Whats Your Favorite Pack Stove ? Heres Mine !

[Ratman]

What's Your Favorite Pack Stove ? Here's Mine !

My trusty Svea 123R with Sigg Tourist cook set . Everything you need in one cook kit and it all fits inside it self . I also have a regular Svea 123 (original first model) with Sigg Tourist cook set as a back up . These have become a real collectors item over the years can be very pricey on the net . So lets see what everyone else uses and post up some pics so we can see them . Enjoy the pics ...

HH
Mike

 

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[WishfulThinker]

Re: What's Your Favorite Pack Stove ? Here's Mine !

Camp Stoves have come a long way since the old days .. newer units with ripple bottom pans use much less fuel, but cost a small fortune. Check out REI - Recreational Equipment Inc.

 

[Ratman]

Re: What's Your Favorite Pack Stove ? Here's Mine !

Yep my Svea 123 really sucks up the fuel (white gas) . I get about 55 minutes of burn time on a full tank but that's expected from a roarer burner . I've checked out REI and like what I see . I think the MSR stoves would be a good choice and the idea that they use multiple types of fuel is a bonus .

HH
Mike

 

[elgatodelnoche]

The svea123 served me well in my Boy Scout Days in early 70's.

 

[two bear]

I have used the Snow Peak stove for 5 years now and love it. It comes in a small container about 4" long and 2" wide. It will fit inside a Titanium coffee cup and I can use a canister of gas for several trips before it expires. Sorry, can't post picture yet.

 

[Sand-duner]

I use a Crux Lite foldout pocket stove. Comes with a little neoprene holder that stores the whole thing in the recess in the bottom of a fuel canister, boils water super quick and only cost about 40$. A small, I think 4oz, canister of fuel will last about 90 minutes at wide open, and it'll burn like a jet engine on full blast.

 

[Grubartez]

I use a fancee feast cat food can stove that I made myself. It is a wick stove and burns denatured alcohol. Super easy to make and super light. I use it mainly in the mornings for coffee. For cooking and evening meals, I use a TATO Element Titanium wood stove. Only weighs 4.8 oz.

 

[Ammonhotep]

The MSR Reactor can't be beat.

Super light and packs small. Puts out fast and efficient heat. Boils one liter in 2.5 minutes, and 22 liters on a single 8 oz fuel canister. Altitude? Wind? Cold? Rain/snow? No problem!

I inaugurated it on a snow-caving trip high in the Rockies and have never regretted buying the best.

 

[Follows Camp Craig]

The M 1950 stove.

It looked like something that could have landed on the moon.
I force fed that poor thing just about everything flammable,
white gas, Mogas, diesel.

After it died, I replaced it with a MSR Whisperlite.

Sadly it wasn't the same without the three foot flames getting things up to temp.

 

[JKJames]

I use the Esbit 5 piece cookset with alcohol stove. Very light weight for back-packing, Quick setup and multi-fuel. I compared many camping stoves. And this stove is very easy to use, and the fuel is cheap and easy to carry on for short term camping.

 

[nagant]

I've got several Optimus, primus, svea, and a Radius #21 & a #43. Optimus #99 with a silent custom cap is my current fav.

 

[Tpmetal]

made my own alcohol stove out of soda cans, and a coffee can shield/pot stand. Super lightweight, and works great for everything but winter. Then I use one of the white gas stoves.

 

[bologna321]

MSR Whisperlite International or MSR pocket rocket