Re: Selecting a Camping Stove

I'm not familiar with the Simmerlite. However, I checked on another site I post on and saw the same comment-the stove won't simmer (in spite of the name). I'm not sure all stoves are that finicky, but you do run into the problem of dealing with decreasing pressure as the fuel is used up with just about any design I can think of. My Coleman Xtreme, a gas cartridge stove, has this same problem in cold weather-as the pressure in the canister decreases, you have to open the valve up more to maintain the flame.

If you had to pump the stove that much in a short period of time, I don't think it was pressurized enough to start with. Although I haven't used it in a while, I don't remember my XGK having that problem. Then again, that stove is either on or off-no simmering-but the principle is the same.