The Mountaineer does have an additional-leg kit, but we didn’t find the pieces helpful (the legs were too short for our needs, and they felt loose when attached). It’s better if you can set this stove on a table or some kind of camp stand. Coleman covers this stove with a three-year limited warranty. The pressed metal of the cooktop—held
in place by two thin slip rings clasped around the burner heads—has a tendency to move out of alignment, catching against the rolled inner lip of the lid when closed. At one point I had to use the handle of a spoon to pry the case open again. You could fix the problem using a Dremel tool and a grinder, if you have one.
On average it took around four minutes to get a couple cups of water to boil, but on windy days that was sometimes doubled. Cooking capacity is very important when you’re in the market for a new camping stove. Canister stoves can’t support the weight of larger pots, so you may want to use a liquid fuel stove if you have more people to cook for. BTU, or British Thermal Unit, is a measurement of heat output. More specifically, it’s the amount of energy needed to heat 1 pound of water by 1 degree Fahrenheit.
It boils water a bit faster than the Classic while still providing a gentle flame that lets you cook foods more delicately than on the Classic (for instance, if you prefer your eggs soft scrambled). It also includes a piezo ignition, which is fine as long as you don’t expect that component to last forever (none of them do). The Cascade case is easier to carry thanks to its included handle. Despite having both a larger, 3-burner Camp Chef stove as well as a smaller, isobutane portable stove, our Coleman Classic gets the vast majority of use when we are outdoors.
The top cooking grate is removable to allow full access to the drip tray underneath. There’s a hole to nest the fuel adaptor when storing, creating a recess that may collect food bits over time, but nothing major. Wiping down this model after use is fast, and due to its simple design, there isn’t much attention necessary beyond keeping it clean.
When it’s time to break down the campsite and fit all your gear into a crowded pack, you’ll be relieved to know that the burner and base separate from the propane cylinder for truly compact packing. Rest assured your ultra-portable stove comes with a 3-year limited warranty. The Coleman 5431A700 One-burner Propane Stove is an easy-to-use portable stove that should meet almost any camp cooking need. The PerfectFlow regulator provides consistent cooking performance by producing a steady fuel stream, even in cold weather, high altitudes, or when fuel is low. Equipped with one 10,000 BTU burner, this fully adjustable stove will last for 2.2 hours on high or up to nine hours on low.
Note that the pump cup will need to be coated in Pump Lube before use, found as part # 200K2251. The Triton stove can simmer, but it wants to be a full-blast flame. You’ll have to control the dial sensitively to get it to simmer.
Full blast is the default on this stove — it wants to fry your chicken in record time. The temperature dials are sensitive at the lower end, which means simmering takes a little finesse, but it’s definitely possible.
For the first test, we boil 1 liter of 58°F water in the presence of 2-4 mph of “wind” (as measured by a pocket anemometer) generated by a box fan. For the second test, we boil 1 liter of water in the absence of wind. For the windy test, the Classic boiled water in 6 minutes 15 seconds, and in the wind-less test, it boiled water in 4 minutes 45 seconds.