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Outdoor stove / our choice
GearLab recommends the Deluxe for simmering real meals. Its permanent pot supports and controllable burner suit heating simple food; the price includes a separately ordered fuel cartridge.
Use outdoors only, away from doors, windows and vents. Never use in a home, tent, garage or enclosed space: carbon monoxide can kill.
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See at River Deep Mountain High, stove plus separate fuelCleverHiker recommends the PocketRocket 2 for its combination of performance and affordability; GearLab also includes it. It is the lower-cost local set, with a separately ordered fuel cartridge and no built-in igniter.
Rated heat and pot limits: 3.9 kW; maximum loaded pot 20.3 cm wide, 12.7 cm high and 3.6 kg. Outdoor use only.
Stove weight: 73 g bare stove; maker 1 L boil time 3.5 minutes.
Fuel included in price: One separately ordered 450 g MSR IsoPro cartridge. Carbon monoxide hazard: never use in a house, tent, garage or other enclosed space.
Use outdoors only, away from doors, windows and vents. Never use in a home, tent, garage or enclosed space: carbon monoxide can kill.
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See at River Deep Mountain High, stove plus separate fuelGear Institute recommends its stable remote-burner design. It supports larger cookware than the PocketRocket models, useful for a household sharing one pan.
Cookware and equipment: Supports pots up to 25.4 cm diameter; supplied windscreen, heat reflector, canister stand and hose.
Weight: Maker rounds the bare stove to 0.19 kg and packaged equipment to 0.29 kg.
Fuel included in price: One separately ordered 450 g MSR IsoPro cartridge. Outdoor use only: carbon monoxide can kill in a house, tent, garage or other enclosed space.
Use outdoors only, away from doors, windows and vents. Never use in a home, tent, garage or enclosed space: carbon monoxide can kill.
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See at River Deep Mountain High, stove plus separate fuelNone of our choices were in stock when checked on 29 October 2026.
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