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Forfar Camping Stove

‘Simple, natural fuel burner.’

No harsh chemical emissions, no gas canisters, the Forfar is essentially a housing for whatever natural fuels you have at hand. Wood, leaves and twigs make great kindling, and the Forfar Camping Stove provides a place to burn them, and a stand to hold your cookware. Like the Lixada, the Forfar is stackable, so it’s compact, portable and lightweight. Awesome for the eco-conscious camper.

Weight and portability
As we’ve mentioned, the Forfar is stackable, and made from thin, strong and lightweight hardened stainless steel, so it’s strong and packable. Weighs in at under 350 g, so it won’t be any hassle at all to carry around.

Materials
The Forfar Camping Stove is made from rust-proof, durable stainless steel.

Features
The Forfar is made to help you burn what’s available to you, be it wood, twigs, leaves or paper. Simply stack the Forfar Camping Stove together as instructed, add your fuel and burn. Simple construction, can also be used as a safe, mini outdoor heater.

Why we love it
No need for gas canisters or artificial fuels, you can use what’s around you with the Forfar.

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Lixada Mini Ultra-light Spirit Burner Alcohol Camping Stove

‘Compact, lightweight alcohol burner.’

If you’re in the market for a portable alcohol burning stove, the Lixada isn’t only one of the best, most affordable options, it’s also one of the most attractive. The elegant stacking design keeps everything sturdy and compact. This stove runs on alcohol fuel, and if you don’t use it all at once, simply cover with the included screw-top sealing cover. Durable, attractive, super packable and available in four different colours, for the fashion-forward camping chef.

Weight and portability
With a packed weight of 188g, the Lixada Camping Stove  weighs next to nothing, and the elegant stacked design, which is also incredibly durable and hard-wearing, makes it easy to pack and transport. Fits easily into a backpack or glove compartment.

Materials
The Lixada Camping Stove is made from a combination of copper and aluminium alloys, making it lightweight in all the right places, and durable and conductive in others.

Features
The Lixada is really simply constructed, with four main components — a stent (stand), fuel reservoir, sealing cover and fire cover. No switches on the Lixada, when you’re done cooking, simply replace the extinguishing lid and the fire will die out.

Choice of four stand colours: bronze, gold, green and grey.

What we love
Stackable design makes the Lixada Camping Stove  really easy to use, set up and carry around. It’s also one of the most attractive portable stoves we’ve seen.

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Forfar Camping Stove

‘Stackable, portable wood burning stove.’

No harsh chemical emissions, no gas canisters, the Forfar is essentially a housing for whatever natural fuels you have at hand. Wood, leaves and twigs make great kindling, and the Forfar provides a place to burn them, and a stand to hold your cookware. We’ve reviewed the Forfar before, and absolutely love it, for both its eco credentials, and how stackable it is.

Size and weight
As we’ve mentioned, the Forfar is stackable, and made from thin, strong and lightweight hardened stainless steel, so it’s strong and packable. Weighs in at under 350 g, so it won’t be any hassle at all to carry around.

Materials
The Forfar is made from rust-proof, durable stainless steel.

Fuel
The Forfar is made to help you burn what’s available to you, be it wood, twigs, leaves or paper. Simply stack the Forfar together as instructed, add your fuel and burn. Simple construction, can also be used as a safe, mini outdoor heater.

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Lixada Windproof Gas Stove

‘360 degree windproof stove for camping.’

Even the slightest breeze can blow out lesser stoves before they even really get going. The Lixada Windproof Gas Stove is windproof around its entire edge, making it frustration-proof, too. Attaches separately to a gas canister via a flexible hose, and folds up neatly for transportation. It’s bare bones, but it works well and we love it.

Weight and portability
The Lixada does fold up to make it more portable, although it doesn’t flatten like the BushBox does. It’s solid and extremely well made, and at 280 g, it’s capable of holding up 10 kg of weight. Not that you’d load it with that much, it just means that it’s incredibly sturdy.

As with all Lixada products, this one comes in a handy box for storage and transportation.

Materials
Made from stainless steel and copper, runs on butane gas.

Features
The Lixada features a cellular furnace chamber at the top, which helps to release a large amount of heat, evenly, so that you food cooks properly all around. Features three stents (stands), which fold in and out, and they’re really well and sturdy. The Lixada Windproof Gas Stove has a fairly wide base, which is fine once it’s out in the open, and means it provides a solid foundation for pans.

Why we love it
The cellular furnace diffuses the heat evenly but strongly, so that food and liquids heat evenly but efficiently. A great contender to top this portable stoves review.

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What? That’s right, BioLite stoves, as well as being handy for cooking and heating, double as a mains-free power source, for charging lights, phones and tablets via USB. They’re reasonably priced, as well, and if there’s an opportunity to reduce reliance on fossil fuels, we’ll always support it.

Petromax Rocket Stove

‘Made for the outdoor life.’

The Petromax Rocket Stove is one of the pieces of kit that just looks like it belongs outdoors. Solid, with great wooden lifting handles, and a big open space on top for cooking and heating, this stove is one of our favourites. Simply feed wood and other biomass fuel into the Petromax, and using the chimney principle, it’ll heat up quickly and efficiently.

Size and weight
Designed to last a long, long time, the Petromax Rocket Stove is a strong beast, weighing in at 6.5kg. It stands around 33cm tall and around 23cm across, so it’s not huge, but it’s made from steel, iron and wood, so it’s durable enough to withstand regular cooking.

Materials
Made from stainless steel, cast iron (door) and wood (handles).

Features
The Petromax is fairly long, which means there’s a lot of room to draw in oxygen to your fuel. That creates a chimney effect, which means heat is generated quickly and efficiently. The cast iron door opens like a regular wood burner, and a tray slides out, so that you don’t have to burn your hands getting wood in there.

Solid wooden handles on the side make it easy and safe to carry the Petromax around, even while stuff is burning inside.

Fuel
The Petromax Rocket Stove, despite the name, is not intended for petrol. It runs on wood and other biomass.

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BushBox XL Combination Kit

‘Military inspired hardware, uses natural fuels.’

The BushBox is a customisable, beautiful piece of engineering. Also known as a hobo stove or firebox, the BushBox XL Combination Kit is designed to fold away to under 1 cm in thickness. It assembles with strong, non-stick hinges, and can house either a fuel burner, or other natural fuel sources such as leaves and wood. Space for pans on the top, with the option of a grill plate for cooking meat BBQ style, the BushBox isn’t the cheapest, but it sure is one of the most fun.

Weight and portability
The BushBox XL Combination Kit weighs in at just over 800g, so it’s not the lightest, but it’s made from solid materials, which mean your food is in safe hands on top of it. For its size it is ultra portable, folding down to thinner than 1 cm, inside its own special carrying case.

Measures 12 x 19 cm.

Materials
The BushBox is made from 100% stainless steel, so it’s about as hardy as they come. It comes in a durable carry case, too, so you can slot it into your backpack.

Features
The holed grill plate is so, so good for cooking food directly over the fire. Simply slot it into place and away you go. Comes with supports to rest frying pans on, and because the BushBox houses whatever fuel you’ve got, it’s also great for providing general heat during cold weather camping.

Why we love it
Cooking food on the grill plate directly over the fire is awesome, and the way the BushBox XL Combination Kit packs down so thinly makes it super portable.

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Lixada Mini Ultra-light Spirit Burner Alcohol Camping Stove

‘Compact, lightweight alcohol burner.’

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If you’re in the market for a portable alcohol burning stove, the Lixada isn’t only one of the best, most affordable options, it’s also one of the most attractive. The elegant stacking design keeps everything sturdy and compact. These portable stoves runs on alcohol fuel, and if you don’t use it all at once, simply cover with the included screw-top sealing cover. Durable, attractive, super packable and available in four different colours, for the fashion-forward camping chef.

Weight and portability
With a packed weight of 188g, the Lixada weighs next to nothing, and the elegant stacked design, which is also incredibly durable and hard-wearing, makes it easy to pack and transport. Fits easily into a backpack or glove compartment.

Materials
The Lixada is made from a combination of copper and aluminium alloys, making it lightweight in all the right places, and durable and conductive in others.

Features
The Lixada is really simply constructed, with four main components — a stent (stand), fuel reservoir, sealing cover and fire cover. No switches on the Lixada, when you’re done cooking, simply replace the extinguishing lid and the fire will die out.

Choice of four stand colours: bronze, gold, green and grey.

What we love
Stackable design makes the Lixada really easy to use, set up and carry around. It’s also one of the most attractive portable stoves we’ve seen.

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BushBox XL Combination Kit

‘Military inspired hardware, uses natural fuels.’

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The BushBox is a customisable, beautiful piece of engineering. Also known as a hobo stove or firebox, the BushBox is designed to fold away to under 1 cm in thickness. It assembles with strong, non-stick hinges, and can house either a fuel burner, or other natural fuel sources such as leaves and wood. Space for pans on the top, with the option of a grill plate for cooking meat BBQ style, the BushBox isn’t the cheapest, but it sure is one of the most fun.

Weight and portability
The BushBox weighs in at just over 800g, so it’s not the lightest, but it’s made from solid materials, which mean your food is in safe hands on top of it. For its size it is ultra portable, folding down to thinner than 1 cm, inside its own special carrying case.

Measures 12 x 19 cm.

Materials
The BushBox is made from 100% stainless steel, so it;s about as hardy as they come. It comes in a durable carry case, too, so you can slot it into your backpack.

Features
The holed grill plate is so, so good for cooking food directly over the fire. Simply slot it into place and away you go. Comes with supports to rest frying pans on, and because the BushBox houses whatever fuel you’ve got, it’s also great for providing general heat during cold weather camping.

Why we love it
Cooking food on the grill plate directly over the fire is awesome, and the way the BushBox packs down so thinly makes it super portable.

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Coleman Sportster Portable Stove

‘Classic, reliable camping stove.’

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For those looking for a classic, reliable, petrol-burning camping stove, the Coleman is about as classic and reliable as they come. Runs on unleaded petrol, or, if you prefer, Coleman’s own liquid burner fuel. Sturdy and totally outdoor-ready, these Coleman portable stoves are a solid investment for a lifetime of camping and hiking. With a runtime of over eight hours, you might even try your hand at some al fresco slow cooking.

Weight and portability
Super portable, if a little wide thanks to the gas canister, the Coleman is designed to live in the boot of your car, then be transported in a large rucksack to your campsite. It comes in a handy carry case box, although it’s probably not the best option for long hikes. More suited to static camping. Measure roughly 15 x 12 cm and weighs 522 g (1.4 kg with canister attached.)

Materials
Made to last, the Coleman is constructed using steel and aluminum alloys. Comes in a hard plastic carry case, the Coleman Sportster is going to be with you for years.

Features
Works with a simple plunger valve operation system, the Sportster is unfussy, but extremely well made. Built to last and to heat food and water fast, we love this little stove, as it punches way above its weight.

Why we love it
The Sportster lives to be out in the field. It burns long and strong and is a solid investment that’ll last for years. Great value for money.

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Lixada Windproof Gas Stove

‘360 degree windproof stove for camping.’

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Even the slightest breeze can blow out lesser stoves before they even really get going. The Lixada is windproof around its entire edge, making it frustration-proof, too. Attaches separately to a gas canister via a flexible hose, and folds up neatly for transportation. It’s bare bones, but it works well and we love it.

Weight and portability
The Lixada does fold up to make it more portable, although it doesn’t flatten like the BushBox does. It’s solid and extremely well made, and at 280 g, it’s capable of holding up 10 kg of weight. Not that you’d load it with that much, it just means that it’s incredibly sturdy.

As with all Lixada products, this one comes in a handy box for storage and transportation.

Materials
Made from stainless steel and copper, runs on butane gas.

Features
The Lixada features a cellular furnace chamber at the top, which helps to release a large amount of heat, evenly, so that you food cooks properly all around. Features three stents (stands), which fold in and out, and they’re really well and sturdy. The Lixada has a fairly wide base, which is fine once it’s out in the open, and means it provides a solid foundation for pans.

Why we love it
The cellular furnace diffuses the heat evenly but strongly, so that food and liquids heat evenly but efficiently. A great contender to top this portable stoves review.

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Forfar Camping Stove

‘Simple, natural fuel burner.’

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No harsh chemical emissions, no gas canisters, the Fofar is essentially a housing for whatever natural fuels you have at hand. Wood, leaves and twigs make great kindling, and the Forfar provides a place to burn them, and a stand to hold your cookware. Like the Lixada, the Forfar is stackable, so it’s compact, portable and lightweight. Awesome for the eco-conscious camper.

Weight and portability
As we’ve mentioned, the Forfar is stackable, and made from thin, strong and lightweight hardened stainless steel, so it’s strong and packable. Weighs in at under 350 g, so it won’t be any hassle at all to carry around.

Materials
The Forfar is made from rust-proof, durable stainless steel.

Features
The Forfar is made to help you burn what’s available to you, be it wood, twigs, leaves or paper. Simply stack the Forfar together as instructed, add your fuel and burn. Simple construction, can also be used as a safe, mini outdoor heater.

Why we love it
No need for gas canisters or artificial fuels, you can use what’s around you with the Forfar.

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What? That’s right, BioLite stoves, as well as being handy for cooking and heating, double as a mains-free power source, for charging lights, phones and tablets via USB. They’re reasonably priced, as well, and if there’s an opportunity to reduce reliance on fossil fuels, we’ll always support it.

BioLite CampStove

‘Heat, cook and charge together.’

The original BioLite CampStove features a cellular front grill to distribute side heat evenly, and an open top to allow full-on cooking heat to rise freely. That same heat is used to charge an electricity cell on the side of the stove.

Size and weight
These BioLite stoves weigh just under a kilo when empty, and measures roughly 12cm x 12cm x 21cm, so it’s small enough to pack into a large rucksack, or in the boot of the car if you’re just going on a regular camping trip. At under a kilo, it punches way above its weight in terms of functionality, too.

Materials
The stove itself is made from high quality stainless steel, so it won’t rust or tarnish. The BioLite CampStove is a really handsome stove, and the orange cell on the side makes it easy to find among all your stuff.

Features
The original BioLite CampStove stoves are a combination of stove and charger. They say that you’ll need about 20 minutes of burning for roughly 60 minutes of charging, which we think is pretty decent. The charger cell is a USB one, so you can charge most phones and tablets, or plug in USB lights.

The grill is a cellular style grill, which distributes heat evenly around the stove, and there’s space on top for a pan or a kettle.

Fuel
These BioLite stoves runs on biomass fuel, so basically anything that’ll burn. Their intention is to create smoke-free fire, so quality, untreated wood is best.

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What? That’s right, BioLite stoves, as well as being handy for cooking and heating, double as a mains-free power source, for charging lights, phones and tablets via USB. They’re reasonably priced, as well, and if there’s an opportunity to reduce reliance on fossil fuels, we’ll always support it.

BioLite BaseCamp USB Cooker with FlexLight

‘The stove that’s also a light.’

So the BaseCamp is actually more of a barbecue than a stove, but it is powered by wood and other biomasse. The sizeable grill is big enough to cook food for several people, and the heat generated also powers a USB electricity cell on the side. The BaseCamp stove comes with a flexible LED light, which plugs directly into the USB port.

Size and weight
The grill is wide enough to cook food for several people, and the heat is evenly distributed. At close to 5kg, the BioLite BaseCamp USB Cooker with FlexLight isn’t for backpacking, but it’s easy enough to transport from the car to the campsite without too much trouble.

Materials
Stainless steel is the order of the day with the BioLite BaseCamp USB Cooker with FlexLight. Strong, sturdy and resilient, this super stove is in no way a novelty.

Features
One of BioLite’s most powerful burners, 30 minutes of burning buys you roughly 5 hours of talk time on a mobile phone, 5 hours of video, or 20 hours of audio. The burner itself is located at the bottom of the stove, and accepts all kinds of biomass, although wood is best. Simply feed your wood into the BaseCamp, and the heat rises up directly under the grill unit. No waste, just straight up heat, with the excess being used to charge the cell.

Supplied with the cell and a FlexLight, which plugs in, stands up stiff, and can be moved around easily.

Fuel
The BioLite BaseCamp runs on biomass fuel, which means wood and anything else eco-friendly that you can burn, to avoid using fossil fuels.

Check out our guide to the Top 5 BIOLITE wood burning stoves

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Coleman Sportster Portable Stove

‘Classic, reliable camping stove.’

For those looking for a classic, reliable, petrol-burning camping stove, the Coleman Sportster Portable Stove is about as classic and reliable as they come. Runs on unleaded petrol, or, if you prefer, Coleman’s own liquid burner fuel. Sturdy and totally outdoor-ready, the Coleman is a solid investment for a lifetime of camping and hiking. With a runtime of over eight hours, you might even try your hand at some al fresco slow cooking.

Weight and portability
Super portable, if a little wide thanks to the gas canister, the Coleman is designed to live in the boot of your car, then be transported in a large rucksack to your campsite. It comes in a handy carry case box, although it’s probably not the best option for long hikes. More suited to static camping. Measure roughly 15 x 12 cm and weighs 522 g (1.4 kg with canister attached.)

Materials
Made to last, the Coleman Sportster Portable Stove is constructed using steel and aluminium alloys. Comes in a hard plastic carry case, the Coleman Sportster is going to be with you for years.

Features
Works with a simple plunger valve operation system, the Sportster is unfussy, but extremely well made. Built to last and to heat food and water fast, we love this little stove, as it punches way above its weight.

Why we love it
The Sportster lives to be out in the field. It burns long and strong and is a solid investment that’ll last for years. Great value for money.

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