A good low priced lightweight stove for single backpacking
599133
A good low priced lightweight stove for single backpacking.  Can't beat the value of this little stove.  My homemade alcohol stove (made out of Coors Light can) is now relegated to backup status.  This stove is especially functional for all the scouts out there that are looking for a dependable, low cost system for backpacking!
2158182
This is currently the lightest weight backpacking camp stove.  It is only 25g.  and packs into a small stuff sack.  This stove easily tucks into you ultra-light cooking kit.  The burner out put goes from high to low-simmer decently.  People considering this item must know this stove is designed for a niche market and is not a general use camp stove.  It is designed and made for backpackers where weight and size are of key importance.  It is designed primarily to boil water in a coffee cup sized backpacking pot quickly.  It puts all the heat in a small intense spot.  It also works best with an external wind screen.  It also needs an external ignition source.  I have used it on the 115g and 250g isobutane tanks it fit both well with minimal amount of fuel loss while putting on or taking off.  I have also operated it on straight butane with no loss in performance.

Thus, trying to cook anything other than soup or boiling pasta, rice will likely be a challenge.

This stove is super small...  That is by design.  It will quickly boil 1 to 2 cups water for dehydrating a backpacking meal and making a cup of coffee or tea for a single backpacker.  It is not designed to support or work with larger pots or skillets.  Again, anything larger than a coffee cup sized pot or backpackers teapot will not work well.

The stove is quality made, the arms swing freely and then lock in place.  Because it is so light weight, it does need to be handled responsibly. Again... Ultralight weight is a major design feature.  Just apply normal reasonable care.  It holds up well, but will not take abuse, like bending the arms out of plane, etc.

I highly recommend this stove for all ultralight backpackers who understand the operation niche this stove is designed for.  If you are looking for a general camp stove where weight and size are not key drivers, or if you want to do more than boil liquids quickly, then this stove may not meet your expectations.  But if you are a backpacker who mainly re-hydrates meals and drinks coffee/tea/hot chocolate. then this is a perfect fit for your kit.
406002
I just got this stove today, and it is my first of this type.  It took me about 1min to assemble it and less than 2 min to have a cook able fire,  using just leaf litter and one piece of T P and a few small twigs from around where I was standing. I highly recommend this stove to anyone planning on a camping trip.  light weight, breaks down flat, other than some discoloring it faired well through one pot of water and a flavored rice.  This little stove R O C K S !!! (repeated ) it can hold much more than the small pot I used, sturdy and I am very happy with my purchase. like many stoves the pot will soot up some, but that's how most outdoor cooking is.  I will update this review after I trek a few hundred miles.  buy this item if looking for a lightweight cook stove and not have to carry fuel !!!
2125938
Lightweight and compact enough to fit in a daypack.  I'm not too sure how long the insulation will last, but the cookware itself is decent for the price you pay.
4351267
Great camp stove - burns forever on one propane bottle.
- Fits well into a backpack for extended-use needs.  Not great for day or even one overnight hiking use due to weight.  But if you need a very efficient and reliable stove for a 3-5 day hike that needs only one 16oz fuel bottle, this stove is it.
- Flame control very good, actually works at the low setting.
1050118
This would be a great starter backpacking stove. It is idiot-proof. It is so simple to use that the instructions are just printed on the side of the box.

The extendable arms that hold your pot were extremely sticky on mine. It almost looked like the beginnings of a rust problem. I chalk this up to poor material quality/storage. Other than that the stove works fine. Got my water to a rolling boil within minutes. I agree it would be difficult to do any "precision cooking" with this stove.

I don't know what people are talking about with the fuel canister. You can find suitable isobutane canisters of many sizes pretty much anywhere. REI, Big 5 Sporting Goods, Dick's, Sportsman's Warehouse, I don't know what the problem is. Maybe they expected to find it at Target?
2121168
I compared many camping stoves. And this stove is very easy to use, and the fuel is cheap and easy to carry on for short term camping.
1524729
The stove is lightweight and easy to carry, especially with the strap holder on the case. Holds my 1.5 Liter pot just fine and attaches to the butane canisters I use, which are coleman.
4015202
This small stove is very light weight but has a great burner. Large pans are a little unstable but smaller pans works great.
it looks and feels like it is very well built. Comes in its own carry case.
adjusting the burner is very easy. The tanks can be found at walmart for around $5.00 .I WOULD RECOMMEND THIS TO ANYONE WHO WANTS TO HIKE OR CAMPING.
4499700
Four years ago I converted a 1972 Carpenter school bus to a motorhome, outfitting it with nearly new components from a wrecked Coachmen motorhome. One "old school" component I wanted to add was a wood stove. A friend told me about a neighbor who had this Vogelzang Boxwood Stove for sale used. He sold it to me for $40, and that included a very heavy duty grate inside the stove. I installed the stove near the front of the bus with a metal 12-volt electric fan mounted to blow across it and send the heated air to the back of the bus. I mounted a heat shield along the wall next to the stove, and ceramic tiles under the stove.

This is really much more stove than I need, as my heating space is only about 200 square feet, but the price was right and it does a very good job. By adjusting the damper and the sliding air inlet at the front of the stove under the access door, I can burn one or two small logs at a time, and it does a very good job. It is 17 degrees here this morning in Georgia (a rare event for my location). The nice thing about this stove is that I can set up the firewood the night before, and light it first thing when I get up. I normally use a single 15 amp ceramic electric heater during the night. It keeps things comfortable unless the outside temp dips below freezing, but I like piling under the covers at night.

Upon lighting the stove in the morning, it takes only 10-15 minutes before the chill has been completely chased from the motorhome. Most days I need only run it for 2-3 hours. Once the sun comes up the bus begins warming up from the sun. Consequently, I can get by most of the winter with short duration fires, and relatively little firewood consumed.

Using a wood stove, properly laying out a good fire, moderating the heat properly so it does not become too hot, do require some learning, but anyone who devotes a little time to learning how best to run a woodstove should not have any trouble getting the hang of it quickly. If you are using one in a relatively small space, such as I am doing, a carbon monoxide sensor is recommended. However, I can say that I have not had any problems in this regard. Neither have I noticed any significant smoke leaking from the stove. It is very apparent that it is not air tight as you can see cracks around the top frame that swings open, the round pot holders on top, and around the door. Cracks, however are not much of a concern for smoke will always follow the flow of air. If the air is entering under the door where it is designed to enter, it will pass across the wood and go up the flue. This air channel draws the smoke with it. It actually creates a negative pressure system inside the stove so that air is drawn INTO the stove through any uncaulked cracks, rather than smoke exiting out of it. You just need to have your damper and air inlet under the door adjusted properly.

There are a number of marine woodstoves that are sold for boats that RVers often choose to install in their motorhomes. If you have very deep pockets, these are a very nice option. However, for my needs and budget, the Vogelzang is doing a very nice job.
914463
Perfect for boiling water but does have a hot spot so I do not recommend any gourmet cooking. It can hold a nice big pot and the flame did not go out once unless I turned it off myself on my 4 day backpacking trip. Recommend for minimalist backpackers.
938856
There really isn't that much to say about this emergency stove.  It is what it is.

The photo shows the walls vertical at 90 degrees, but there are notches in the hinge that allows the walls to lock at 45 degrees, which is better for smaller items like a cup instead of a kettle, and probably helps in windy situations.  For the fuel gels, you can pack more efficiently by fitting 4 fuel gels (still in their independent packaging) into the stove before folding it up, making a good emergency kit.  There's still some room in there for some additional tinder (I cut regular jute twine to about 2" and soak them in parafin wax and dry them to make waterproof tinder, very easy to make and great waterproof tinder that lasts about two minutes)

At any rate, this thing is so small and so light that it makes a perfect emergency pack item.  highly recommend it.
1913556
I have been using this 600mL pot for about a year now, and it is my go to pot for solo camping. I weighed it on my scale to be exactly 3.8 oz, which is as lightweight of a pot as I've seen anywhere. The quality of the pot seems good, as I have not had anything bend or break. This being said, I am not an overly cautious lightweight backpacker. I try to make an honest effort not to abuse my gear, but I tent to use my gear a lot, and this is a piece I have used to boil an estimated 30 liters of water thus far (60 - 0.5 liter increments). In addition, the handle is attached with another piece of titanium sheet which is spot welded in six places. After a year of use, and sometimes abuses such as dropping it on the ground, the welds have not failed. Other heavier pots I have use rivets, which are probably stronger, but also much more heavy. The only part of the pot showing wear, are the insulated handles have been melted on the bottom right next to the pot, which my catfood alcohol stove is responsible for... However, this is user error, and keeping an eye on the flame coming up and around the pot could prevent this.

While using this pot, I generally have been using Esbit tablets and my titanium Esbit stand to cook with. The Esbit tablets work well in the spring, summer and fall, as one Esbit tablet will easily bring this to a boil for a solid two or three minutes. In the winter I have found a canister stove to work much better. As for the residue which is left behind by the Esbit tabs, I have not had a problem getting this pot clean. I use water in the field, and it comes right off with a little scrubbing.

In summary I like this pot a lot.

To identify some features on this pot I like:

1. The handles folds around the main pot and creates a compact unit for transport in an ultralight backpack.

2. It comes with a nice mesh carrying sack, which keeps the lid and pot organized well.

3. The lid! This is the smallest lightest pot I have seen with a lid. The lid really helps with reducing boil times and increasing efficiency.

4. If you use a canister stove, the smaller size 100g (3.53oz) jetboil canisters fit inside the pot.
1301929
Perfect for backpacking. It's light it's small and it has its own ignitor
2779951
I just got into backpacking in the summer of 2015 and purchased this as an inexpensive, entry-level stove.  I was drawn toward it because it comes with a built-in igniter and a very simple design (which in my experience means it will be less prone to breaking).

When I got the Etekcity stove and tested it out I was very pleased that the igniter works--and it actually works quite well.  Fires right up. I was also surprised and pleased at how small this stove is, although at first I worried that due to the size a pot may fall off easily.  But with the little arms that extend out to hold the pot, I had no problems in any of my tests or when I was out on a 3 day backpacking trip in the high Uintas in Utah. I was able to boil 2-3 cups of water within just a few min.  (If you absolutely need to have water boiling in less than 5-7 min your problem is not the stove...)

The adjustment nob is just a screw that widens and constricts the valve where the gas flows in, so to turn the stove on "high" you turn the adjusting screw counter-clockwise, and to turn it off you turn it clockwise.  Not a big deal to me but it is opposite of what I expected.

The one problem I do see with the design is that there are no windshields on the burner.  Cooking with this stove out in the open with no cover could cause problems if the wind kicked up.  A design like the MSR PocketRocket solves for this, but you are going to pay 3x more for it, which in most cases probably isn't worth it in my opinion.  Spend the extra money on some nicer hiking boots or a water pump :)

At $9-$15 (I noticed the price fluctuates pretty frequently) this thing is an EXCELLENT value, especially as a first stove for folks just getting into backpacking.  It would also fit very easily into a 72-hour kit or bug-out bag.  If I had a chance to make this decision all over again, I'd buy this stove again.
1565399
Excellent stove for hiking. Alcohol is cheap where I live and easy to find. Looks like it will last alot of time. First time I take it with me, I miss calculated the fuel and have to use whisky.
4796144
Worked great with the backpacking stove I purchased.