Stove recommendations please
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Bob,
I'm actually reviewing the JetBoil Sol (aluminum version) right now and will start work on the Sumo this coming weekend if you can hold off a week or so.
If you do get the JetBoil, I'd get the pot size appropriate for the type of trip you'll most often take. For example, if you do 70% solo and 30% with your son, I'd get either the Zip, Flash, or Sol. If those percentages are reversed, then I'd get the Sumo. On the type of trip you take the most, I'd use the JetBoil pot, but on the type of trip you take less frequently, I'd just take any old pot or pan and use the adapter that comes with the JetBoil.
JetBoil pots and pans are quite expensive, but with the adapter, you can use any pot, pan, or kettle you like. Here, I'm cooking an omelet on a JetBoil Sol burner — but I'm using an MSR Blacklite pan.
So, like I say, buy the efficient but expensive Jetboil specific pot for the type of trip you take the most and use a regular pot or pan for other trips.
Note however, that the JetBoil is not my favorite cooking stove. If you fiddle with it though, you can get some nice results. Here's an omelet I prepared on a JetBoil. It turned out great.
More to follow when I'm done with my review.
HJ
I would look at the Caldera Ti Tri. I use a 1.9 l evernew pot, in which the lid is a fry pan. I cook eggs, bacon and fish, toast bagels, as well as baked things like pizza and bisquits, with the use of an Outback oven. It is comparable in weight to a JetBoil for a week long trip. Most of my meals are pasta, rice, or couscous.
I have bailed out canister stoves and gasoline stoves several times when they failed for various reasons. The Ti Tri never fails, and is quiet.
Heck yeah, the Ti-Tri Caldera Cone is nice. It's a bit of a trick getting used to cooking on wood if you're used to the convenience of gas, but once you get used to it, you can do a lot.
Scrambled eggs:
Omelet:
Eggs over easy:
Or just something simple like noodles with veggies:
That last one was cooked over an alcohol burner, which is a real strength of the Ti-Tri system: It works equally well on wood or non-wood (alcohol or ESBIT).
For a bit of an update, at least for canister stoves (my take of course), please see:
Canister Stove Recommendations
I've also included some recommendations on how to get good efficiency with canister stoves.
Lastly, I've included a bit about the Caldera Cone with remote canister stoves…
…an idea I'd like to explore even further in some future blog post.
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