Compact collapsible camping stove
- Buyers Initiative
- Nov 27, 2022
- 2 min read
This is the TOM SHOO Camping Stove Camp Wood Stove Portable Foldable Stainless Steel Burning Backpacking Stove.
While planning for a week-long canoe trip, we needed to find camping gear that was light and compact. This camping stove is certainly that.
When delivered it was nicely packaged in its own mesh bag, which was no wider than six inches and less than five inches tall.
This camping stove has a dual fuel design; which can be wood/twig fuel or solid alcohol fuel sources. Each fuel source requires a different configuration when you stack the stove sections.
With clear instructions, setup is easy as everything stacks into place. We used small pre-chopped 3-inch pieces of wood and kindling, instead of using forest-sourced wood.
In the wood fuel configuration, the flame gets pretty high and you do need to monitor the flame for wood fuel to keep it consistently hot. This arrangement will bring water to a rolling boil fairly quickly.
In the solid alcohol fuel configuration, the flame burns slower and lower. The fuel will run out before bringing water to a rolling boil.
In the solid alcohol configuration, the small fuel tray sits just below the pot support/grill.
In the wood fuel configuration, the solid alcohol fuel tray sits at the bottom to catch hot ash as the wood burns.
Use caution when using the stove in the wood fuel configuration on top of a wood picnic table. If it wasn't for a precautionary measure of placing tin foil on top of scrap wood before setting up the stove, I would have damaged the table. I found out later the heat from the ash left a deep burn on the scrap wood.
Overall experience
This is an affordable solution when you need a simple fuel camping stove. Easy to use and carry. Don't expect it to stay shiny for long, it will tarnish during the first use. Your pots and pans will get black soot on the exterior surface, which is normal when cooking over a fire. I would buy this again.
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