http://www.alpkit.com/products/kraku

Doesn’t this look like it’ll fall over unless you hold it whilst you’re making a brew?

Anyone used one?

You do realise it needs to be screwed into the top of a gas canister?

How big does that need to be to make it stable?

XD XD XD XD Propppppery LOL.

Thanks, guys.

Gelert do an adaptor for stoves like that so they no longer sit on the canister or you can get stabilizer feet for the canister

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCPVq8XLBPs[/video]

In several years of using similar stoves (MSR Pocket Rocket, Optimus Crux) I have never had a problem. They are meant for small pots and mugs such as you would use for backpacking, not large pots you’d be using to cook meals for four.

Edit: and to tempt fate even further, I often cook in the porch of my small tent.

If you are worried about knocking over when a pan is on you can use stabilizing support that attaches to gas canister such as this.

http://www.backpackinglight.co.uk/cooking-accessories/RE110.html

I got one and it’s on par with a Pocket Rocket in terms of stability. There is an issue with mounting on some gas canisters as the block that sticks out for the flame adjuster stops it being screwed down fully. Not had an issue yet, but only had it a couple of weeks.

Just checking through the forums and saw this thread. So far we haven’t had any issues in regards to the stability of the Kraku.

However, if you need further reassurance of this check out the following link:

https://www.alpkit.com/news/a-seasonal-one-pot-wonder

There is a fantastic demonstration on how to cook Pheasant Vallee D’Auge as a one-pot wonder, with in-action footage of the Kraku.

– Ashleigh, Alpkit Team

I’ve got a titchy coleman, and connected to the smallest gas cans it’s a bit marginal with anything bigger than a mug/very small pot tbh. But more than paid off by the fact that it folds up incredibly tiny. The alpkit looks better in how it folds up- the coleman’s a slight pain to assemble.

I’ve found 3 tent pegs around the sides of a gas cylinder make one of these stoves perfectly stable (I have a Pocket Rocket, but same principle applies to anything similar). Zero cost and zero weight (I generally have at least 3 pegs I can safely remove whilst cooking).

Blimey, have checked the weight of a PR and the Alpkit one is only just over half the weight! They really are starting to have some leading edge products at bargain prices.

I’ve got a titchy coleman

Perhaps I could interest sir in our patent – ahem – ‘developer’