stove and cook kit collection

When I was actively backpacking some years ago I used an MSR whisperlite with white gas fuel.

During my hiatus I loaned out some of my equipment.  The whisperlite was lost.  A few years back I bought one of those chinese campsor-9 white gas stoves.   Running a first test with it recently reminded me of the times sitting in camp taking the whisperlite apart to fix clogs, replace seals etc.  And I would smell like gasoline for some days after that.

So I looked on the internet and saw lots of things about alcohol stoves.  I built one, bought a couple.  For now here's what the gear looks like.

Cook kits:

Original MSR Alpine stainless cook set

• 1.5L and 2L pots, lid and aluminum pot grabber
• good for large group cookin
• can dry bake in the 1.5L with just a bit of carbon felt!

Stanley Adventure Cook Set

• fits inside GSI (or copy) stainless cup
• fits inside ikea stainless utensil holder
• dry bake with 2x 1cup stainless measuring cups, carbon felt and 90mm fan guard for stacking

Stoves:

Fancee Feest (carbon felt version)

• potted meat + tomato paste + carbon felt
• very reliable water boiler, impossible to blow out
• narrow stove, goes well with stanley adventure cook set

Alocs trangia knockoff

• simmer ring seems to work well for dry baking (40ml fuel)
• manufacturing seems a bit sloppy (but it still works)

Zelph GOTO venom stove

• larger base for more stability with MSR alpine.
• holds 4oz of fuel for long burn times. 
• stanley adventure fits on it exactly.
• includes simmer ring and windscreen (need to test)
• The inner pot stand ring seems fragile, especially compared to the fancee feast's tomato can.

Amazon orange box canister burner

• Cheap and effective at boiling water
• I dislike the unfillable throwaway canisters.
• fits with 2oz fuel bottle inside the stanley adventure.

Campsor 9 white gas

• Seems to burn just fine
• Nasty white gas smell, high maintenance. heavy.
• not compatible with MSR white gas fuel bottles!!!!!!!!

ikea stainless utensil holder

• useable for wood burning
• integrates easily with stanley adventure cook set, esp with aluminum tent pegs 
• might also try the bean can wind screen/wood burning option

Stove accessories:

Soda can windscreen (as seen on youtube)

• very easy to build
• not difficult to store
• effective on test bench

Alcohol fuel and storage

• dollar tree x2 energy shot 4oz bottles for alcohol fuel
• 20ml plastic measuring cup from robitussin or benedryl bottle