International travel with stoves can be challenging. For starters, you can’t fly with fuel, so you must ensure there is somewhere you can stop to fuel up before heading into the backcountry. Most ...

WHEN IT AIN’T broke, don’t fix it – that’s the Trangia’s mantra, given its original design has barely changed in more than 80 years. But they have added to it. We tested each of the configurations: ...

“Choice overload” refers to the difficulty in making consumer decisions given the myriad options available to us — think grocery stores, your wardrobe, Netflix. It means that in those sacred and ...

Most backcountry stoves today use liquid gas (white gas, kerosene, auto gas) or canister-based fuel (usually butane/propane). In terms of heat output, both stove types are comparable at sea level and ...

I may have to knuckle under on this issue. Because of the geographic location where I’ve done 90 percent of my backpacking in the high, fairly windy mountains of the Pacific Northwest I’ve long been ...