Quote Originally Posted by Trek-chick View Post
DH and I absolutely LOVE this one. It is super small, you just screw on to a cannister and you are good to go. ...

http://www.rei.com/product/660163/ms...kpacking-stove
I have an older version of this stove:

http://www.rei.com/product/722001/msr-xgk-ex-stove

It was permanently loaned to me more than 20 years ago. It is primarily meant to burn white gas, which is gasoline without all the additives in automotive fuel. This means it puts out a lot more heat than the propane canister stoves - even more than a gas stove at home. Even then, a strong wind can take all the heat away.

The flip side is that the fuel bottle stoves need more setup and are harder to use. The bottles are refillable (with liquid fuel from a can from a camping store), although one bottle could last for a week of camping.

I have some thin stainless camping pots to use on the stove. After cooking, the pots double as bowls. I've cooked pasta, rice, and stuff from cans. You do have to plan on making everything in the one pot - or cook each item sequentially. Don't expect to work like you would in a kitchen.

I've also used my stove to heat up some bath water: I heated one gallon to boil (maybe in five minutes?), mixed it with another gallon, and had a nice two gallon shower.