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Colt
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Hey guys, What kind of stoves do you all use, and what do you reccomend? I have a camping trip planned for April 25th, and im trying to get everything worked out. I would love to invest in a new stove. I have a Coleman, but its too big to carry in the woods.
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Drummer Dave
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This is my back pack stove. It works great packs away nice. Can't remember what i paid for it, about $ 40.00
The fuel is Gaz, small can is $ 8.00, large is $ 12.00 lots of cook time with the small one.
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turd
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Cool stove, Drummer Dave 
This is mine:
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You can use white gas, kerosene, gasoline or what ever in it. It works really well and I made a case for it
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Drummer Dave
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Thats a great leather case Turd, good job, cool cooker 
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flashlightfreak9
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I only have experience with my little Halcon stove. It's good and simple, but the options are limited. 
And a large pot will tip it over.
I know Snow Peak stoves are good quality, but they are expensive. 
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Colt
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I just got the coleman perfect low stove.
Suits my needs just fine
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Drummer Dave
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^ Excellant Colt its nice to have a small cooking stove.
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Fonly
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I actually dont use a stove, I guess if I did it would be a small Cdn tire special one that uses thouse little cans of fluid.
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Askdamice
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If I could only give one piece of advice on stoves for varied environments it would be.. "Get a small multi-fuel stove".
Like the Coleman Exponent that Eric showed, or an MSR Whisperlite International .
Cold is the biggest factor. Alcohol, butane, propane, solid fuel sticks.... have all proven to be less effctive and sometimes useless when temperatures drop below zero. Propane and butane freeze up and alcohol based stoves are much less efficient. We've gained a bit by taping handwarmers to the underside of cylinders but at -15C the handwarmers are totally useless, too. Alcohol still worked at -35C but much less... during the summer I could boil a 1.5L pot of water with a tablespoon of denatured aclohol in my trangia stove... In -30C it took atleast a full cup to do the same. Naptha is worth its weight in gold during the winter. There was very little change in performance and the fuel to boiltime ratio is great.
Multifuel is a good option if you travel out of country or use the stove for your bug-out-bag... because you never know what fuel you are going to end up with.
I have a Coleman like Eric's but it's not the multifuel... I will make that one my back-up for the camper and get an Exponent soon. (Unless Turd is so inclined as to send me his to keep... including the case... but I doubt it.) Whisperlite Internationals are compact and easy to clean but require new parts every couple of years depending on use.
That's my .02 ... I am no stove expert so if anyone has info on alternatives.... lemme know! I'm just going by my personal failures and successes... (mostly failures... he he he)
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Drummer Dave
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Hey Rick, good to see your still around.
With my pack stove its small and works great. And the one thing i dont have to worry about is the temperature around here gonig below 0 in the dead of winter i will most likely just build a fire to Stay warm & cook.
But i have been eye balling a mutli fuel stoves. The more options the better. Cheers.
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Askdamice
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Dave....
Just keep catching your friggin Koho Salmon in you friggin backyard in the above friggin zero winters in friggin "Utopia Land"......... You make me STINK!..... oh wait... I mean sick... ya!... YOU MAKE ME SICK!
Thank you, come again.
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Drummer Dave
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Lol, me and you would get along just fine, ... just fine.
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Brian
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haha, yeah you enjoy your warm winters while you can, the next ice age is coming...I can feel it...any day now 
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turd
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You've got some cool stoves, tfisher
I'll be hanging onto mine, Askdamice, it cost me an arm and a leg but I guess it's still cheaper the tfisher's Brunton Optimus Multi Fuel stove
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flashlightfreak9
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Nice stoves, guys.
Right now my Halcon stove suits me fine. I may buy a real stove someday.
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TrooperMax
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Right now my Halcon stove suits me fine. I may buy a real stove someday. |
Same with me, I just made a little stand and put the stove inside, it works just fine. It dosent even take that long to work
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tfisher
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I use the 13$ stove more than any stove I have.
there is just something about gasoline under pressure mixed with flame that worry's me
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Mystik Spiral
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I have that same coleman stove as colt posted above. Not really for backpacking. I'll use a fire or military heat rations for cooking when I go backpacking. I've been thinking about getting a stove, but it'll be better with less weight. Although I do love to spend money at Sportsmans warehouse.
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Colt
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| | | | Nice stoves, guys.
Right now my Halcon stove suits me fine. I may buy a real stove someday. |
Same with me, I just made a little stand and put the stove inside, it works just fine. It dosent even take that long to work |
I made 5 halcons, they never worked. I guess ill start trying again when it gets warmer out.
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