Thread: What camp stove?

I have my Coleman dual fuel for 15yrs now. It had a hard life and is still going strong.

The big advantage is ha you can fill it up at every petrol station just with normal unleaded.

Cheers,
Daniel

Originally Posted by rusty1972

Looking to update camp stove. Any recommendations. Thinking about the coleman dual fuel. Or do i stick to gas? Any thoughts

I have an original coleman (1973) 2 burner that runs on various fuels-depending on how often i want to clean the burners...... I updated it by buying a coleman bbq plate. Very happy and easy to use... Like the fact that it is light and cooks whatever we need... Whether its a quick boil up or fry up.... Suits us as i dont want/like carrying a gas bottle in/on the Disco.... James

+1 for the coleman dual fuel... i would not use anything else now i have it for a few years. Also love the dual fuel lantern

Cheers

no longer carry lpg ...just a small (5L) jerrycan of shellite... which I use for the dual burner Coleman.

also take a Kelly Kettle (everywhere) which if I'm on my pat, usually doubles as the food cookeruppera...

I bought a used 2-burner Coleman Dual Fuel stove a couple of years ago.
I'd been on a winter trip to the high country and it took about 20 mins to cook a few rashers of bacon using a gas bottle and small 2-burner stove, so as soon as I got back I bought the Coleman.

They do take a slight bit more technique to get started than just turning the valve on a gas bottle, but they put out a lot more heat than a small gas burner. As others have said, fuel is easy to obtain and carry, and I like that you always know how much is left (which is difficult to do by eyeball/feel with a gas bottle).

I love cooking with gas at home and in the caravan, but when we've just got the 110 we take the Coleman.

Steve

I'll go agains the popular consensus here, I have a hill billy set up. It's a low pressure gas system and is surprising efficient compared to high pressure gas.
I have to admit it can be bulky depending on your set up, and even heavy, but it's is a burner, a fry pan, and a camp oven that runs on gas, or coals from a fire. Made from spun steel it doesn't crack, and cast iron burners don't block no matter what you do to them.
To be honest it's a bit of a hill billy thing to use, but we haven't bugged one dish in the oven, from cakes to keish. The fry pan is big and produces that BBQ taste effortlessly.

we like it

Looked at the dual fuel but wasn't keen on burning petrol under my food. Probably should have looked harder based on opinions above. Ended up with a 3 burner gas stove which we use in conjunction with a butane burner. Whatever you buy check the BTU on the burners before you purchase. The elcheapo gas stoves struggle to put out 5000BTU which makes a long wait for a cuppa in the morning.

And another for the Coleman Dual Fuel 2 burner. Bought after starting to camp in the high country in winter. Puts out seriously impressive heat when wound right up regardless of the weather. Have gone to only using shellite - it seems to burn hotter and cleaner than petrol, giving greater mileage (cookage?) but petrol's certainly no slouch and is always the back up option.

Downside is that it's a bit of effort to set up for a quick cuppa while on the road and I've bought one of those single burner pocket stove/gaz things for that purpose.