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Weight Price Setup Lighting Adjust Stab Tank Time Maint Dura Overall ment ility Boil Time enance bilityCamping Gaz 470 HPBurner: 10oz $37.95 4.5 4.5 4 3 2:15:00 3 4 3.5 Full cart: 2lb, 1oz w/ piezo ignition $53.95 0:4:30-0:7:15 HI: simple, hot, inexpensive canisters LO: poor flame adjustment, unstable, no windscreenEpigas 3009 HPBurner: 12oz $34.95 4.5 5 5 3 1:57:15 3.5 4.5 4.5 Full 250 cart: 1lb, 9oz w/ piezo ignition $54.95 0:4:30 3.5oz cart. $3.95 7.5oz cart. $4.95 15.5oz cart. $8.95 HI: convenient, powerful, good system compatibility LO: expensive cartridges, no windscreenMSR WhisperliteBurner: w/pump & $58.00 3 3 3 4.5 4:12:00 5 4.5 4.5 screens: 13oz includes tools, pump, 0:4:30 w/full 22 oz screen, storage bag bottle: Fuel bottles: 2lb, 11oz. $6.50 - $8.50 HI: powerful, durable, field maintainable LO: difficult priming, poor flame controlOptimus HunterEmpty: 1lb, 10oz $90.95 4 2 3 2 1:29:00 3.5 4.5 2.5 Full: 2lb 0:6:30-0:12:15 HI: durable, simple, spare parts available LO: prime-dependent, noisy, unstablePeak 1 Apex IIEmpty: 1lb, 8oz $65.85 3.5 3 3.5 4 3:30:30 2 3 4 Full: 2lb w/bottle. 4:15-5:15 Screen: $6.20 Maintenance Kit: $13.00 Kero Generator: $7.00 HI: hot, simmers well, quiet LO: complex, bulky, soft metalSigg Fire-JetBurner: 1lb, 3oz $92.00 4 3.5 3 4 6:05:30 4 3.5 4 1 liter fuel: 2lb, 8oz Fuel bottles: 0:9:45 1.5 liter - $7.75 3.0 liter - $10.50 HI: simple, stable, innovative LO: won't simmer, fragile fuel tube, moderate heatTrangia 27-5Burner: 1lb, 1oz $70.00 4.5 4 2.5 4.5 1:34:15 4.5 4.5 3.5 w/pots & gripper: 2lb 0:18:00-0:26:30 HI: packable system, great cookware LO: poor heat, no flame adjustment, short burn timeZip Ztove BackpackerStove: 1lb $54.00 5 3 2 3 0:10:00 2 3.5 3.5 w/pot & screen:1lb, 10oz 0:7:15-0:21:00 HI: packable system, low fuel cost, hot LO: burns wet fuel poorly, poor repairability, requires tinkering
Setup considers how easy it was to get the stove assembled and filled using half-frozen fingers.Lighting assesses how easy each stove was to coax to life, including priming, pumping, and general futzing around.
Adjustment measures ease of flame control and whether you'd char your fingerprints off fiddling with knobs.
Stability rates the hazard potential of balancing a large pot in a crowded tent vestibule or on a sloping site.
Boil Time states amount of time to boil a quart of water, from pan set-down to lid_blowing boilover on a heated and full-blast stove.
Tank Time measures fuel longevity from beginning of prime to flame disappearance, using manufacturer's recommended fill limits.
Maintenance judges scope and ease of field repair, cleaning, and part replacement.
Durability assesses whether such maintenance might be likely, and takes into account bending, denting, parts-loss, and projected life span.
Overall Subjective impression separate from the other parameters - not an average. Assets like compactness, convenience, and trail packaging figures heavily here.