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Primus OmniLite Titanium Expedition Stove

December 8, 2011 by Jonathan Rosenthal 3 Comments

I’ve been a real fan of the Primus OmniFuel stove for a while, so I was really excited to get word that the company’s newest invention, the Primus OmniLite Titanium stove is about to be released in stores this December. I’ve thought for a while that the OmniFuel probably deserves the mantle of being one […]

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MSR Whisperlite Review: A Great All-Round Stove

August 28, 2011 by Jonathan Rosenthal Leave a Comment

I’m ashamed that it has taken me this long to finally getting around to writing an MSR Whisperlite Review. I should have done it ages ago because it is not just one of the best liquid-fuel stoves out there, it is also by far one of the most popular. A quick description The Whisperlite is […]

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The MSR Whisperlite Stove vs A Trangia Alcohol Stove: Camping Stoves Compared

June 14, 2011 by Jonathan Rosenthal 2 Comments

I’ve been looking fora while for some real data on how different camping stoves stack up and finally stumbled across a great comparison of the amount of time that it takes to boil some water using different sorts of stoves. The results are pretty stark in showing how much more powerful both canister gas stoves […]

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The Trangia Stove: A Review Roundup

June 5, 2011 by Jonathan Rosenthal Leave a Comment

the trangia stove: a great little alcohol camp stove

Some bits of gear are just so darned simple and reliable that it is hard not to love them. The Trangia stove is one of them. Well,  I should say Trangia stoves because there is a whole range of them in a variety of sizes. Yet they are all still true to a very simple […]

Filed Under: Reviews, Stoves Tagged With: alcohol stove, camping stove, stoves, trangia

The Best Multi fuel Stove for Camping and Mountaineering

September 27, 2010 by Jonathan Rosenthal 4 Comments

The MSR XGKEX Stove - one of the best mountaineering stoves

A friend recently asked what I thought was the best multi fuel stove for expeditions and camping, and when I thought about it I figured that actually I couldn’t give him one simple answer because in my opinion there are at least two that are great and they are the MSR DragonFly and the second […]

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