The 101: A Guide to Backpacking Stoves

Backpacking is one of our favorite ways to get outdoors—but for beginners, choosing the right gear to get started can be daunting. Once you’ve got your pack, tent, and sleeping pad dialed, you’ll want to buy a quality camp stove so you can cook a hot meal at the end of a long day on the trail. Contributor Bryan Rogala is here with some tips on finding the right backpacking stove.

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  1. Forgot to mention that canister stove is really good when it’s windy no need to worry about flame dying.

  2. Liquid fuel is the way to go. It’s a little bit heavier but worth the trade-off. The only problem with the whisper light is that there is no flame control and that thing is super powerful. So there is not a lot of finesse available to you. If you want to cook it on lower heats you just have to take it off the stove regularly or it will burn.

  3. I just purchased a compact backpack stove like the mighty mo for 15 bucks from dollar general. Im going to test it out tomorrow with coffee. I also recieved a 7 piece backpack alcohol stove as a gift. I imagine filling that little can isn’t easy, any advice on that part?

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