Esbit Reviews

This is a very doable experience for the backpacker. If you plan to cook a good meal but only go backpacking once or twice a year this may be…

The Esbit Pocket stove is overall good quality, as it is very light (12.7 ounces including all of the fuel) and boils water effectively. The…

Very durable Great deal Extremely versatile fuel source This is great stove that is compact, light, extremely versatile, and is reasonably priced.

Tiny, lightweight stove. Easy to use, easy to pack. Best for boiling water for freeze-dried meals and for other liquid drinks and meals. If…

Works well and very packable. Purchased this to put in an emergency car/hiking kit to be used with equipment I already have. Works very well…

Packable stove with excellent heating capability, fire steel ignition, sturdy stand and replaceable fuel tablets. Works well with canteen cups…

This is a simple way to reduce your pack volume and weight. This stove is able to fold down to the size of two of my fingers! This amazing little…

15 oz with 2 pots, stand, windscreen, and stove, which are integrated. It uses Esbit solid fuel or alcohol. Nice and light, integrated pots…

Esbit cs985h-ex cookset, very well made hard anodised with a 930 mil pot and lid. Here is a photo of the esbit cookset in its stuffsack next…

This is a nice compact dependable cooking stove ,that is easy to set up and use! Its design is for boiling 2 cups of water. Great for the cook…

Great little cooker. Really great stove this. I got mine from an army kit resellers, so it was a bit dinged about, but even in that state it…

Esbit stoves are awesome...however, this version is not great. I have been a fan of Esbit stoves for years. I still have an Esbit folding stove…

This is NOT a stove to cook a chicken over. It is a lightweight stove for boiling water. Used for this purpose it is great! This little gem…

A reliable, compact cooking system. Easily large enough for one or two people, but compact enough for any pack. I use it regularly now, it's…

Pocket stove that works anytime any place Nice way to boil a cup of water, using four stones can do the same thing or digging a small hole in…

I love this stove.  It weighs next to nothing and is fine (3 season) for my freezer bag cooking.  I have resorted to all freezer bag cooking…

Great for boiling water. Due to compact size and ease of operation, I keep one in the glove box of the car and take one on every hike just for…

I wanted a hassle-free, light, compact, and safe stove for backpacking and this bad-mamma-jamma delivered. With some help from tin-foil (wind-screen),…

I bought this more as an impulse buy and a curiosity with Esbit and this design. I am a bit disappointed. First of all Esbit is well known and…

I have been bushwalking for many year on and off and have always have had an Esbit stove. I use it now in combination with shellite fuel stove…

I got a used one at an Army/Navy surplus store for three bucks! A fantastic little stove about the size of a deck of cards and super light weight.

Size, weight performance. The krauts used these stoves on the Russian Front during WWII (what else do you need to know)? Use propane or butane…

I love this stove for the long hauls. I use dehydrated meals mostly for long trips and this does the trick! It is light, reliable, easy to use,…

The most useful stove I own. Weighs almost nothing. Fits into (almost) any pocket. Fuel is stored in the stove for convenience. Solid fuel,…

You have to have an efficient setup to take full advantage of this design. Use a lightweight "pot" and try and keep it to about 2 cups with…

It is not bad as an emergency backup. I had a hard time bringing any more than one cup of water to a boil per tablet, so I started building…

Gets the job done. Not the quickest but at the price and weight it is hard to beat.