While alcohol stoves have fallen out of popularity, there are several reasons why you still might want to consider one for your kit. Not only are these stoves often lighter than a more traditional ...

These tiny Triangia alcohol camp stoves are nothing new, but in the interest of using only the lighest of ultralight materials for backpacking, they’re about the most featherweight version of the ...

I made my first backpacking stove in my college girlfriend's backyard with a hole punch and a can of Fancy Feast. After emptying the cat food in the trash (she didn't have a cat, and I was a dirtbag ...

Core Polar is a micro alcohol camping stove constructed from titanium and designed to be small enough to fit in your pocket, yet tough enough to be dependable and provide a high performance ultra ...

One empty can of beer or soda, denatured alcohol, one fire-starter (matches, or a lighter), one pocket knife. Optional: scissors 1 Empty the can (you know how). Cut around the inside rim to remove the ...

“Choice overload” refers to the difficulty in making consumer decisions given the myriad options available to us — think grocery stores, your wardrobe, Netflix. It means that in those sacred and ...

Camping stoves allow you to prepare hot food while out in the woods. It’s a lot safer than building a campfire and holding pots and pans over it, and it allows you to control the temperature in which ...

Control over fire meant everything to human evolution. The blaze provided warmth in freezing nighttime temperatures, allowing early hominids to spread to subtropical regions.

They are? Maybe that’s an East Coast thing alcohol stoves would be a novelty out here on the West Coast. But I know they’re popular in Europe. As with most things, there are pros and cons to going ...

When was the last time anyone got excited about a camping stove? Yet, people are talking about the BioLite CampStove. It can cleanly cook with wood while charging your gadgets. How’s it perform in the ...