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outdoordesigns Camp Three Stove
- First Look
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Price: £50.00
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Weight: 90 grammes (case 37 grammes,
81 grammes without ignition)
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Features: Titanium
and brass stove with removable piezo electric ignition,
spring control valve, folding pan supports, universal
cartridge, comes complete with storage box, size folded
down: 61mm x 38mm x 81mm
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Small, light powerful complete with removable integral
ignition.
Tiny screw that holds on ignition unit fiddly and easy to
lose :-( Not mega stable.
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The Concept Super lightweight gas stove for backpacking and
lightweight alpine use complete with integrated piezo electric
ignition unit. You can remove the ignition if you want, saving a
massive 9 grammes. Folding pan supports helps it to fold down to a
near credit card size.
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Piezo electric ignition is
removable to save 9 grammes,ti pan supports fold for
compactness
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Features Titanium and brass construction, sprung control valve
for cookability and a removable piezo electric ignition. Comes
complete with a very neat transparent container that's also
surprisingly tough.
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The stove folds down to near
credit card size
and comes with this neat storage case
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In Action The market leader among OM members seems to be MSR's
Pocket Rocket, so we checked the Camp 3 out back to back with that
stove. The MSR is lighter at a measured 85 grammes compared to 90
grammes for the Camp 3, but 9 of those grammes are the removable
piezo electric ignition. Since a full-ish disposable lighter weighs
15-20 grammes, we don't really see the point of taking it off,
especially since the tiny, fiddly attachment screw makes re-attaching
it a right faff.
In still, UK conditions, the piezo lit up the stove first time
every time with minimal hassle. The fold-out serrated titanium pan
supports were adequately stable and we found the control valve spot
on for simple simmering.
To assess heat output, we brought a pint of water to a rolling
boil on both the Camp 3 and the MSR in identical still conditions.
Both took a near identical 4 minutes and 10 seconds using an
aluminium pan and an extra minute or so using an
outdoordesigns titanium one, presumably because the titanium
is a slightly less effective heat conductor.
So it burns as well as the Pocket Rocket, while also packing down
to something around half the size. The case supplied, by the way, is
neat and seems surprisingly tough for what looks like a flimsy
plastic box with splinter potential. If you're worried about weight
you'll be dumping it anyway since it weighs a chunky 37 grammes on
its own.
We haven't had the chance to use the Camp 3 in serious mountain top
or high altitude conditions yet, but for low level camping and
lightweight backpacking it looks to be spot-on. The piezo electric
ignition saves hassle and weight at the same time, while the burner
is as powerful as the Pocket Rocket with an easily controllable
flame.
The screw-top universal canisters it uses are readily available
too and just about the only real downside is the relative lack of
stability compared to an alpine-type stove with remote burner, but
then that's an issue with all canister-top stoves. Good lightweight
stove choice.
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Peter Goddard
