Typical, canister gas is the most common fuel type for its convenience and pre-measured amount of fuel. These canisters screws onto the bottom of a camping stove.
These camping gas canister typically uses a blend of propane, isobutane and butane. They are single-use, non-refillable. They come in a few different quantities.
Wind, temperature, attitude and the stove itself. I get about An empty g canister will weight 92g. I also recommend when you get home from a camping trip to weight the canister and use a post-it or Sharpie to mark how many boils are left. The most significant factor in canister usage is the stove itself.
An open flame stove or a more contained flame stove like a Jetboil. A Jetboil camping stove will cut down on how much fuel per boil dramatically. While other, open flame stoves perform well but are not as fuel-effective. I always bring my Jetboil and a backup stove just in case. This is the standard Jetboil that I use. These are more fuel-efficient due to the way the heating surface is designed.
The included boiling pot has a heat exchanger attached to the bottom. Included are little legs for stabilization and color indicated insulated sleeve. The system packs nicely together with the fuel sliding into the cup when packing it into a backpack.
Check you the current price of the Jetboil on Amazon here. When you only need the stove part or not interested in an entire cooling system look no further than the MSR PocketRocket 2 Ultralight stove.
MSR is known for there high quality, they made a name for themselves in high altitude stoves. This is one of the reasons they have become one of the most trusted brands in backpacking stoves. It is also small enough to fit in any pocket on the outside of your backpack, for quick access.
While a liquid camping fuel setup will be bulkier and more substantial than gas canister stoves, they offer superior cold weather and high altitude performance. The heat coming for the flame will be consistent in warm and cold temperatures. Canister fuel can sputter in cold weather but liquid fuel will not. All liquid fuel stoves will be able to burn white gas.
This is a clean, very pure form of gasoline that does not contain any additives. If your stove was made for international use, it might also be able to use cheaper, dirtier fuels like diesel, kerosene, unleaded fuel, or even jet fuel. These fuels are more readily available in places that do not have pure, specialized camping stove fuels. The canisters come in a few different sizes, so you are stuck with sizes manufacturers make. JavaScript seems to be disabled in your browser.
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Stove, check. Pots, check. Fuel… ah. Do you take the half-full canister and risk running out? Or pick up a new one and end up carrying more than you need to. Deciding how much fuel to take with you can be tricky. Fortunately, we've put this blog together to help give you a clear and easy guide on exactly how much fuel you need to take on your next camping trip.
There are lots of factors that can affect fuel consumption. They range from the temperature, your stove's efficiency along with wind strength and more. We'll break down the main variables below, and look at how they can affect the amount of gas you might use.
However, whilst it's especially important information for the likes of backpackers and wild campers, the detail isn't always as relevant for family camping trips.
So if you would prefer to jump straight down to the guide on how much fuel to take, click here. In order for gas fuel canisters to work, the internal pressure of the canister must be greater than the outside pressure so that the vaporized liquid rises up and through your stove. When the temperature lowers, the pressure inside the canister drops. This leads to less of a difference in inside and outside pressure, ultimately lowering the efficiency and heat output of you stove.
This is one of the main reasons why you will need more fuel in the winter months. Also, when in use the gas canister will cool further, again impacting performance. This becomes most notable when the outside temperature is low as well.
Insulating your canister can help with this. The calculation above for the amount of gas we would need assumes we get maximum efficiency from our stove. The amounts that the manufacturer suggests you will get are based on the tests they run, which typically are in almost perfect conditions.
This means there are other factors we will need to consider when using our stove. Firstly, the wind can keep blowing your gas out. Overall it will take longer to get your food up to temperature. Secondly, the wind will simply blow the flames away from the pot you are cooking in. This will lead to you having a less efficient cooking time and less efficient gas usage.
To mitigate this you could use a windbreak wherever you are camping if you have space for one. Air temperature where you are cooking will have an effect on the performance on the stove as well. The lower temperature will also mean cooler cooking equipment. If you can imagine putting water in a cold steel pot, you can understand that this will mean the food might even cool down before it starts getting warmer. However, if you need to simmer the food in water, this will require more gas to keep the temperature high enough for the food to cook.
You can mitigate this by planning easier to cook foods or food you make ahead that simply needs warming up when on site. The altitude you are cooking at has an interesting effect on the boiling point of water and the equipment you are cooking with. The boiling point of water actually lowers the higher up you are. Great news right? Unfortunately not. Just because water boils at a lower temperature does not decrease the temperature at which the food needs to be cooked.
According to the US Department of Agriculture , you need to compensate for this by cooking food longer. To get the most out of your camping stove there are a few things you can do to.
All of these actions will reduce the amount of gas you use. My preferred setup is to use a BBQ for cooking bigger meals, such as burgers and meat. I reserve the gas burner for mainly water-based meals. So how much camping gas do I need? It depends, unfortunately, but hopefully from all the information above you are armed and ready to work it out yourself! Back to Camping. Share via. Copy Link.
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