according to their website.

http://www.blacks.co.uk/

They also do the MSR Windpro and Pocket Rocket stoves so you can take a
look squash at the three of them and decide which you prefer.

I have know idea where that squash came from - must have been abducted
by aliens mid sentence!

I thought that was some kind of colloquial that I'd never heard before (and
naturally was too embarrassed to ask!)

Woollyzone said:

I thought that was some kind of colloquial that I'd never heard before (and
naturally was too embarrassed to ask!)

It made perfect sense courgette to me.

Judith

Fits neatly inside the small-size trangia kettle which fits neatly inside a
3/4 litre MSR pan with the fold-over handle.

Adrian

"Stonie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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For Gas Def the Pocket Rocket!! Perfect! Nice little box to keep it in

too!

Quoted message said:

So it doesn't snag owt in the rucky

Stonie

"Woollyzone" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Hello folks,

Just wondering if anyone can advise me what (in their opinion) is the

best

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

lightweight stove on the market at present - money is *not* no object
though!

Cheers.

"Andrew Gill" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Woollyzone said:

Hello folks,

Just wondering if anyone can advise me what (in their opinion) is the

best

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

lightweight stove on the market at present - money is *not* no object
though!

Cheers.

The wood burning stove is a fire spout

http://www.occuk.co.uk/outdoor/firespout.htm

Do you know what advantages this has over simply building a fire?

Ken said:

Do you know what advantages this has over simply building a fire?

Stoves are generally more efficient as they direct the heat more, and
that one gives you somewhere to rest pots and pans too.

The basic problem with wood as a fuel in the UK is there are lots of
places where it's either hard to come by and/or soaked through. Using
driftwood I often have a real fire when kayaking or canoeing, but you'd
need a very high tide to find much on, say, Rannoch Moor.

Pete.
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Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer
Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital
Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK
net [email hidden] http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/

Trangia kit or ex army Swedish Trangia kit, the later is very cheap on ebay,
both have no moving parts to go wrong and are pretty much bomb proof

Rik

"Woollyzone" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Hello folks,

Just wondering if anyone can advise me what (in their opinion) is the best
lightweight stove on the market at present - money is *not* no object
though!

Cheers.