Second, the carrying handle is awkwardly shaped and uncomfortable to use. This stove was the most difficult of the tabletop
camping stoves to carry with one hand. When it came to temperature control, this stove was among the best.
To perform this test, we consulted with Lesley Stockton, senior staff writer and guru on Wirecutter’s kitchen team, who came up with an order for soft scrambled eggs from Kitchn. Ideally, on
a decent home stove, these eggs should cook for 10 to 15 minutes on the lowest possible heat. Hold a match or lighter over the auxiliary burner and open the butterfly handle to light it.
This is a genuine OEM sourced replacement part for Coleman lanterns or stoves. This item is made out of graphite and it is sold individually. This is a genuine OEM Coleman pump cup used with gas lanterns.
But if camping season means a big group of friends and multi-course gourmet meals, then a larger freestanding two- or three-burner stove makes sense if the cost works within your budget. Unfortunately, that old adage “buy cheap, buy twice” rings especially true with camping stoves. Less expensive stoves are often less fuel efficient, less durable, and will need to be replaced sooner than their more expensive counterparts.
Joe gave the stove back to his boyhood friend, Tim French; the stove had belonged to Tim’s father. Model 552 differs from 5052 above because it has a Blue Flame Preheater (Stendahl). By opening the black fiber knob on the right (lower image) fuel will fill the reservoir on the preheater. A central air passage allows the burning fuel to heat the generator. This Handy Gas Plant, in Glenn Knapke’s collection, is labeled Coleman Lamp Co. so was made no later than 1927. Overall, Coleman delivers a very good build quality throughout — definitely competitive with other stoves in its price range.