Kelly kettle. Said it before, I'll say it again. If you go into the woods and there's burnable stuff lying around, a Kelly kettle is all you need. You can cook with it so easy as well. If you go into the woods or out on the hills and there's nothing left to burn, then we're all bloody f@çk#d in which case there'll be no point going camping.
Which size do you prefer? I ended up getting a Base Camp (the biggest) because they're all shockingly large for the amount of water they hold so I figured may as well max out. The Trekker (smallest) is only slightly more packable but only holds 20 oz (18 usable) about the same as an Olicamp cup. The Base Camp holds 54 oz (52 usable) so I figure that's enough for a cup of coffee, a rehydrated meal, a few ounces to wash out the cook pot, and still almost a quart left to fill a container for drinking later in the hike.
But wait.... There is still life left in the gas pressure stove due to the new phenomenon called OVERLANDING. When people want to go deep into the woods for a week in a lifted Toyota the gas canisters become a problem. This sport is growing and Coleman Suitcase stoves are seeing a lot of love. It won;t radically change the future as discussed here but i think it buys the GP stove a few more years.
IMO, liquid fuel stoves aren't going anywhere for a few reasons: 1) Canister stoves are not great in below-freezing weather. 2) Lots of people have purchased canister stoves over the years only to see them go out of production, the canisters stop being available, and their purchase turn into a paper weight. 3) Assuming your liquid fuel stove is a multi fuel model, you'll be able to find something that'll burn in it anywhere, but canisters aren't available everywhere. 4) On an extended hike where more than one canister will be needed, the weight/space advantage disappears.
@Rich_S I'm actually not sure which size but it's their standard size I believe. If you have enough fuel around they're great to use and pretty fast too. I've made myself brackets that fit to the base section which allow me to use a pan as well, so if push came to shove and all my liquid fuel stoves became redundent museum pieces, the Kelly Kettle could take over cooking and tea/coffee duties.
