Kayoba Stove

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The stove is a must if you want to eat a real meal outdoors. So, with all the alternatives, what should I choose?

What I've looked at

Liquid stoves

Trangia

This is what I was raised with. A good old trangia kitchen running on chemically clean alcohol. The downside being that it gets messy. You have to carry a bottle of fuel and it is a bit hard to re-fuel if needed.

Canister stoves

MSR Windburner/Windboiler

A little on the expensive side, but fully integrated system that is according to other articles on the internet very fuel economic.

MSR PocketRocket 2

The one I went to buy, but it wasn't in.

Biltema Friluftskök, 1,4 kW

A cheap system

Kayoba Stove 2,9 kW

A cheap system with piezo lighter.

What we ended up buying

Some years ago I bought a cheap Trangia clone. But now it is missing the extra ring used to control the flame I decided to go for a canister kitchen instead.
Went to the store to buy the MSR PocketRocket 2, but the website falsely said that they had it in the store. So instead I went to another store and bought a cheap stove just to get by. Kayoba Stove is what we got.

First impressions - Kayoba Stove

Easy to use piezo lighter got the stove started in no time even if it was a little windy
Water boiled in a couple of minutes, could have been faster I guess. Cooking was easy, both boiling and using a frying pan
Next morning the coffee was done in minutes.

Everything fit into the existing trangia clones cooking pot including the canister. Using the frying pan to secure everything in.

Total weight with the stove, pots and frying pan is less then the liquid fuel bottle only for the old trangia.
So far I do not regret going for a canister stove.


Disclaimer
I bought this product myself and this is my opinion on them. I am in no way affiliated with the manufacturer of this product. Neither did I get paid to link to any site that is mentioned in this post.