Stove Accessories

Featured review by BigRed

A straightforward tool for bleeding and puncturing gas canisters for safe disposal.

I try to completely use up and properly dispose of every gas canister that I purchase, but since they are not allowed on planes even in checked luggage, I have sometimes had to figure out what to do with a partially used canister before taking a flight home. I am not the only one. At resupply points on the JMT in 2014 and at hostels and huts on our recent visit in Iceland, we came across stashes of partially used gas canisters, presumably left with the good intention that others could use them up.

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Reviewed by Sheila Bergin Goss

This MSR LowDown Remote Stove Adapter is designed for use with MSR canister stoves, as a means to increase the safe use of stoves by removing the need to reach under a pot to adjust flame control, to facilitate fine adjustment on temperature control for cooking, and to allow the safe use of such stoves with larger pots and on uneven surfaces. Essentially, the adapter allows the stove to be controlled from a remote controller, mounted on the fuel canister. The adapter is new for spring 2022, and I obtained one packaged as a "sample" for testing from Trailspace. After giving the adapter quite a few uses in various conditions, I confidently recommend it for any campers looking to improve the stability, safety, and versatility of their MSR canister stoves.

Introduction I have owned the MSR PocketRocket and PocketRocket 2 stoves for many years and they are my go-to stoves on my frequent canoe camping and front country camping trips. I use them on solo trips, and with family groups of 3-4, primarily for boiling water and hot liquids in small pots. However, over the past two or three years, I have started to use larger pots and pans (such as Sea to Summit X-Pots and X-Pans) to diversify my camp cooking options. I cannot fault the stoves’ reliable performance, but it can sometimes be problematic to use the small canister stove on uneven terrain, or with the larger pots.

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Reviewed by Vladimir Gorbunov

Foldable titanium stove base—an incredibly useful addition to a legged Primus stove. Greatly improves stability on uneven surface, and especially on snow and sand. Makes cooking safer on dry/flammable surfaces.

I've been using several Primus multifuel stoves for many years. While the bottom heat shield (made of thick aluminum foil) is always included into the stove package, it's quite a bit weak and has limited lifespan. So I was interested in more substantial stove base since the beginning of time. Cooking on wet footprint with rather unstable snow underneath A few years ago Primus started producing a special stove base—StovePaw—for their 3-legged stoves. It's foldable and made of titanium (weight is 55 g / 2 oz.), so I couldn't resist this temptation! By the time of writing this, I've been using the StovePaw for two years in row, and it still looks like new.

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Featured review by Cadenza

The GigaPower stove is awesome all by itself. This screen just makes it even more efficient. It takes up very little volume in a pack as it rides flat under my cook pot.

I have used and loved my GigaPower stove for several years without the screen. Last year my camping buddy gave me the screen as a birthday present. As other reviewers have stated, there is a minor fiddle factor to install. The legs have to be adjusted just right to put the screen in place, not quite fully open, but almost. Once in place the legs are opened up completely and the screen stays in place. Unlike other reviewers, I have not had any issue with the Piezo electronic ignition while using the screen.

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Featured review by StoicFabian

A lightweight, versatile, and inexpensive windshield for canister stoves that also works with spirit stoves. It increases stove efficiency and reduces gas consumption. Won’t fit all models/types of canister stoves and cooking pot sizes, though.

After many many years using my Lixada Titanium spirit stove (Trangia-style) for cooking meals and boiling water in the backcountry, I’m back to canister stoves. My older ”generic” stove stoped working, perhaps from staying stored without use for too long. Early this year when shopping for a new one, I found about the Optimus Clip-On Windshield. It seemed like a good idea, but upon checking its dimensions, I noticed it wouldn’t work with all models of stoves (more on that later).  I ended up opting for the Soto Amicus, which fit nicely with the Optimus windscreen and was the model/brand I was eyeing from the beginning anyway.    Canister Stoves and Wind Protectors.  Canister stoves are susceptible to wind.

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Reviewed by DLK37086

This is one of those pieces of gear that you just take for granted. You get so used to it always being there, quietly doing its job, that you just forget about it and never think about NOT having it. It's a constant. It says a lot about gear that is so simple and reliable, that you just don't even think about it. If you aren't using one of these, then I recommend you get one. They're everywhere, and they're cheap, so there's no reason not to have one!

Way back in 2009, when I started looking at getting into hiking and backpacking (as a civilian sport, rather than as grueling punishment), I came across something I had never seen before. Something that I thought was the coolest invention ever—the Jetboil PCS. I did some research, and price shopping, and... between my daughter and I, and one (1) I purchased for a friend/hiking partner, I ended up buying three (3) of them! Two (2) of them were sets—the "Backcountry Gourmet Bundle" (or something like that), that included: the PCS, pot support, canister stabilizer, fry pan, and utensil set.

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Reviewed by BigRed

Inexpensive and lightweight GICD prevention for canister top stove users.

“If you push something hard enough, it will fall over” — Fudd's First Law of Opposition (from the Firesign Theater comedy album “I Think We’re All Bozos on This Bus”) Mathematics tells us that when you put a heavy object on top of a tall support with a relatively narrow base, well, it will fall over. For example, let’s say you’re boiling up some pasta on your fancy canister top stove system (i.e. MSR Windburner or one of the various Jetboil models) or maybe a pocket size canister top stove (i.e.

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Featured review by Twig

The Jetboil Pot Support is a useful accessory that adapts a Jetboil stove for a full range of cooking options using various pots and pans. When combined with the excellent simmering ability of the MiniMo, the pot support makes it possible to cook a variety of foods, from frying a pound of bacon to boiling a large pot of rice.

The Jetboil Pot Support is a simple, must-have accessory if you wish to really utilize the Jetboil MiniMo stove’s full cooking range. The support adapts a Jetboil stove (PCS, Zip, Flash, Sol, and MiniMo) so that it can be used with regular pots and pans. Additionally, the package comes with a canister Stabilizer (orange fold-out tripod). This piece also comes with most newer Jetboil systems, so if you buy this accessory, you'll end up with a spare. (support with tines folded out) The pot support is a pretty solid and simple design, made of stainless steel.It weighs 1.2 oz.

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Featured review by Second Gear

The grill is a great feature of the Biolite CampStove. It's simple to use once one has learned how to maximize the way the grill works and heats. The grill makes a great base camp/tailgating/car camping grill.

The grill is specifically designed to be used with the BioLite CampStove. Once the stove is operating and hot, the grill is a cinch to use. Just place the grill on the stove properly, allow to heat, and grill away. BioLite says that the grill has three zones — high, medium, and low, and that it will hold up to four hamburgers and six hotdogs. The trick is learning how to use those zones to your advantage. This grill is not like a typical grill surface that has relatively even heating beneath.

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Reviewed by Bentbrook

Small and admirably compact, the Vargo Titanium BiFold Grill is designed for backpackers who want a lightweight grill option for backcountry use. A bit pricey and a little finicky to use, the 60-square-inch grill nevertheless serves its purpose well for solo or perhaps even light two-person use. It is recommended for those willing to put up with some minor annoyances for the sake of adding grill options to their wilderness cooking.

When it comes to food, I tend to go with whatever I’m craving on a given trip. That can be as simple as a dehydrated or freeze-dried meal in a pouch, or it can be as complicated as almost anything I might cook in my home kitchen. There are places I venture that allow campfires in established fire rings, ideally where it's possible to exercise LNT best practices for fire use (always check camping/wilderness regulations on fire use before leaving on a trip). Inevitably, my most indulgent backcountry feasts all begin with a grill over a bed of coals: there is something that speaks to me about the allure of woodsmoke and embers in wilderness air and the rising scent of savory food wafting up from the sizzling grill.

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