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Stoves, What is your poison??

Here's my Optimus. Very good stove. And different fuel bottle options so you only need to take what you need for the length of trip etc.
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Stove and espresso set live in the pots.
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I think this stove is from the 50's and it's excellent for car camping etc.
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Those MSR fuel bottles come in handy to refuel your bike too.. On my AK trip I had to dump all three 1ltr bottles in my bike, as the planned stop was out of fuel. Actually the whole town was out and had been waiting for a few days already.... I made it to the next town and refueled everything !!!
 
I have or have had them all, Go to and best all around for Bike camping is IMO the whisperlite multi fuel . I have had 2 multi fuel stoves in the 50 years that I have been camping . ( I lost my first in a move an Opimus Box that would be still working today if I didn't lose it).
Stoves are light - reliable and the flame is adjustable so you can really cook on them.
Plus it is nice to cary an extra liter of fuel if the bike needs it.
I also have ..
Esbit with a liquid alcohol burner.. it's ok for making coffee But their solid alcohol cubes are a must as a first aid kit item.

Micro propane burner.. Cooks OK but I am always at a stage in fuel consumption where I feel I need to cary an extra gas container JIC

Standard size propane burner. Same issues as above but cooks a bigger pot

Jet boil.. Good and clean for backpack trips with the scouts. Boils fast but too hot to cook on . Good for freeze dry meals and Coffee

A folding grate for cooking with coal (Matchlight) or fire wood. Honestly my fave to cook on for flavor and clean up. But time consuming among other issues

A Coleman 2 burner stove (LP) god it's as old as I am and a great piece of kit but car camping only. As are the small Weber kettle (Charcoal) and the Kitchen Aid PL gas grill (tailgater)
Edit.. I forgot sterno.. Great in the summer for coffee and to scoop out some Gel as a fire starter. I bought an Nesbit kit for my kid and added a can of sterno as a safe first stove for him when he became a scout. A couple of pebbles on the rim of the sterno can to put your pot on and good to go. Only hot enough for summer camping though
 
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MVI said:
That is the pinnacle of dead simple stoves, plus you dont have a bunch of empty propane/gas canisters to carry with or pack out. Brilliant .

I guess one could put two of these side by side and double the BTU's and use a 12" frying pan or griddle to make bacon and eggs for more than one person.
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The alcohol tablets are great but only supply enough BTU per to boil a cup of water. so they are limited in cooking ability. You are almost better off with a can of sterno.
 
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GMK999 said:
The alcohol tablets are great but only supply enough BTU per to boil a cup of water. so they are limited in cooking ability. You are almost better off with a can of sterno.
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good to know, thanks
 
ZoomerP said:
Those are becoming very popular in the western U.S. fire ban areas. There are probably models that come with one, but it wouldn't be hard to make a grate to use with pans over one.
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Email MVI WELDING & FAB.

We will make a grate for it...
 
I Have a few. MSR dragonfly. Burns anything. Simmers and is also a rocket. Little bulky, but can share a spare fuel tank with a bike.

Pocket rocket and or isobutane mini, not sure stable, but light and easy.

Single burner and multi burner propane.

All. Have thier place IMO
 
I am a bit of a stove nut (and sleeping bags/mattresses/tents....) always looking for The One. Seems like they all have some good and some not so good aspects.

My current setup is a jetboil with the french press when traveling via bike.

I have a stainless steel kelly kettle that i bring in my jeep. I thought it would be awesome to have the kelly ketle on moto trips, but it's too big and heavy...plus for coffee you need a separate system like a french press or pour over.
 
When car camping I use an old freebie Coleman 425. It was a freebie since it was missing the tank, but the propane adapter works great. You will have to pry this stove out of my cold, dead hands if you want it.
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When camping off the bike I have a MSR International that can burn about any liquid fuel.
 
87warrior said:
When car camping I use an old freebie Coleman 425. It was a freebie since it was missing the tank, but the propane adapter works great. You will have to pry this stove out of my cold, dead hands if you want it.
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When camping off the bike I have a MSR International that can burn about any liquid fuel.
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looks quality, heavy gage steel.

Made about the same time as a 1972 Buick and out of the same material
 
87warrior said:
When car camping I use an old freebie Coleman 425. It was a freebie since it was missing the tank, but the propane adapter works great. You will have to pry this stove out of my cold, dead hands if you want it.
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When camping off the bike I have a MSR International that can burn about any liquid fuel.
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I did not know you could get a propane adapter for them, that is a nice setup.
 
Yinzer Moto said:
I did not know you could get a propane adapter for them, that is a nice setup.
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The green bottle and adapter also fit inside the stove for easy transportation, just like the red fuel tank would.
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Crispy peach cobbler at 10,000' in Colorado is a nice treat. I got a little impatient on this one and turned the stove up quite high. You can see the scorched paint under the oven... oops.
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Well after some contemplation I decided to get the Jetboil Minimo and return the MSR windburner as the Jetboil offers a more precise flame control and the handles on the cup are metal and riveted on instead of plastic. REI is very good at returns… 😁
 
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