Recommendation: Wild Camping Stove

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Any suggestions?

Plenty: can you narrow down your intended uses a bit? "wild camping"
covers an awful lot of ground.

For example, are you wild camping primarily for wild camping, or as just
something as a stopover while backpacking? If the emphasis is on
walking then lighter weight and lower bulk becomes more important, if
it's more on the camping then something to make the cooking easier (more
stable, easier to windshield) is probably better.

Fuel decision will be based on a variety of factors, such as how often
will you need to resupply and where will that be possible.

Pete.
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Hopefully helpful parameters?

[1] definitely walking, therefore lighter weight and lower bulk is
important.

[2] Also do not intending on being out for many days so not intending
to need a resupply.

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Hopefully helpful parameters?

[1] definitely walking, therefore lighter weight and lower bulk is
important.

[2] Also do not intending on being out for many days so not intending
to need a resupply.

You could go for an MSR Pocket Rocket.

Nick

Nick Pedley said:

You could go for an MSR Pocket Rocket.

This seems to be the de-facto standard for a very light and low bulk
stove. Gotchas are it's not the world's most stable stove (in common
with just about any other cannister mounted stove) and being relatively
tall it's more awkward to shield well from the wind. There are similar
ones out there, like the wee Outdoor Designs Titanium one.

Both issues raised above are addressed by the Windpro (and similar), so
you decide whether the extra weight and bulk is worth it. It's still
not /that/ heavy.

Pete.
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You could go for an MSR Pocket Rocket.

Or a Coleman F1 Lite - lighter, cheaper and just as efficient.

Jim Ford

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Hopefully helpful parameters?

[1] definitely walking, therefore lighter weight and lower bulk is
important.

[2] Also do not intending on being out for many days so not intending
to need a resupply.

You could go for an MSR Pocket Rocket.

Or the primus micron, at a similar size & weight. If you want to boil
water the PR is best, but if cooking and summering are key, the micron
has a more controllable and better spread flame.

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I've got the pocket rocket - stability is almost guarenteed with three
spare tent pegs (I use cheapo Argos alu ones) with the bends nestled
over the cannister. Peter Clinch is right though, if it's windy it is a
little high to shield effectively

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I've got the pocket rocket - stability is almost guarenteed with three
spare tent pegs (I use cheapo Argos alu ones) with the bends nestled
over the cannister. Peter Clinch is right though, if it's windy it is a
little high to shield effectively

Foil windscreens work fine and are very light. Most aren't quite tall
enough so I staple two together. I put the windscreen round 3/4 round
the stove, which allows enough of a gap to ensure the cartridge stays
cool.

Details of how to make a more sophisticated windscreen here:

http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/00041.html