Alcohol Stove

This is a great stove. I gave it 5 stars, because I want people to know it works and it's the accessories that make it great. Although...I have other alcohol stoves that work sooo much better. I gave this five stars because of the accessories. The stove it's self, works. Works as advertised. But it isn't the best. What makes this stand out, is it's design and accessories. First and foremost, the smother accessory. This is a big deal if you're out in the wilderness or at the beach. Alcohol stoves are very hard to put out. And you don't want to waste your alcohol. That was a major selling point for me. Second, it's got a cap to hold the alcohol for travel. Another major win. To be able to smother the flame, save your remaining alcohol and continue is a major plus. Last is the provided stand. It's versatile, and helps. I feel it adds too much "bulk" because I like to pack light and small. The stand is very light. But it's slightly bulky. Under normal circumstances I'd give this a 3 star review. The quality of the stove's performance isn't great. What makes me give it 5 stars is the total package. It works, I can smother the flame, it can travel, and it has a pot holder.

Great stove! Simple and very effective for what I needed. As a solo camper, I highly recommend this product. Lightweight and compact, it’ll take up all of a fistful-sized space (this excludes fuel source which was in its own container). Output and speed: I filled the canister with fuel (denatured alcohol) about 1/4” from the top and the heat was compared to low on a gas stove. After a couple of minutes, it ramped up and gave me a nice steady medium-high heat. Never timed anything but I never had to wait long for my pan to heat or water to boil. I didn’t use camping cookware, just a small pan and pot from home and still got great results. I’d say, with the foods I cooked, I had a good meal in 10-15 minutes. Never cooked till I ran out of fuel but there were times I snuffed the fire to add more fuel (going from making coffee, to cooking a meal). Safety: Though I used a pot and pan from home, I will be shopping for more appropriate cookware. My pan was way too heavy for the stove and I had to manipulate/bend the stove a little to properly hold the pan. Where I went camping had a burn ban, so I used the firepit to use the stove in case of an accident (which my heavy pan almost caused a couple of times). The biggest safety concern is not properly setting your cookware atop or the fuel canister getting knocked over causing a disaster. Exercise caution when finding a place to cook. Definitely recommend this stove to all the solo campers, hikers, backpackers, and emergency preppers. Also recommend getting some type of shield to put around while cooking to keep the flame in place from wind.

I recently used this stove on a snowy camping trip in the Utah mountains. I brought the stove primarily to test its effectiveness for boiling water since I had other larger stoves with me for cooking. I set the stove directly on some snow and filled it with 99% Isopropyl Alcohol. I lit the stove and put my Toaks titanium 750ml pot on top with 16oz of water. The pot was just barely wide enough to fit on the included stand - in the future I would consider using a pot with a larger diameter than the 95mm of the Toaks 750ml pot (for reference, a regular Nalgene bottle can nest inside the 750ml pot). It took about 20 minutes for the stove to bring 16oz of water to a boil using the 99% Isopropyl Alcohol and in winter conditions. That's not a great time for boiling water, but when you consider the benefits of the alcohol stove I'm happy with the trade off. What are the benefits? Well, I like that with this stove everything is self contained. Could I build a soda pop can alcohol stove? Absolutely, but then I'm still hauling around a container for the fuel and I don't have a stand. With this REDCAMP stove, I have a self-contained, sealed container for my fuel within the stove and a decent stand for placing a pot on top of - and the stove also comes with a nice bag in which to place everything. I like these stoves because they're simple and easily stored in a bug-out bag or my emergency kit in my car. I feel much safer storing this stove in my car during the hot summer months than I would with a small gas-powered backpacking stove. I also like this alcohol stove because it's whisper quiet compared to the jet-engine sound of a gas stove like a jet boil. Totally chill to boil your water for coffee in the morning - just light up the stove and start tearing down your tent and camp while it warms up. I'm going to test out the time it take to boil water again with some denatured alcohol and see if that is any quicker. I suspect it will be close to the same, but you never know. Also, the included flame-adjuster works great for smothering the flame out when you're done cooking. I recommend this stove if you want a reliable alternative to gas powered backpacking stoves and like the convenience of having everything self-contained in a nice little package. Check the regulations before you head out though as some camping areas only allow stoves with a positive on/off switch i.e. a gas stove.

Very nice stove. Works perfect with my backpacking mess kits

Good kit. It's fairly robust and sturdy. It's easy enough to use but I would have liked better instructions. Even the little bag that it fits in is ok quality. For the price it's very good. My use is for power outages, heating water for coffee etc which it does well enough.

Fantastic, sturdy and well made. It's my first alcohol stove. Burned methyl hydrate and it lasted about 30 mins on a fill up. I usually use a canister style stove in the back country however I will try this in my rotation!

Much lighter than similar products and burns hot. Time will tell if it is a durable. The stove stand needs a wind shield if you are thinking of using it outdoors and, like virtually all such stands, it is too wide to accommodate mugs or narrow based pots! .

Me encantó, luego luego que llego y antes de tiempo previsto!, la probé calentando leche y haciendo un huevo y con solo 1/4de alcohol hice ambas cosas perfectamente y me quedo alcohol todavía, me encantó su peso y diseño!

Excelente calidad . Funciona de manera perfecta.

Super cool little stove for $20 bucks.. stand fits good and doesn’t get hot.. Little gadget to adjust and/or extinguish the flame works pretty slick. Runs forever on hardly and fuel. Haven’t stored it with fuel in it but looks good and I’m pretty sure there wouldn’t be any seepage issues. And comes with pretty decent little storage bag. I’ve only used methyl hydrate which is available in 4L jugs at any hardware or auto parts stove. Burns clean, hot and no suet. 4L would probably last u like 4 years. Hardly burns anything