Esbit Ultralight Emergency Folding Camp Stove with Three 14g Solid Fuel Tablets

Works perfectly in a emergency you can burn sticks if you don't have solid fuel

Sturdy. Works. What more could you want. You might want to buy one of these and some additional fuel (the fuel will keep for a LONG time), with so much uncertainty in the air over regarding various threats to the west. If you find yourself in a disaster zone without electricity, gas, or water for a couple weeks, having some cheap supplies like this around may be the difference between providing clean water and cooked food for your family and depending on the kindness of others to get by. Always be prepared.

Good for when you just need a cup of coffee, not a full meal deal. Stinky but if you're not cooking, then it's much lighter to carry than pots and stoves and fuel cannisters. Good for day hikes when you have more robust gear back at the truck.

I Love this cooker it nests inside of my titanium sierra cup. I don't plan to bend it back & forth because it will weaken and eventually crack. I hope to get another and use the pattern to create a titanium version. The combustion and heating for this is very good with no adjustments, just set it on a stable surface and light the fuel (It already comes with a ventilated windscreen). *Update 13Mar2023 I've just cut 4 of the narrow side tips flush (I've sloped them inwards to concentrate the heat). It now allows the wider sides to slope slightly inward too, by doing so it also yields a full stable platform for the sierra cup and other small cups with a 3" bottom diameter where previously it would not sit securely, lastly it gives the ideal space between the flame and bottom of the cup - overall a more oxygenation.

This is NOT a camping stove. You are much better off just getting their Pocket Stove. This thing should be kept flat until you use it. Once you bend it up into the position required to have a pan or pot rest on it, I"m pretty sure you shouldn't flatten back out again. And the material is very easy to bend so I am sure if you store this with other gear it will just flatten out again making it weaker over time. Couldn't definitely see using this in an emergency so might be good for a bug out bag...I would still choose the pocket stove even for that.

Bought 2 of these to go into belt pouch emergency survival kits for the wife & I. They'll supplement our primary gear in our Bug Out Bags. These are FLAT so they take up no room at all. Adding more fuel tabs than the 3 that come with these.

I wasn't sure about this when I got it because you have to bend it to shape. Eventually it'll break from the metal flexing but as a backup emergency stove it will work perfectly.

This is a very light, very compact stove that takes almost no space in an emergency kit or lightweight trail cook kit. Since it burns fuel tablets, it is more suited to rather slowly heating or boiling a cup or two of water than any larger job. (Actual cooking times depend on things like windiness, type of cook pot, etc., but compared to most other fuels, it is rather slow.)The buyer also needs to know that the stove is shipped flat, and is BENT into shape- there are no hinges or anything. The fairly light metal probably won't survive too many bends, especially when you add the heat- but since it is not meant as a main stove, it is not a big deal.If you need more heat, faster cooking, longer life, etc., you should probably look at a different option.(Just as an additional tip- fuel tabs like these are also great fire starters, especially in wet conditions!)