What is your favorite 2-burner camp stove?

Hello everyone

Jim here. We go car camping from time to time and use a Primus propane stove. I lug along a full-size propane tank as we have other propane accessories we feed from a Primus tree. I am looking to purchase a white gas, alcohol or combo kerosene stove for times when propane gets sluggish due to altitude or chilly mornings. I have a 00 and would love to have a Campingo but alas, they rarely come on the market.

What is your favorite go-to stove for camp trips and why? I was looking at the Preway maybe P4822. Then I was wondering if a small marine stove would fit the bill like Homestrand, Perko or Punker? Budget is maybe $125 and below give or take.

Thanks in advance :-)

Here is a photo from last Thanksgiving up in San Simeon, CA. We roasted a turkey breast in the Dutch Oven.
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Jim

 

any cheap Coleman suitcase (find 'em for $5 or so at thrift stores or flea markets or CL)

willie
on the cheap and easy Gulf of Mexico

 

Totally agree. Coleman 2-burners are wonderful.

Tom

 

Hi,

Toss up between Coleman 413 and 425 models here--I have several of each, varying in age from late-'50s/early-'60s to perhaps mid-'70s. All are Coleman fuel only, not the later Duel Fuel style. The smaller 425 serves me well, while a larger 413 takes its place when a couple of us go out.

My "assortment" represents three variants of tank: the earlier round, copper colored one, the middle style, flatter, red one that fills from one end, and the newer red "safety" tank that fills from the center. I like the middle style best: it's the easiest to fill, empty and rinse out in my experience.

$5 US at yard sales can go a long ways! Sometimes an almost new specimen shows up, but might go up to $10 US.

Rick C

 

lol. looks like I will have to adjust the budget!

 

The Coleman suitcases are right up there, but I've gotta a hankering for Prentiss Wabers suitcases, especially the number 9, and others like it. I can't resist the cast iron burners and brass tanks. There's just something about old iron that I'm attracted to.

The older Colemans had cast iron burners that I really like, like the Coleman 417, 3H, No. 1s and 2s. Of course, it's hard to beat a $5 Coleman 413 or 425, of which I have not a few. If we're talking 3 burner, then any of the 426s are my favorite, but we're not talking 3 burners today.


sam

 

My favorite for general cooking is the lightweight Homestrand Mariner with the Svea 1915 burners running on kerosene. Its a great combination and the 1915 burners are IMHO one of the best burners out there for kero. They have great simmering abilities and awesome high end if needed.

If using a oven, my favorite would have to be the Coleman 3H with cast iron burners because it has the surrounds for wind blocking. Great stove all around!!!

Dan

 

Greetings, All,

Well, I have to fall in line with everyone else, Gents! I love most Coleman 2-burner stoves, except for the newer ones, and could be happy with any of them. Starting the the original Coleman #1, #2, #9, 3H, 413, 425: Any of them would do a great job for the sort of cooking we love to do!!

However, as dday has so wisely stated, the Homestrand stove, with SVEA 1915 burners, is a fantastic performer, super powerful, and yet it also simmers very delicately!! Rig up a nice windscreen for it, and you are off to the races!!

Let us not forget the smaller Optimus 22/22B 2-burner stoves, either, as they are outstanding!

If you want to take about a great Gassie, then without doubt the Tilley Titan stove must advance to the head of the line, and the top of the class!!! Mine was a gift from an old friend here at CCS, and as he knows, I truly love this stove!!!

And, last, but not least, I have to add my old Glenwood Camp Cooker, and it's outstanding Blue Bird oven! Dating around 1922-24, or even a tad earlier, this is one fantastic stove/oven combination, and we love using it!!

So, plenty of excellent 2-burner stoves available for us to use, Gentlemen and Ladies, and one must say that we are all blessed to have so many outstanding 2-burner stoves from which to choose!!! 8) 8) Take care, happy cooking, and God Bless!

Every Good Wish,
Doc

 

G,,day . I will leave dreams like 22B aside .
Coleman 424 suitcase , its a bit more compact than the others that have been available here .
I have had it for 20 ??years , cleaned the generator twice , and it has always been fed unleaded petrol .
no luxury of Coleman Fuel or Shellite for this one .
cheers,
kerry

 

Hi Sam, I was admiring the PW's you posted a few months ago. The #9 sounds/looks good. They probably don't come along often, either, I suspect. I like brass and iron, too! I also remember Doc's posting the Homestrand 1915 burner stove last year(?) maybe. A nice looking versatile stove, for sure.

 

If you like a compact suitcase type stove, the Coleman 4m or 4K is hard to beat. Not sure what the US equilevlents (sp?)are but they are a great and easy to find stove.

My tuppence

Dave

 

I like the larger Colemans, the 413 and the 426, lots of room for cast iron skillets, Dutch ovens and Camp ovens. They are fuel hogs, though...

I still have and use a 425 I received as a gift in 1971, a little worn as I used it to melt hundreds of lbs. of Lead...
Still works ok, just a little....bent.

 

My 2 cents worth - Coleman 4M; Mine is not as pretty but this was my Dad's stove and going to my son in 2 weeks. doing burn tests on the hi-temp paint.



did not start this on the wood deck.

john

 

Perko is no lightweight but gets my vote over a Homestrand, unless the Homestrand has the kero burners



John

 

Oh that is pretty!!!!!

 

I am all in favor of getting a liquid fuel stove to replace a propane stove, but unless you run out of propane (while touring Antartica) it is hard to imagine conditions where propane would not work fine. And, while Colemans are not usually going to win a beauty contest, I agree that they are hard to beat for funky functional inner beauty.

However, around here the prices have gone up for used ones, cheapest I have seen in a year is $7.

 

Coleman 425. Got mine new in about 1972 and have had it ever since. Cooked grub from the Gulf Coast to the Canadian Rockies. Ran it from 25 feet to about 10,000 feet. The stove would probably go higher but I wouldn't.

 

My regular user 413E.

 

My favorite 2 burner by far is the American made Gloria Light OXO Camping Stove owned by now banned Gary aka BernieDawg (a damned shame IMO). Not easy to come by and not easily carried about but you can't beat its flame pattern.

 

that is a bloody beautiful flame pattern
thanks for the photo .
cheers,
kerry