You can leave your dehydrated, salty, and unsatisfying meals at home—today’s camping stoves bring a whole new level of gourmet to your car camping and basecamping adventures. With a modern, quality design you can expect consistent fuel output, strong flames, and superior simmer controls. Camping stove sizes vary from small tabletop models to freestanding behemoths for large groups. For first-timers or those desiring some background information, it’s worth checking out our comparison table and buying advice while narrowing your search. If you are looking for lighter and smaller options more in-line with backpacking, see our article on the best backpacking stoves. Colman’s Triton stove offers impressive cooking power and reliability at a very competitive sub-$100 price.
Built well with solid materials, this stove doesn’t need to be delicately handled. This is the Genuine Manufacturer Sourced replacement check valve that is designed for specific Coleman Lanterns and Stoves. The check valve and air stem are both made of brass and come together when ordered.
When disposing of your bottle, be sure that you’ve completely emptied the tank of all of its remaining gas. Attaching a tank to an open valve on your stove will burn off the final fractions of fuel, but be aware that the last bits of fuel and vapor leave the canister at a remarkably slow rate. Always keep the valve open—even after the flames have sputtered—for about a minute or two to ensure that any final vapor has escaped.
If conserving fuel (and saving money!) matters more than a quick boil time, this could be an ideal stove for you. Each time, we packed the camp stoves in their original boxes for shipping. This test wasn’t perfect, but the rough rides
in the back of a mail truck revealed weaknesses in the Everest’s design. There are numerous factors to consider when you’re shopping for a camping stove. Choose this based on the type of camping and camp cooking you’re going to do.
In the context of camping, it serves as a standard for determining the performance potential of a gas stove. While BTUs shouldn’t be looked at as the sole indicator of power—cooking surface area can impact the flame’s actual intensity—it’s a great way of comparing stoves overall. If you’re used to a 10,000-BTU
burner and are eyeing a 20,000-BTU-per-burner model like the Camp Chef Everest 2X, we can guarantee you that the difference will be noticeable. Two burners are sufficient for most campers, but aspiring camp chefs or those who typically head out with larger groups might want to step up to a three-burner stove.
Good simmer performance isn’t something typically found on a spec sheet, but a high-end model will typically perform better in these conditions. Moreover, having a good windscreen will help keep the flame lit if you’re running the heat on low. The Camp Chef Everest and Eureka Ignite Plus have excellent simmer control, while budget stoves like the Coleman Classic struggle. Spending up will increase your chances of mastering that complex backcountry meal.
For example, we like the Eureka Ignite Plus because it features a wide 23-inch cooking surface that can accommodate medium to large pots side by side. Smaller units, like the Coleman Triton, can only fit two 10-inch pans. If you regularly use larger pots or pans, it’s worth digging into this spec closely before making a purchase (most manufacturers and retails will publish the dimensions). Alternatively, if your stove will be your first purchase, make sure the cookware you buy will fit on your unit’s cook surface. For one, a stronger flame will allow you to cook more food faster—you can trim minutes off your time when boiling a large pot of water.
And it offers way more heat output (40,000 Btu, versus the Coleman Classic’s 20,000 Btu). As a result, Camp Chef assumes that you’re not running 1-pound propane bottles with a stove like this and defaults to a hose for a larger propane tank. The width of camping stoves varies significantly and can have an impact on what types of cookware you can use.
The propane stove regulator replacement parts is made of 100% solid brass fitting, make sure air tight connection and leak-free and provide excellent sense to you. This warranty applies only to the original purchaser and does not extend to any subsequent owner(s). I used this stove once with a dwindling (less than half-full) canister of fuel and then once again with a full canister.