Compressed Fuel Canister Stoves
Integrated canister stoves use compressed gas. The gas canister screws onto the burner and integrated pot.
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Canister stoves are best for: three-season trips where you have access to fuel canisters
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The best compressed fuel canister stoves, reviewed and curated by the Trailspace community. The latest review was added on October 19, 2020. Stores' prices and availability are updated daily.
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Canister Fuel Options
Canister fuel is typically a blend of Liquefied Petroleum Gasses (LPG):
- Propane: high vapor pressure and works well in cold weather
- Isobutane: most popular option
- Butane: cheapest and worst performance
Recent Compressed Fuel Canister Stove Reviews
Campingaz Turbo 270
You can "hack" (actually very clean replacement of part) the Turbo 270 with a Coleman Peak 1 valve, in order to accept screw-on canisters in North America. Have owned the Turbo 270 for a long time (20 years?), only used once or twice way back then. Am about to try it again, so I'm posting here to inform everybody on here of this very useful hack for North American fuel canisters! You can use the valve out of a Coleman Peak 1 stove, which is an old Camping Gaz valve but with threaded connection,… Full review
MSR WindBurner Personal Stove System
Interesting product, but is it too complicated!! Just take a bit of time to read my detailed review before splashing out around £100. OK, so I've had mine for about a year now and have loved it. It takes a bit to get it lit in blowy conditions as you've got to get the pot back on before it blows out, but once done it's like a jet aeroplane taking off. It's been fantastic up windy exposed mountain tops, until now!! Just when I really needed a hot quick drink it decided to go on strike. Just wouldn't… Full review
Jetboil Sumo Cooking System
The Jetboil SUMO is a user-friendly, canister-style stove that easily supports 2 to 3 people on most backpacking, camping, and paddling trips (1.8L or 61oz cup). With an improved simmer regulator and sure-fire ignition, the SUMO makes cooking a pretty simple task. Couple it with a Jetboil silicone coffee press (grande size) and you’ll have yourself a big pot of coffee each and every morning on the trail. Its biggest drawback is a finicky lid. Conditions: I’ve used the Jetboil SUMO for three… Full review
Fire Maple Blade 2
The lightest remote canister stove I have found at under 5 oz. Good build quality with titanium and aluminum construction. Suitable for inverted canister use for cold weather. I needed a good remote canister stove for my two grandsons and the Fire Maple Blade 2, with its vaporizing tube for inverted canister use, was a good choice for two teenage boys. As most adults know, teenagers are the most careless people on the planet. A stable stove is what these boys need. Additionally I got them an MSR… Full review
Soto Amicus without Igniter
I bought this after being disappointed with the Optimus Crux Lite and after reading lots of reviews. It turns out it was the right choice; this is superior in every way. Flame adjustment is fine and accurate, wind resistance is good thanks to its concave burner, and pot stability is improved by having four pot supports instead of the normal three. While being light and compact, the build quality is superb, it feels well made, and at the same time competetively priced. This is now part of a… Full review
Optimus Crux Lite
I bought this without reading reviews, relying on the good reputation for quality and long experience that Optimus has to offer amongst camping stoves. Very light and compact, this fitted well in my GSI Halulite Minimalist pot together with a gas canister and lighter. Like other users I found that the flame adjustment valve was very vague and fiddly to operate, almost having a mind of its own. Left unattended, if not on full power the flame would gradually decrease untill it would go out altogether,… Full review
Primus OmniFuel
I bought a new Primus Omnifuel 2 and after the second use the burner bell deformed severely. It's two months old and I can't get Primus warranty to even return my emails or phone calls. I would even be willing to pay for a new burner assembly, but Primus is the only place I know that has them and I get zero response. Update: Primus is sending me a new stove. It's a solid stove but I recommend disconnecting that spring. It contracts when super hot. That's what I will do and it should be fine. I bought… Full review
Jetboil MiniMo Cooking System
The JetBoil MiniMo makes cooking in the wilderness easy and enjoyable. It also boils water really quickly! The newer materials, however, are a bit of a letdown. I bought the MiniMo at the co-op garage sale. The previous owner had returned it stating that on the maiden voyage, the stove shot flames out of the sides of the chassis and burned the plastic housing.Burned the system was. I couldn’t figure out how this might have happened so I thought I’d purchase it used for the $44 price tag and… Full review
Soto New River Pot + Amicus with Igniter
The Soto New River pot and Amicus stove are a great canister stove/pot combo, which I received as a prize for the Trailspace Top 25 reviewers of 2019. Nice sized support arms, great pot stability and light weight make this one a winner. Amicus Stove Specifications: Output: 2800 kcal/h 3260w 10210 BTU Duration: Burns approx.1.5 hours with 8 oz (250g) canister Weight: 2.9 oz (81g) Dimensions: In use 3.0 x 4.0 x 3.4 in (7.6 x 10.0 x 8.6 cm) When stowed 1.7 x 1.6 x 3.0 in (4.3 x 4.0 x 7.5 cm) (W… Full review
