Stoves

The space-saving endeavors of outdoor companies has led to a flurry of foldable camp stoves and grills that make backcountry cookups a much more manageable affair, and the newly launched Pacofire lands as one of the most portable yet.

The market for campsite cookers is brimming with stoves of all styles, but with the newly introduced Firebox Freestyle, US outfit Firebox has come to the party with one designed to suit every occasion.

Having graced our pages with all manner of impressive rooftop tents, iKamper has now taken to Kickstarter with a new campground cooking solution that is a standalone wood-fired stove, butane cooker and height-adjustable cast-iron skillet all in one.

A wood fire is a cosy way to warm up, but sadly they have adverse effects on human health and the environment. But a new soot collector device could help reduce particulate emissions by attracting particles with an electric field.

Dutch designer Arnaud Desseyn has graced our pages with a couple of interesting portable stove designs before. The FireTower is his latest creation, featuring a neat rocket stove design that folds flat and slides into a book-sized bag for easy carry.

A new solo stove from Japanese outdoor gear maker Camp Ooparts offers a clever way to stay true to the "leave no trace" ethos, featuring a slide-in bed for the fuel that keeps the whole operation up off the ground.

There are times when less is definitely more, and loading up a backpack for a trek into the wilderness is certainly one of those times. Here's a handful of compact camp stoves that can get you cooking with materials that can be sourced on your arrival.

Founder of Trayvax wallets and Kimbo campers, Mark King, brings together EDC and overland adventure with the Trayvax Ration. Something of a vehicle-adventure mess kit, the Ration packs a single burner and space for food, water and utensils.

Unlike thermoelectric camp stove/chargers that rely on live fire, the new Gen Stove powers up electronics with waste heat from LPG-fired cooking. It provides an easier, more universal solution for cooking and charging simultaneously.

Bringing its lightweight gear expertise to car camping, Swedish gear maker Optimus blurs the lines between car camping and backpacking with its new two-burner Gemini stove. The extra-slim stove carries easily, whether by motor vehicle, bike or foot.

Earlier this year, GSI Outdoors introduced the Pinnacle Pro stove, the thinnest dual-burner car camping stove our eyes have ever landed upon. It has now turned to crowdfunding to get this sleek stove onto campground tabletops everywhere.

The Survival Stove Head tool is a camping accessory that takes the idea of lightweight minimalism to the extreme, with the ability to turn an empty can into a cooker and doubling as a sharp knife to help prepare your kindling for mealtime.