REDCAMP Mini Alcohol Stove for Backpacking, Lightweight Brass Spirit Burner with Aluminium Stand for Camping Hiking

I have been using the Trangia for a bit. Bought this mostly for the stand. I ran a head to head with the Trangia and RedCamp using this stand...The Trangia does bloom a lot faster and burn slightly hotter. Trangia has interior wicking.The RedCamp burns a lot longer with the same amount of fuel. Even taking into consideration the longer bloom time. Using 1oz of Heet/yellow bottle and taking in consideration the longer bloom time, The RedCamp burned 4 minutes longer than the Trangia.Trangia boiled 2 cups of water in about 6 minutes.RedCamp boiled 2 cups of water in about 7 minutes.The best configuration for boiling water is to simply set the stand on top of the burner. Top of the burner sticks thru the bottom of the stand. That's what you want for boiling water. Trust me.For cooking...I got the best temp without the simmer ring by setting the burner all the way down inside the stand. Past the "fingers" that stick up. Putting the burner all the way down will give you about the same temp in the pan as medium heat on a stove. Perfect for me. Using the fingers that are built into the stand raise the burner to close to the pot. Resulting in long boil times.Trangia is for sure a quality product. But also is this RedCamp stove and stand.If you can over look the longer bloom time, this is the stove you want. More fuel efficient than the Trangia. Better simmer/snuffer ring. Stand is sturdy and very light weight. I will be buying another one of these RedCamps.

I've bought and also made several alcohol / spirit stoves over the years, from simple cat food can ones, to more elaborate "penny stoves" using Heineken cans, all home made.I also have a few commercially made ones based off of this Trangia style design, and this one ranks up there with being one of the better ones, I'd say second best - only compared to the original Trangia.What I really like about this one, is the pot stand / support piece. This is simply brilliant, and a well planned out multi-position thing. Even if I end up not liking the stove, the stand itself will be something I'll keep, it's just genius.The only downside that I can initially see, is that there is no wicking material in the stove, as has been mentioned. Perhaps a cost-cutting measure, or the manufacturer just thought it wasn't needed, how that effects burn time remains to be seen, and I'll have a better idea after more testing.For the price, it is a decent little stove - it works great with Yellow Bottle Heet (found at any auto parts store) which is what I usually test these style of burners with.

This is a close copy of the long-proven Trangia spirit burner, at a lower price, and with the pot-supporting base added. I bought this instead of the Trangia to save money while I was testing if I would like an alcohol stove, compared to a twig or gas stove.These spirit burners are simple to use, and put out the least heat of any type of stove I tried. I am using denatured alcohol. It took 8-12 minutes to boil a half liter of water in tests, slower when windier. That is too long for me to wait for coffee while hiking or car-camping and I can afford to carry more weight to have more essential coffee faster. These would be better for patient people where carrying size and weight are the most important: long distance, weary backpackers. I am a day hiker and car camper.The stove burned very simply some denatured alcohol I had stored for 15 years. It is easy to light, easy to put out. It seems pretty safe if you are careful; no rookie burns in my case. As with a gas stove, there is no residue - every bit of fuel vaporizes and burns or wafts away. Unlike a gas stove there is no hazardous container to get rid of for the fuel. You can carry some of your fuel inside the stove itself with its solid top. The Trangia invention is a very thoughtful one within its design limitations.Rating lower than 5 stars because the Redcamp is a copy, and because the low heat output at this small size made me prefer both gas and small wood stoves after learning/testing. In my uses the larger size and weight of stove and fuel are OK tradeoffs to have coffee faster, or a frypan meal.

This stove is a great value. It’s compact, well built, and works fine. Testing it in my kitchen using HEET (99% methyl alcohol), it boiled a pint of water in about 12 minutes after lighting (11 minutes using a homemade windshield that concentrates the heat on the pot). I was able to make a delicious bacon and egg breakfast in 19 minutes, about the same time it would take on y electric kitchen range. I’ve had no leakage problems. The O-ring between the stove and lid seals really well, and I get a nice blue flame that blooms in about 90 seconds. BTW, if f you are getting a yellow flame in an alcohol stove, something is wrong.

At this price, I wasn’t expecting too much, but I was really impressed with this stove.Pros:Compact, well constructed, looks like it’s made of plated copperClean burning, low odor, very little soot build-up on pot surfaceLots of features: screw top o-ring sealing lid, flame snuffer, pot holder stand, storage bagUses alcohol- available anywhereVery wind resistantCons:Not as fast as other fuel stovesBurn test:Fuel used: Denatured Alcohol ( from hardware store)Amount: filled stove to about ½ inch from bottomIgnition: Lit stove with a Zippo lighter. Ignites almost immediately with a faint “pop”. Stove takes about a minute to heat up, vaporizing the fuel and producing a visible flame. Unit is now ready to useI then placed 2 cups of water in a covered pot and started timer. Water reached about 200 degrees in approximately 10 minutes.Extinguished flame with the snuffer. There was about ⅛ inch of fuel still left in the chamber.