Gear review: Canister stoves

[Paul Webster]

Simple, clean, lightweight and efficient, the canister-mounted stove is justifiably popular. Most stoves in this category are simply a burner head with pot supports that screws on to the top of a pressurised canister containing a blend of propane, butane and/or isobutane. Simply open the valve and light. No priming, no smelly fuel and it’ll all fit into your cooking pot for transport. What’s not to like? Well – as the gas is in a liquid state in the canister it can be a struggle to get any gas out of the canister in cold weather, so a liquid fuel or remote canister stove would be more appropriate in winter as well as being much more stable.... Read Phil's full review of canister-mounted stoves

[julesG]

I have to stick up for my jet boil , it has never let me down no matter what wind rain snow its just fantastic i cant say about the others,s you tested as i wont be needing any of them love my jet boil Jules

[Meatball]

I have to stick up for my jet boil , it has never let me down no matter what wind rain snow its just fantastic i cant say about the others,s you tested as i wont be needing any of them love my jet boil Jules

Jetboil has been getting some pesters of late!

[Rudolph]

Jetboil has been getting some pesters of late!

Sorry to be ignorant - but what is a pester? My guess is 'complaint'.

If so - any details?

[Meatball]

Jetboil has been getting some pesters of late!

Sorry to be ignorant - but what is a pester? My guess is 'complaint'.

If so - any details?

Pesters is pelters after an autocorrect.

[Gythral]

Jetboil has been getting some pesters of late!

Sorry to be ignorant - but what is a pester? My guess is 'complaint'.

If so - any details?

Pesters is peltier after an autocorrect.

USB charger, using the Peltier effect to convert heat to electricity, theses devices are often used in reverse to cool things (low noise amplifiers & dehumidifiers)

Interesting that no remote canister stove was provided for this review!
I use an ancient "Colman Alpine" (15 or so yrs old) which while a little heavier than the sit on the can types is more stable, and has a slightly better cold behavior than some, still not on a par with the 'white gas' stoves though.

[nathan79]

So far I'm not convinced there's really that much difference between screw-on stoves below the price range of the likes of the Primus and Jetboil smoking systems. Variety of weights and materials mainly IMHO.

I use a Vango Compact Stove I picked up for a tenner. Does a decent enough job for around a couple of years so far.

That Coleman F1 Lite definitely looks like a good buy, you can pick up the version with piezo ignition for a fiver more.

[rockhopper]

I use a Vango Compact Stove

yup - another vote here for the Vango compact which weighs in at about 100g. However, think I'll be sticking to primus gas in future as it has a propane/butane/isobutane mix and copes better with lower temperatures than those which contain only a propane/butane mix - cheers