- Time of past OR future Camino
- Spring 2023
Couple of vegan Americans headed to one of the more isolated and under serviced Caminos this year. No worries - we plan on camping. What are our best European options for backpacking stove & fuel?
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"Grumpy old cynics" rule!It's a make of stove as well. Google will take you to a world of opportunities. Grumpy old cynics like me would always assume that the interconnectors will be incompatible. If it were not so we would all only need one charger and one cable. You might have fun getting a stove on an airplane anyway, even in the hold, if there are fuel traces left.
I'm sure you have read the various threads on the constraints on camping in Spain so I'll just wish you a Buen camino.
- You're a champ - Thanks!Decathlon seems like a good bet. They have 11 stores in Milan. Select Milano from the drop down list on this page to get store locations.
Most of the stoves in the US use a different connection method than do European stove canisters. However, in the bigger cities along the Camino, some of the Sporting goods stores, like Decathlon, will carry a small selection of US compatible canisters. OR purchase a stove when you arrive and then you'll have no problem finding canisters in even smaller towns with general goods.Campinggaz, okay - I assume that is the fuel. Will it be compatible with our US stove? I would prefer to do the initial buy from a sporting goods store so we know they are compatible. Our first big city is Milan. Recommendations?
My elaborate post on camping stoves, jetboil, gaz, etc.:
https://www.caminodesantiago.me/com...-camping-fuel-on-the-trail.42513/#post-435047
They're all rather bulky. And to be honest, I abhor a countryside full of little empty gas canisters.
I love my Trangia. Obtaining fuel is easy, they pack small, and they are supremely reliable. Plus, you can put out a runaway fire with water. Brilliant!
We call that stove type a NATO stove - love it - and is truly a 90% solution. But not good for cooking a pot of lentils & rice.Here is the stove I will be taking on my Camino. Bring a good size aluminum mug to boil water for tea/coffee/freeze dried food and find some loose twigs laying around and you are all set!
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CMQJW0E/?tag=casaivar02-20
We call that stove type a NATO stove - love it - and is truly a 90% solution. But not good for cooking a pot of lentils & rice.
As to a countryside filled with gas canisters, I collapse mine (a tiny tool to do that) and pack mine out. Never saw a mess on any trails I've been on, except at a trailhead with trash cans overflowing. I'd love to see a picture of canisters filling the countryside
You are very good, and respect for taking your rubbish home. If I ever meet you, I will give you a little badge.
However, if we ALL buy things that are not reusable, the wildernesses we go out to enjoy are spoiled by the rubbish people leave behind. Gas canisters are exactly the sort of thing people leave behind when they move on. And don't even get me started about seas full of plastic waste, and how it's killing most of our marine life. This is all because people want to buy gadgets like the next great camping stove. I've been using my little Trangia since.... never mind. It would outlast me, there is nothing to wear out apart from a gasket every few years.
And if you haven't seen pristine countryside littered with rubbish, well you've never been to the Peak District, where I live!
I apologise wholeheartedly for any moral superiority or condescension. I would never try to do such a thing.
Life is too short to argue about stoves. Choose what you like. But the Trangia is better, both from an environmental standpoint, not leaving so many empty canisters and compact footprint. .....
Couple of vegan Americans headed to one of the more isolated and under serviced Caminos this year.
What kind of stove is that? Or, how big is your mug?!My canister stove fits inside my mug, which, together with my spork, make up my cooking gear... not bulky one bit As to a countryside filled with gas canisters, I collapse mine (a tiny tool to do that) and pack mine out. Never saw a mess on any trails I've been on, except at a trailhead with trash cans overflowing. I'd love to see a picture of canisters filling the countryside
Additionally, many US Forest areas and National Wilderness areas prohibit alcohol based stoves (and wood burners, too) during late spring and summer dry seasons when open fires are banned. Stoves are required to have an on and off valve.
I've used alcohol stoves, and they work well, but they do have their own inherent limits and problems.
@davebugg: I'm impressed, the picture is great. I'll be traveling with a 400ml titanium mug (a little smaller), and do the cooking in the alberges.