Camping Discounters

When hiking in the backcountry, there is hardly any worse thing that spending a lot of time searching for firewood to made your meals. Don't get me wrong, I love campfires during my trips, but they are not the best way for cooking my meals everyday. This is one of the main reasons why carrying a good backpacking stove is a must for anyone traveling in the wild. However, before deciding to buy one, you must consider what kind of stove is the best for you? Basically, we can divide backpacking stoves in three types: alcohol, pressurized canister, and liquid fuel. In this article, I will state three reasons for using a backpacking liquid fuel stove in your trips.

1. You can use liquid fuel stoves in the widest range of situations. So, if you only can buy one stove, then buy a liquid fuel. You can use them effectively in any kind of weather, so they are perfect for using in winter. High altitudes don't represent a problem for them either. Whereas canister or alcohol stoves can fail if the weather is too cold or you are traveling at very high altitude.

2. The heat output of the liquid fuel stoves is the most powerful. So they will cook your meals in the least amount of time. This difference is notable against alcohol stoves. Cooking with alcohol stoves can take an unnecessary amount of your time. With canister stoves, in optimal conditions, this difference in cooking power is least noticeable, however you need only a little wind and it appears again.

3. One of the most important objections against liquid fuel stoves is the price. Buying a liquid fuel stove is most expensive than buying any of the other two types of stove. Especially, if we consider that alcohol stoves can be homemade. But that is not true if we compare liquid fuel stoves with canister stoves. In the long run a liquid fuel stove is cheaper than a canister stove. That's because the disposable canisters are more expensive than white gas. So to the initial cost of a canister stove we must add the cost of canisters along the time.

Of course, liquid fuel backpacking stoves have downsides. They are heavier than the other types of stoves, and require more maintenance in the field. After all, no type of stove is perfect for everything. The ideal would be to have various stoves and to use the appropriate stove for each occasion. However, if this ideal were not possible, then a liquid fuel stove could be more than enough.

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When selecting a backpacking stove, or one to be used for mountaineering, most people look at the features that the stove offers and the weight of the cooker itself. In many cases they will pay more to buy a model made from exotic materials such as titanium because it will be a few grams lighter than a rival model. Yet few people take time to look at how fuel efficient the stove is, a factor that plays a far greater role in how much weight they will have to carry when hiking a long trail.

This is because backpacking and camping stoves vary considerably in their use of fuel with some using close to twice as much fuel to boil a given quantity of water compared with more efficient models. The choice of fuel is also important as some are far richer in energy than others. Choose wisely on both and you may end up having the weight you have to carry on the trail that is dedicated to cooking your food and preparing your coffee.

A study by university researchers in South Africa into the efficiency of four popular backpacking stoves found, for instance, that two models by the same manufacturer (in this case MSR) varied considerably. The MSR Expedition model managed to extract little more than 50% of the potential energy from the fuel it burned while DragonFly stove made by the same company extracted 70%. A rival model made by Primus meanwhile managed to achieve almost 90% efficiency. The impact this may have on the final weight carried on a trail is considerable since one would usually expect to carry some 600ml (weighing fairly close to 600 grams excluding the fuel bottle) for about two hours of cooking. A difference of efficiency of the order revealed by the research would lead to a difference of 200grams for a short hiking trip of just a day or two for a small group.

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Carrying and using a backpacking stove in the wilderness is an environmentally wise choice. It is also much more convenient than having to search for wood to burn and lighting a fire after a long and tiring hike. Besides, to reduce the risk of forest fires, the United States and Canada have restricted the use of campfires in much of the backcountry.

There are many things to consider when choosing a camping stove. In this post we will limit our discussion to the issue of the type of fuel that your new stove will burn. Of course, choosing a type of fuel also means choosing an appropriate type of stove to burn that fuel.

Making the proper choice of a backpacking stove based on the fuel that it burns depends on various circumstances that you anticipate encountering. This discussion will be structured around these circumstances.

Convenience: Stoves that connect to a canister are very convenient. The fuels that they contain, butane, propane and an isobutane blend, ignite easily, burn hot immediately and do not need priming. The flame is easily adjustable from a high heat to a low simmering flame.

An inconvenience of this type of stove and fuel is the problem of disposing of the fuel canisters. They are also not the best for cooking in temperatures below freezing.

The convenience of multi-fuel stoves lies in their ability to burn many different types of fuel. This convenience is counterbalanced by their higher cost.

Global Availability: If you plan to do any extensive backpacking outside of the United States or Canada, you might consider a stove that burns unleaded gasoline. That's right, the same fuel that you burn in your car. The same fuel that you can find practically anywhere in the world. That's the advantage, international availability.

But, there are plenty of inconveniences with this type of stove and fuel. Number one, you may be dealing with frequent sessions of unclogging your stove due to the fact that unleaded gasoline burns dirty. It's also smelly and very volatile. So consider this option only as a last resort, like when you plan to hike in a really remote area of Africa or Asia. Caution: never use oxygenated gasoline. It will eat the rubber seals of your stove.

Kerosene is another option for international backpacking. It is readily available in nearly every country of the world. Some negatives of using this fuel are its characteristics of burning dirty, being smelly and evaporating slowly when spilled. In addition, it requires priming and can also gum up stove parts.

Another option for international travel is a multi-fuel stove. The extra expense that they entail may be worth it for the convenience of using nearly any fuel available.

Keeping Expenses Down: One of the cheapest fuels is unleaded gasoline. An inexpensive and safer alternative to this type of fuel is kerosene. Both of these fuels are available internationally.

Safety: Canister fuels (see above) are among the safest. Denatured alcohol has a low volatility and burns very quietly. Another advantage is that it is environmentally friendly.

Need for High Heat: Some hot burning fuels are kerosene and white gas.

Winter Backpacking: White gas can be used in a wide range of ambient temperatures including very low temperatures. However, it requires priming.

Note: We have not addressed the issue of ultralightness. That will have to be the subject of another article.

So, if you're in the market for a backpacking stove, analyze the circumstances of the your near-future backpacking to make an informed decision about which stove to buy.

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