Esbit Pocket Stove
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Ideal for your home or auto emergency kit, this pocket-size Esbit stove folds down to a small, compact size.
- 2-position design permits a low flame for controlled cooking or a direct flame for a quicker boil time
- Powered by Esbit® solid fuel tablets (6 included); each tablet burns for approximately 12 minutes,
- Non-toxic fuel is environmentally safe, has no ash residue and is nearly odorless
- Its small size and stable fuel source make this stove a great addition to your emergency preparedness kit
- Additional fuel tablets sold separately
Imported.
| Best use | Backpacking |
|---|---|
| Fuel type | Tablet |
| Fuel | Esbit fuel tablets |
| Burn time (max flame) | (per cube) 12 minutes |
| Average boil time | Unavailable minutes |
| Ultralight | Yes |
| Dimensions | 4 x 3 x 0.75 inches |
| Weight | 3.25 ounces |
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Jan 1, 2016Great for our emergency kit
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Oct 27, 2015Versatile CookerI've owned and used this product for 30 years. I always carry one in my pack, even if I'm out of Esbit fuel tabs. It will work fine with a short popcan alcohol stove, or twigs and chips of w...
Read More I've owned and used this product for 30 years. I always carry one in my pack, even if I'm out of Esbit fuel tabs. It will work fine with a short popcan alcohol stove, or twigs and chips of wood, or gelled fuel, or charcoal briquettes, or tealight candles, or BBQ lighter cubes, or any other sort of solid fuel, or-or-or.. You get the idea. It burns anything that will fit, even rolled up pieces of paper or cardboard. It is a true survival stove that digests anything you can find that will burn. I recommend carrying a sheet of aluminum foil (easily folded to fit the stove) to serve as a windscreen. Without wind protection this little stove will suffer horrible boil times, even with Esbit tabs. But properly used, it is a real gem! -
Jul 29, 2014Great back up / day hike stoveThis is a great back up and day hiking stove. Easy to use and when folded holds 4 tabs internally. Great for heating up coffee, tea and soup in the field. I would not rely on it for long bac...
Read More This is a great back up and day hiking stove. Easy to use and when folded holds 4 tabs internally. Great for heating up coffee, tea and soup in the field. I would not rely on it for long backpacking trips and preparing group meals. The soot residue from the tabs washes off easily with cold water. Can be hard to light with cheap and flimsy matches. -
Feb 20, 2014Light Camping AccompliceI've been using this stove for the past year, and my girlfriend recently bought one for us to have an extra cooking source when bandit camping. The stove works best when you have wind protec...
Read More I've been using this stove for the past year, and my girlfriend recently bought one for us to have an extra cooking source when bandit camping. The stove works best when you have wind protection, using a few bricks, stones, or even your body. If you can light the solid-fuel brick, drop it in the stove, then place several rocks around it to block the wind the stove works great for an easy boil in about 10 minutes. I often use it for boiling a cup of tea/coffee after a surf, because it's small and easy to hide on the beach. The stove also works great for oatmeal and dehydrated foods that only require a little hot water. When you need to boil more than one cup of water, add a second fuel brick before the first one extinguishes in order to prevent any difficulties lighting a new brick. -
Feb 12, 2014great little gadgetI use this bad boy out in the Alaska mountains camping, on long salmon fishing trips amd just about anywhere i need to heat something up. One tablet boils a nice bowl of water and cooks a dr...
Read More I use this bad boy out in the Alaska mountains camping, on long salmon fishing trips amd just about anywhere i need to heat something up. One tablet boils a nice bowl of water and cooks a dried soup mre that i made, enough for two, and i still have some fuel left. Used it in rain and in the cold and never fails.. I can usually fit about 5-6 fuel tablets and some matches in the stove while stashed which reduces volume even further. Would highly recommend over traditional bulky stoves for short expeditions. Only con is that it smells a tiny bit when burning and it blackens the bottom of your pot, but those are pretty insignificant to me I have actually bought this for two of my friends and they love it too -
Feb 9, 2014Not for Winter CampingThe Esbit stove has a lot going for it. It's compact, light, and easy to use. However, when it's cold, it's inefficient at doing things like melting snow for water or bringing water to a boi...
Read More The Esbit stove has a lot going for it. It's compact, light, and easy to use. However, when it's cold, it's inefficient at doing things like melting snow for water or bringing water to a boil. I use an Esbit stove a lot in summer, but rely on a canister stove in winter. -
Jan 18, 2014Not so hotI'm assembling some car survival kits and I bought this to try out for that role. I want something that is inexpensive, easy to use, and that will boil water or heat snow to melting. The p...
Read More I'm assembling some car survival kits and I bought this to try out for that role. I want something that is inexpensive, easy to use, and that will boil water or heat snow to melting. The package says it will boil a pint of water in about 8 minutes. My experiment was this: Ambient temperature=80° (hey it's California!); water temp 64°, water quantity, 500 ml; wind intermittent gentle breeze, used 1 Esbit tablet for each container. All containers had lids. Measured with infrared thermometer. Container 1: 20 oz stainless steel teapot, result: 141°F. Container 2: 2 qt aluminum pot, result: 180°F. Container 3: Jetboil container without neoprene sleeve (didn't want to risk burning it). Result: 190°F. CONCLUSION: while the Esbit stove has it's appeal, it's simple not up to the task of boiling water as advertised on the box, and this was in virtually ideal conditions. You'd have to pack 2 tablets for each pint of water you needed to boil, more if you're melting snow and the ambient temp is very cold or need to boil water to make it safe to drink. It still has it's uses since not everything needs to be boiled, and it is very simple to set up and use, but I would not recommend it for cold weather or windy conditions. The tablets are a little hard to start also. -
Dec 14, 2013Fantastic Lightweight StoveThe Esbit has proven to be a fantastic little stove. I take it on every backpacking trip that I go on. It's bulletproof as far as construction goes (I also believe it could also stop a bulle...
Read More The Esbit has proven to be a fantastic little stove. I take it on every backpacking trip that I go on. It's bulletproof as far as construction goes (I also believe it could also stop a bullet if carried in a shirt pocket) and couldn't be simpler to use. You can't beat both the cost of the stove and fuel, as well as the weight savings over a conventional gas stove and fuel tanks. The only con is the odor from the fuel pellets, but it's easy to avoid. Avoid puncturing the foil on the pack (it's thin), and I just keep them double-bagged in a couple small ziploc's and that takes care of it. The small amount of residue that is left on the bottom on my stainless pot always comes off easily, so it's never been a big deal to me. Overall, it's a great stove. Even though I am usually the only guy on a trip without a JetBoil, I enjoy not lugging around the equipment and fuel tanks. I also recommend keeping a piece of aluminum foil folded up and stored in the stove to use as a windscreen. This works very well and I've never had any issue reaching a rolling boil with one fuel pellet as far up as ~10,000ft.
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Read More Despite some reviews saying this did not heat water well we purchased one of these and an MSR 775ml stowaway pot, the stove and a full pack of fuel tabs fit in the pot with room to spare. We recently went out on a very cold day in the Pacific Northwest to test this as an emergency stove. Though I forgot to start a timer we were able to heat 2 cups of water, enough to cook our test meal pouch, in a very reasonable amount of time using two fuel tabs and I think we could have done this with one just as easily but that will be another test. I would not replace a normal duty camp stove for this unit but this will definitely be part of my normal day pack along with some emergency rations. We will be getting another set soon so we will have two setups in case we get separated or get lost together and want to have some hot tea as well as dinner.