2024 the best stove review
Price: $10.99 - $7.35
(as of Dec 18, 2024 00:32:08 UTC - Details)
Package Dimensions | 3.46 x 2.17 x 1.69 inches |
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Item Weight | 3.52 ounces |
Manufacturer | AOTU |
ASIN | B07NJYV3NP |
Customer Reviews |
4.5 out of 5 stars |
Best Sellers Rank | #2,218 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors) #3 in Camping Stoves |
Date First Available | May 15, 2019 |
Warranty & Support
1x Small stove
1x Orange box
Fire plate specification: 9.5*9.5CM
Packing specification: 4x5x8Cm
Rated rate: 3000w
Weight: 110g (ultra light)
1. the burner base is an integrated high-bright aluminum alloy, light weight, high strength; honeycomb high-temperature aluminum alloy windproof net, polyethylene flame increases oxygen circulation, improve combustion utilization. The furnace body is made of refined aluminum alloy, which is resistant to high temperature, rust and radiation. Repeated outdoor use is not a concern for air and rain, and is durable. Four-dimensional support
2.Flame control: Adjustable control valve for fast maximum heat output all the way down to a simmer quickly and efficiently,Rated rate: 3000w.
3. Fire board specifications: 9.5 * 9.5CM (suitable for setting a 20CM diameter basin, suitable for 1~3 people),Compatible with any 7/16 thread single butane/butane-propane mixed fuel canisters (EN 417). does NOT fit into propane canisters.
4. Packing specification: 4x5x8Cm, light and small, easy to carry, with plastic box, easy to store, available anywhere. Go camping with friends, go hiking, fishing, and after swimming, use the hot food on the stove to make the food more delicious. It is healthy and safe after heating, which can better relieve the feeling of fatigue.
5. 100% satisfaction guarantee: The camping stove has a 100% satisfaction guarantee. We are committed to solving any product/service issues and are committed to providing all buyers with a five-star experience. Please rest assured to buy! Click the "Add to cart now button". Consider getting two-one for you and one for your best friend.
Reviewer: Travis K.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Excellent stove for the $
Review: For the cost of a latte, it's an excellent little stove. Compact, lightweight, and it's worked flawlessly for me.5/5 starsWould buy again
Reviewer: Ken Wallace
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Still going strong after almost 3 years!
Review: This stove continues to perform brilliantly. It starts on one or two clicks of the igniter every time, even when itâs cold and windy. Itâs lightweight, dependable, and fits in my pot with my fuel canister (I wrap it in a handkerchief to prevent it from clanging around). Five stars. Would definitely recommend to a friend.
Reviewer: Woods-Woman
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Makes great scrambled eggs.
Review: The foldable stove comes in a plastic box about the size of two decks of cards stacked on top of each other. Fits well in my day pack. It quickly ignites with the piezo ignition button pressed firmly. Cooked three scrambled eggs quickly without burning them. Flame height is adjustable. I wouldn't say it was a loud stove. Bought it to boil creek water for sterilization, but it cooks food thoroughly when using thin walled cooking gear. Heavy skillet or cast iron is too thick or heavy for this little stove.
Reviewer: George Billetdoux
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Good extra piece.
Review: Good quality. Very small. Works very good. I got this for extra boiling capability.
Reviewer: G Money
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Small and mighty
Review: This is an amazing stove. Very well built. The built in igniter is a game changer.
Reviewer: Lectrichead
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great little backpack stove, super hot and super fast to hear
Review: The first thing I noticed when opening three packaging is how very tiny the plastic orange box is that the stove is stored in. The box has a lid that fits into the bottom section fairly snuggly, with the stove folded up nicely inside.The stove itself doesnât look cheap and feels substantial. It is folded up inside this plastic box with a total weight of about 3.52 ounces or about 100 grams.The arms that hold your cooking pan or cup or whatever you are heating fold out, each one has a little tab on it for easier opening and so you just pull each arm out in turn and they will stop at their designated positions via a system of tabs along the bottom. Each one is at 90 degrees to the previous one and when they fold out you have four arms to hold your cooking pan or cup. On the end of the top of each of the arms are little fold-out extended âfingersâ that further give the pot or cup stability.The span of these arms is suited for a small pot or pan or cup, not that you couldnât put a big pot on there but it would be pretty precariously balanced. My thought is that if youâre out camping and you need to heat a bigger pot, then you could put the pot on some stones where it was safer or not liable to tip off and then put the stove in the middle of the stones instead of putting the large pan and balancing it on the four small arms themselves. I also think you could create something out of some foldable wires or something like that, maybe similar to the pot holder I made for my alcohol stove. Or sling your pot over it on some sort of system to hold it suspended, any number of ways could be deployed for this. Itâs something Iâll probably give a try.I had a slight issue with one of the arms; the last one to fold out would not go completely into a perfect position. It was only maybe ten degrees or less out of sync with the others and likely would not have affected the stability of the pot or cup being heated very much. But it kind of annoyed me that it would not go completely into place.A quick look at it and I could see the problem â the tab that is supposed to stop that leg at a particular position was misaligned or miss-manufactured.A tiny adjustment with a pair of mini needlenose pliers was able to fix it perfectly. So a bit of an issue there but easily fixed.On the side is an igniter with a red push button, even though the stove is quite small the igniter button is far enough away from anything that is going to be hot or ignite to be fairly safe from burning your fingers when igniting it.On the side is a stiff U-shaped wire that folds out from where it is clipped in onto the tab on the last leg to fold out. This is the adjustment for the fuel/flame/heat level.On the bottom is the part â what I think is called a lindal valve â which screws into the butane tank, with an o-ring around it. I donât think this o-ring has much of a chance of falling off as it is seated quite well, but you definitely would not want to lose this o-ring or it wouldnât work. It seems to be on well and after a little messing with it when I got the stove couldnât produce any chance of it falling off without really tugging at it.The tank screws in easily and securely, up against that o-ring.The construction isnât titanium or anything like that which some of the higher-end ones are made up of, but it does look really nice quality despite the modest price. Itâs made of aluminum, with a honeycombed burner.The size of the plastic box it comes in is around 3.2 inches (8.3 cm) by 2.2 inches (5.5 cm) by 1.5 inches (3.8 cm), the stove itself (when folded up) is slightly smaller (obviously than the box) so I wonât duplicate the measurements here. Unfolded, the stove is around just over 2.5 inches (6.4 cm) wide and with the tips of the arms deployed about 3.5 inches (8.8 cm).The stove also has a 100% satisfaction guarantee from the company, which is kinda nice.After having this stove for a while I have not found anything that is bent or wearing out or anything like that. There is some discoloration around the parts of it that get really hot, but this kind of seems like it should be expected. I did put a little lube on some of the parts of the stove that move. This seemed to make opening up the arms a little easier, not that it was any big deal beforehand.I donât know what the BTUâs are for this, but the specs mention that it generates 3000 watts at max, a rough estimation maybe make it around 10,000 BTU or so. For reference, most burners on kitchen stovetops range from 7,000 to 11,000 BTUs, and some of the much higher-end mini camping stoves that are nearly identical or very or somewhat similar to this by the best manufacturers have ratings of around 9,000 to 10,000 BTU so likely thatâs about what this can generate. Which is pretty mind-blowing for something that costs so little and is so tiny.So to start it â you turn the adjustment for the fuel, until you hear the gas hissing.Then press the igniter, maybe a couple times, maybe just once â depending on how much you have turned up the fuel adjustment.I found that for the quickest ignition, I needed to turn the adjustment up a fair amount for the initial ignition, having it very low made it harder to start. Once ignited I turned it down to what I needed to for whatever I was heating.At high adjustment, it produces a heck of a flame (but usually invisible) and lots of heat, so if you want to heat something fast you certainly can just crank it up, light it and then stick your pot or cup right on. There is no initial warm-up time with this, as I had found that the alcohol stove needed.Of course at any heat setting you want to keep your hands and other things away from it, whether you are using a lot of flame or a small amount, because it will be hot no matter what level you have it adjusted to.This brings me to a very important thing to mention here â the flame is pretty much invisible, especially in bright sunlight. So be very aware of this and very careful. Hereâs a night shot so you can see the flame.Night shotThe nice thing is that you can hear this running, it is not completely silent like the alcohol stove, and makes a good hissing noise so you know that it is running. I suppose some people might not like this, itâs not loud per se but it is definitely not silent.For my first test, I ran the flame at a fairly medium-low heat, with the water I used having come from an insulated mug with water that had been chilled in the refrigeratorâs water filter system a short time before, and it was a warm day at the beach. It started to boil at around 3:30 minutes for a good rolling boil that almost popped the cover off the water pot. This was much much faster than the alcohol stove I have been using.This was water for coffee for my wife, who likes her coffee very hot. Unfortunately â and totally my own fault and not the stoveâs â I had positioned the tank and stove on top of a bit of sand that was not fully level, and as I was taking the hot pot off I slipped it off the supporting arms before I had a good grip on it and spilled the water. Again, my fault but it does require awareness that the arms arenât awfully large in contact points. I havenât had any issues since then in this aspect, being more aware of it I suppose.The second cup boiled much faster as I had turned the heat up a bit, and so after only a few minutes it was ready. I didnât even time it this time.For my own cup of water â I like my coffee not so hot â so it took barely a few minutes and the third cup was ready for me.I did find that at high heat, on a hot summer day with no wind and such; I needed to use a pot holder to adjust the little heat adjustment on the side as it was pretty warm near the stove. I had a hard time getting my hand too close to it, but other times I have used the stove I did not find it too hot to get my fingers on the adjustment part.I tried windscreen for small stoves with this but the amount of heat this stove generates makes using the windscreen impossible as there is no way to reach down to change the heat adjustment with the windscreen around it, due to the closeness and heat. But in general the windscreen didnât really reach up far enough to totally enclose this stove, as it sits much higher than the alcohol one. The issue is moot anyway, as the higher heat of this stove allows it to run and run at a good efficiency even in higher wind â I have used it a number of times under various conditions and donât find that I need the windscreen for it, though it does work more efficiently when there is something for a bit of a wind obstruction though it is not necessary it seems. So positioning it away from the wind does allow it to heat fast, but I have used it in wind high enough to make it sputter and it still heated just fine. You could even use this sucker in the rain and snow, I think. Something for me to try at a later time.When boiling water or other liquids you can really crank it up, but if youâre cooking anything more solid like food then you really really have to keep the heat backed down. Very important here, itâs easy to overestimate how much heat the burner is producing and burn more solid foods. In fact it may seem like you have the heat turned down too much but it will very quickly get your pan hot and it is easy to burn something if you donât make sure it is not turned up too much. It can take a little trial and error and experimentation to get a good estimation of how much or how little heat you need.Thatâs why the adjustment for the heat setting is very important â you can really keep it down to a low cook or even a nice low simmer if needed or crank it full blast. You have a pretty fine control here.When finished using the stove, you just turn the heat adjustment completely down, cutting off the gas to the burner and the flame shuts off. Easier than the hard-to-extinguish alcohol stove.After a very short time this Aotu stove cools very quickly after shutting down. Within just minutes you can unscrew it from the tank, slide the arms back closed, snap the adjustment thing up for storage, and slip the whole thing back in the plastic storage box and stow it and be on your way.Large and small tanksI used the smallest tank I could find, and which lasts a long time even after a lot of experimenting on my part. There are a larger tanks that will last you even longer, itâs taller but no wider than the smaller one but I think itâs twice the capacity. You can also get converter adapters that connect between the stove and other sorts of tanks like larger propane tanks for longer running.So all in all itâs a great little stove, and if I were primitive backpacking and didnât want to carry much weight this would probably be the way to go. Also great for bikepacking or to carry in your car for emergencies, or take have at home or in your go-bag. Even for non-primitive camping itâs a quick easy setup for making coffee or something. Heck, I have stopped in a parking lot and made coffee before.I have to say though â this has become my new favorite portable stove because of its ease of use and quick deployment and quick heating ability.I suppose when you compare this stove to more expensive ones the build quality may not be as high, but for the price it works fine and extremely well.With all the testing and messing around with the Aotu Portable Stove Iâve yet to use up the fuel in just one small container, and a quick shake seems to indicate that the liquid butane mixture inside has quite an amount left in the tank.So, so far so good with this stove. Itâs cheap, the fuel containerâs cheap and fairly small, itâs easy and quick to deploy and cools off quickly, itâs relatively safe as long as you keep in mind that the flame is nearly invisible or totally invisible in bright sunlight and that it is very very hot. You might even find that you can use it in places where something like the alcohol stove might be frowned upon and open flames are discouraged or unsafe or not legal, and you may be able to use it in places where you wouldnât normally be able to cook something perhaps â of course, all within reason and keeping mind safety and rules as to where you are.How long will it hold up, I donât know. I mean, thereâs not a whole lot to it so if it hasnât broken or burned up on an initial use then itâs probably not going to just fall apart or break or burn up over time, necessarily.
Reviewer: Recall
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Can't Beat it for the Price
Review: I have been looking for a small camp stove for hiking for a while. I considered Jet Boil as well as other brands. I came across this little stove on Amazon and read mostly positive reviews. I figured I didn't have much to lose, so I ordered it. My expectations were low because of the price. I was pleasantly surprised at the quality. I used it a couple times a day, every day for two weeks while hiking in Wyoming. The stove is compact and light and it does exactly what it is supposed to do. My only criticism is that the supports where you set your mug or kettle are a little small. But you absolutely cannot beat this stove for the money. I am very impressed and would highly recommend to anyone who spends any time outdoors.
Reviewer: CMYK Josh
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Can't get the gas to flow
Review: I actually tried to return this but Amazon won't let me. It keeps trying to send me through a troubleshooting schema for a Coleman-type base camp stove. I've been backpacking since my teens and I'm in my 50's now so I was there for pressurized kerosene stoves, white gas stoves (I've seen more than one turn into a geyser of flame), propane stoves, and iso-butane stoves. I've used Primus, MSR, Coleman, Bluet, and more. I've been using isobutane for about 15 years now. The cans are light and there's no priming. Most stops along the Appalachian Trail stock refills. I'm getting to the point....I know this stove is defective. Gas does not flow, even with it's firmly seated on the lindal valve. I have seated it to the point where I'm worried about the valve, itself, suffering damage. I'd like to return it but Amazon will not let me go any further in that process than reading generic instructions for a camp stove. I got this for my son who lives in hurricane alley. He's been without electricity for a week now. It seemed like cheap insurance for the next time. But it's no good if I -- a person who spends weeks at a time relying on these things -- can't get it to work. So, I'll give him my backup Peak 1 and and I'll toss this baby in the trash and be glad I'm only out $9.99. But I am seriously disappointed in Amazon and it's going to cost them a lot more in the long run.
Customers say
Customers find the portable stove functional and compact. They appreciate its lightweight design and value for money. Many find it easy to use and store, making it suitable for lighter activities like backpacking. However, some customers have differing views on the build quality, heat retention, and light efficiency.
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