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Camping 101: Dual or light-weight camping stove

Wednesday, July 15th, 2009

Most of the time camping stoves are easy to set-up and it takes up little space as possible. A good camping stove will need to have a steady base-of-support. Try to avoid the ones that wobble on uneven surfaces or when they have a large item on top of them.

Consider getting the most dependable, strong, compact, light, easy-to-use, camping stove that performs well in all the conditions you encounter. Keep in mind if you have to travel outside the United States make sure to look at multi-fuel camping stoves because white gas is hard to find.

If you’re camping with families and groups at a campground where you do not have to move much, try to have the two burner camping stoves, this will help with make meal preparation faster and easier. When hiking or backpacking though you will want to travel with a lighter camping stove.

Camping stoves can weigh less than four ounces, not including the fuel and container. A quality camping stove is designed to fit inside other equipment used for camping. This makes packing and traveling easier and less time consuming. The dual burner and light-weight stoves are split into two types, liquid fuel or canister.