The cheap one has so many variations since it was copied to death in China. It is possible to find one with a hard case and a pot stand for like $15. Ozark Trail (Walmart) has one with a stand and a soft case for around that same price as well. I think each type of stove has its place, but if you are hiking in and camping in an area that allows fire, go with a pocket wood stove.
Sure wish I had this review when I went into the High Sierras awhile back with the Pocket Rocket. Thought I was going to benefit from the major space saving -weight saving advantage. IT SUCKED !. Thanks Andrew for the great video. Suggestion ! Do a comaprison of the better Bug Rellents vs. the poorer ones out there since you have already demonstrated the AGGRAVATION of dealing with not having anything on during the demo. By the way if you appreciate Andrew's quality reviews then SHARE THEM with your fellow outdoor enthusists. Again thanks for the great video content. Lots of work obviously goes into the productions.
Thank you for your sacrifice on making this video... I don't really go outdoor adventuring but my father in law do that sometime and I am looking for something as gift for him... keep up the awesome work... stay safe adventuring...
That's a great comparison between all 3. I like my MSR but I also have a cheapy pocket stove as well which I use with my skillet. I love having a decent meal more so then a freeze dried meal from the packet but as you say I like the covenience of the MSR haven't tried the Jetboil but I hear good things about that too.
Wowzers, they were eatin' ya' to death D: Thanks for the thoroughly made review of those stoves. I like the inexpensive one the most out of the three. (:
I always wanted a pocket stove, but they're just over priced for what they are. Carry some fat wood for emergency if I can't get my Bic to work. At least I can get the fatwood going with flint fairly easily. Cook on twigs and sticks. Only stove I have is a Coleman two burner and that's not going back packing with me
@GY6outdoors good point. I'm up here in montana now, and the only time I'm really thinking about something like this is during hunting season. Where, like this last season, we're seeing snow hit the ground within the first couple weeks. Life is different here compared to commiefornia and a lot of the dry hot states.
You didn't include the king of the cheap stoves: BRS 3000T. It's less than half the weight of the lightest stove you show there and around the same price as the other cheap Amazon stove. In my experience, piezo lighters aren't reliable no matter what stove they're on. I have never used a canister stand and it hasn't been an issue to find an area of dirt or loose terrain where I can flatten it. I also don't use a hard case. The stove easily fits inside my pot. It typically sits near the top of my pack. Put a small cloth (bandana) if the stove is moving around to much. I've used the BRS stove on 223 mile thru hike of the Ouachita Trail, kayak camping, and many weekend and overnight trips. I will say that where I hike in Arkansas, the tallest mountain in the state is 2753 feet. There's nothing above treeline. When I have camped on a windy lake, I used a windscreen to protect the flame. That does mean there's a weight penalty. I use the Optimus clip on windscreen because it's convenient and sturdy. But you could make something lighter weight that would work just as well, I'm sure. Even with the windscreen, which I would wager renders the BRS more efficient in windy conditions than those other stoves in the same conditions, it will cost about half the price of the name brand stoves. On the majority of trips I take, where I do my backpacking, I don't need the windscreen. If those other stoves were manufactured in the US, I could justify forking over the extra money, but they aren't. BRS 3000T weighs less than an ounce. The cheap Amazon stove you reviewed here weighs more than 3 ounces. Thru hikers on the AT and PCT etc carry the BRS 3000T for their whole trip with not issues.
Rather than running all three stoves for an hour and wasting three canisters of fuel, you could have just weighed the canisters before running the stove, run the stove for 10 minutes exactly on max, then weigh the canister to see which stove used the most fuel. All you tests have a lot of variables, since you are testing outside. Other stove tests I have seen do it in a garage or warehouse where they have more control over the variables ...and fewer mosquitos. If you want to compare how stoves behave in wind, you can put a fan on them at a specified speed and distance from each stove. That way there's much less variability. Like I said above, a wind shield/screen can greatly improve your boil times and efficiency, and with a stove like the BRS, will still cost less than the brand name stoves and way smaller and less bulk and heavy than the big jet-boil or MSR heat diffuser style stove/pot combos.
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Thanks for suffering through all those mosquito bites to upload this, Andrew! Yea... Not a fan of pocket stoves myself now either. lol.
The cheap one has so many variations since it was copied to death in China. It is possible to find one with a hard case and a pot stand for like $15. Ozark Trail (Walmart) has one with a stand and a soft case for around that same price as well. I think each type of stove has its place, but if you are hiking in and camping in an area that allows fire, go with a pocket wood stove.
Pretty cool of andrew to get malaria to do a product test for us! We appreciate you!
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Great video from canada. keep up the hard work
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Sure wish I had this review when I went into the High Sierras awhile back with the Pocket Rocket. Thought I was going to benefit from the major space saving -weight saving advantage. IT SUCKED !. Thanks Andrew for the great video. Suggestion ! Do a comaprison of the better Bug Rellents vs. the poorer ones out there since you have already demonstrated the AGGRAVATION of dealing with not having anything on during the demo. By the way if you appreciate Andrew's quality reviews then SHARE THEM with your fellow outdoor enthusists. Again thanks for the great video content. Lots of work obviously goes into the productions.
😎🙌🏼 much appreciated and glad gave you some useful information.
Thank you for your sacrifice on making this video... I don't really go outdoor adventuring but my father in law do that sometime and I am looking for something as gift for him... keep up the awesome work... stay safe adventuring...
Glad it gave you some quality useful info for your gift giving👍🏼
That's a great comparison between all 3. I like my MSR but I also have a cheapy pocket stove as well which I use with my skillet. I love having a decent meal more so then a freeze dried meal from the packet but as you say I like the covenience of the MSR haven't tried the Jetboil but I hear good things about that too.
Thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed
I forget the brand i have. It was on sale and was good for camping trips in my scout troop. Did it's job. It's somewhere
Micro stoves=easy to lose lol
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Wowzers, they were eatin' ya' to death D: Thanks for the thoroughly made review of those stoves. I like the inexpensive one the most out of the three. (:
Yeah let’s just say I was a bit itchy for about 4days after lol
@@GY6outdoors Haha, been there
I always wanted a pocket stove, but they're just over priced for what they are. Carry some fat wood for emergency if I can't get my Bic to work. At least I can get the fatwood going with flint fairly easily. Cook on twigs and sticks. Only stove I have is a Coleman two burner and that's not going back packing with me
Most places where there is national forest they do not allow fires during hiking season.
@GY6outdoors good point. I'm up here in montana now, and the only time I'm really thinking about something like this is during hunting season. Where, like this last season, we're seeing snow hit the ground within the first couple weeks. Life is different here compared to commiefornia and a lot of the dry hot states.
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You didn't include the king of the cheap stoves: BRS 3000T. It's less than half the weight of the lightest stove you show there and around the same price as the other cheap Amazon stove. In my experience, piezo lighters aren't reliable no matter what stove they're on. I have never used a canister stand and it hasn't been an issue to find an area of dirt or loose terrain where I can flatten it. I also don't use a hard case. The stove easily fits inside my pot. It typically sits near the top of my pack. Put a small cloth (bandana) if the stove is moving around to much. I've used the BRS stove on 223 mile thru hike of the Ouachita Trail, kayak camping, and many weekend and overnight trips.
I will say that where I hike in Arkansas, the tallest mountain in the state is 2753 feet. There's nothing above treeline. When I have camped on a windy lake, I used a windscreen to protect the flame. That does mean there's a weight penalty. I use the Optimus clip on windscreen because it's convenient and sturdy. But you could make something lighter weight that would work just as well, I'm sure. Even with the windscreen, which I would wager renders the BRS more efficient in windy conditions than those other stoves in the same conditions, it will cost about half the price of the name brand stoves. On the majority of trips I take, where I do my backpacking, I don't need the windscreen.
If those other stoves were manufactured in the US, I could justify forking over the extra money, but they aren't. BRS 3000T weighs less than an ounce. The cheap Amazon stove you reviewed here weighs more than 3 ounces. Thru hikers on the AT and PCT etc carry the BRS 3000T for their whole trip with not issues.
Rather than running all three stoves for an hour and wasting three canisters of fuel, you could have just weighed the canisters before running the stove, run the stove for 10 minutes exactly on max, then weigh the canister to see which stove used the most fuel. All you tests have a lot of variables, since you are testing outside. Other stove tests I have seen do it in a garage or warehouse where they have more control over the variables ...and fewer mosquitos. If you want to compare how stoves behave in wind, you can put a fan on them at a specified speed and distance from each stove. That way there's much less variability.
Like I said above, a wind shield/screen can greatly improve your boil times and efficiency, and with a stove like the BRS, will still cost less than the brand name stoves and way smaller and less bulk and heavy than the big jet-boil or MSR heat diffuser style stove/pot combos.