Junk shop find $2.00 better than any toaster I've used before. Unlikely the zip will be go to stove for this but nice to get it running $15.00 per hour running cost, though more if I use Coleman branded fuels. I do like my zip and my Villiers but they are expensive devices to run.
May look out for one of those if you know the make. Bought one of these and can say for the price they work very well, it passed the SWMBO test at least. https://www.outdoorlook.co.uk/highlander-flat-folding-stainless-steel-camping-grill-toaster
Trevor @shagratork, I can't believe I've not fallen across one before now. After years of fighting with the other variations it's light years better, and a very old design at that if my searching is correct.
Sorry dont know the make guessing its a cheap chinese thing but streets ahead of those folding circular ones that make the stove too hot to handle
I have used this round one: To melt bread on winter trips. Works ok on the top of 111. Although I don't keep it on the top of the stove long time as mentioned above it will cause stove to heat up. I also tried Primus folding toaster: That is useless. Bread will be just on the top of the flame and bread is burned by too hot temperature.
The flame is diffused by a fine metal mesh. The heat from the mesh toasts the bread. I have this one. It is similar to the Primus toaster.
Yes there is a steel mesh, but it (/one spot) gets very hot quickly and bread goes black if I just put it on stove top. It works when I hold the toaster in my hand and move it around the flame to get even heating to the mesh and control the absorbed heat by having some distance to the flame. Maybe my impression 'useless' was too strongly formed... That round one doesn't need continuous monitoring. Just put it on stove, put bread slices in, flip them over and wait them to get ready.
Horses for courses I guess. Had no luck with the round thing, the best it did was toast the bottom 1/3 nearest the plate, spent the whole time jiggling bread around. Agree the fold flat isn't perfect, as you point out it neads a little moving about, but I feel it's a small price to pay for the speed of toasting.
Oh yes, if you need nice toasting result bread slices need to be turned on that round toaster. For melting the bread it worked ok. Slices that were frozen I put on sides and slice that will be eaten shortly I raised from the side to the top center of the holding wires to get whole slice warmed up properly. (Slices got slightly toasted not nicely & even toasted as 'the toasting standard' is in UK)
I bought this Primus CampFire Griddle plate. It's the best toaster I've had. It takes a bit longer to heat up but then the heat is distributed evenly over the whole plate. It's expensive though and somewhat slippery underneath. I you burn the bread it can stick a bit but I keep it oiled, just in case.
