Single ring flat camping stoves

Ok then, try a brs8 stove from eBay.

trangia-Esque Chinese goodness

What have you got to lose with trying out a picnic stove and some gas?

Indeed.

So are they all the same or are there any differences to look out for?

Nope, all pretty much identical. I bought a Campingaz branded one in an “emergency” (on the way to a camping trip, realised I’d forgotten the stove and gas) and it’s actually slightly worse because you can’t take the pan support out and turn it over to pack it smaller. Or at least you couldn’t til I attacked it with pliers. Now more or less identical to my 20 year old unbranded one.

Ooni? Pauper!

Sincerely,

Roccbox owner,

@badlywireddog remote canister folding tripod stoves can be had for much cheapness on banggood/aliexpress. Don’t expect the piezo to work once it’s been lit once,  but otherwise it seems fine.

I think our picnic stove probably came from Aldi. It’s fine. Works well.

As an alternative – I have a Dometic Origo double spirit burner. They occasionally come up on eBay.

Copy and paste doesn’t work🤷‍♂️

Alternative #2, cook on your engine, MrsRNP was a Michelin starred chef when it came to cooking on our Defender engine and it’s exposed exhaust manifold.

As an alternative – I have a Dometic Origo double spirit burner. They occasionally come up on eBay.

For significantly more than anything else mentioned so far 😀

It ticks my boxes though so definitely would.

the unbranded flat ones work fine with a windshield (without one any kind of breeze and they are much slower to cook)

we have a windshield from decathlon on a mini fold out table & I cook for the family no problem

For significantly more than anything else mentioned so far 😀

This is STW after all!

Speaking of which we also have one of these and it’s brilliant.

MrsRNP is 2star Michelin when she cooks with it. Also peak STW as they are now more than double what we paid for ours!

🤷‍♂️can’t copy and paste link – but it’s a Cobb oven

Any views of this

https://www.gooutdoors.co.uk/15908529/oex-tacana-solo-stove-set-15908529

@bikerevivesheffield save for the handle and colours it looks very similar to my planet X one.
The main problem you may have is that go outdoors says out of stock and the new planet X one has a built-in coffee press which I wouldn’t use.
I think fire maple is a common ‘brand’ on eBay, AliExpress etc. Alpkit also do a very similar one.
Probably not quite as efficient as a branded Jetboil but mine works fine for boiling water.
If you’re planning to put a normal pan on the adapter note that the flame is lower power (I think 1.2kW) on most system stoves like that compared to about 2 for a standard stove. They still boil water quickly due to the built in windshield, heat fins, etc. but will be less good at other jobs.

So thanks largely to this thread, a Coleman double burner dual fuel stove from eBay turned up yesterday. Still with half a tank of fuel :-O

Just boiled the kettle for a coffee on it by way of a test. It lights fine with a nice blue flame:

But then I closed the lighting lever after a minute as instructed, and I get a big orange flame:

Is that normal? The instructions say “a persistent high yellow flame indicates a leak or flooding” but seems to imply that only applies during the lighting stage before you put the lever back down. What does the lighting lever actually do?

I just let it keep burning. Turning the valve right up didn’t change much. I couldn’t get any more pressure in with the pump as the instructions suggest.

Took about 6 minutes to boil 500ml of water. The kettle was pretty sooty – is that normal with petrol whatever, or should it be burning cleaner?

Planet X JetBoil clone works for 99% of my needs if not actually camping .. boils water for soup and noodles, and has a pan attachment – if you’re cooking  burgers out the back of the car, you can just take a big proper frying pan which will distribute the heat better, works fine. I’d get that if you don’t have anything as its a bit more versatile.

Picnic ones work fine, just don’t like the tiny aerosol type cannisters, seem to last about a minute. The ones for JetBoils are reasonably good, fine for occasional use and don’t leak in between use either.