From brewing the perfect cup of coffee at the campground to rehydrating the best backpacking meals in an instant, having a reliable cooking system to boil water makes all the difference when camping.

The Jetboil Flash is, quite rightly, most famous for the incredible speed with which it brings water to the boil – stick 500ml in the pot, fire it up and in just over a minute and a half the stove ...

Every ounce counts when you're headed for an extended stay in the wilderness with everything you need on your back, and the arrival of lightweight cooking systems has meant hikers can still reward ...

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There are many types of camp stoves out there, but there are generally two extremes: large, heavy, luxurious stoves that can cook big portions of food (think: car camping), and tiny, lightweight ...

Backpackers tend to fall into two camps: those who want to put as little time and effort as possible into a meal after a long day on the trail (boil water, add to pouch), and those for whom ...