Variations
- Standard
- The classic ultra-lightweight backpacking stove. Designed for one person, lighter than commercial models of the same design
- Inverted two-piece
- Smaller and lighter than the standard version; difficult to fill
- Side-burner
- Doubles as its own pot stand (holes are in the side). A tight-fitting pot can increase fuel pressure
- Pressurized
- A more powerful version, but heavier and more difficult to make. The stove is sealed with a thumbscrew after filling with fuel; this allows the stove to control the rate of heat output. An additional base is used to hold fuel for preheating
- Back-Pressured
- Back-pressured stoves simplify the pressurized design by eliminating the thumbscrew and the base needed for preheating, while still controlling the rate of energy output
- Insulated
- A variation on the standard design, with an inner wall and insulated with fiberglass
- Other
- Numerous designs in use
- Multiple-unit
- When cooking for a larger number of people, nothing prevents the use of more than one unit under the same pot; if each member of team of three or a multiple of three carries one nearly identical stove, a stable setup may be made of three (and only three) stoves for group cooking because three legs support one shared pot or pan tripod style; a team of six might fry eggs while boiling oatmeal, for instance
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