Spent $120 on a fancy camping stove that barely works in the wind

I bought that expensive Jetboil copycat off Amazon last spring after reading good reviews, but it takes forever to boil water unless there's zero breeze. Tried it three times on trips to the Shenandoah and all I got was lukewarm coffee and a bad headache. Has anyone else had luck with the cheap single-burner stoves from the hardware store, or should I just stick with my old Coleman?

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jake_kelly241mo ago

My BRS-3000T was like $16 and it boils water faster than that overpriced Jetboil knockoff on a windy ridge in the Shenandoah. I used it last month at Big Meadows and had boiling water for coffee in under 3 minutes with a breeze blowing. The little cheap stoves are surprisingly stable if you get a proper windscreen. Your old Coleman is probably still better than both of them honestly.

danielgonzalez1mo ago

People get really worked up about stove specs for a cup of coffee. The BRS is fine for what it is, but I've seen the folding legs give out on a couple of them after a season of use. A windscreen helps any tiny stove, but it's not like you're doing surgery up there, you're just heating water.