The stove that you choose will sometimes depend upon size and weight. A lightweight stove for me is a time saver. It primarily needs to be light, low-profile, with a small burn signature (I don't want to say 'Here I am with food!') Like many of you I have more than one stove. There is one however that meets all of my 'lets get the hell out of here needs.' It's called the White Box Stove.
The WBS is small and can fit into a cargo pocket In-fact I place a plastic fuel bottle inside the unit and I carry the lot in my left cargo pocket of my bush pants. The unit stands 2 1/4 inches high X 2 1/4 inches wide and weighs 1 once. It holds 2 1/2 ounces of fuel and with that can boil 8 cups of water in 12 minutes (a maximum burn time of about 22 minutes).
The unit is made of strong aluminum and is exceptionally well crafted. It carries a lifetime guarantee and is all but indestructible. I've used mine for years and it's in as new condition. A new unit costs about 20 bucks.
There are no moving pieces to break-down, so it provides one of the most common sense solutions that I've seen. In a way, it's laughable that such a small thing can get me so excited, but it does the job intended in the simplest way possible. Something that when it comes to a survival situation is hard to beat.
More information can be found on their Website at: http://whiteboxalcoholstoves.com/
None you improvise, one (or more) is luxury.
I have a solostove lite with the pot accessory and alcohol burner kit. It's expensive, but it can burn either twigs or denatured alcohol, and it packs up into a nice little kit (alcohol burner in stove, stove in pot, pot in stuff sack; it's like one of those Russian nesting dolls).
https://www.solostove.com/solo-stove-lite
I have one of these and it fits a Trangia type alco stove in it along with the option for biofuel
But when veh mounted i use one of these with propane and can refill my 1 lb'ers from a 20 lb'er
I have a solostove lite with the pot accessory and alcohol burner kit. It's expensive, but it can burn either twigs or denatured alcohol, and it packs up into a nice little kit (alcohol burner in stove, stove in pot, pot in stuff sack; it's like one of those Russian nesting dolls).
This stove seems to be excellent. I really like the fact that you can use biofuel. Really neat!
None you improvise, one (or more) is luxury.
I have a solostove lite with the pot accessory and alcohol burner kit. It's expensive, but it can burn either twigs or denatured alcohol, and it packs up into a nice little kit (alcohol burner in stove, stove in pot, pot in stuff sack; it's like one of those Russian nesting dolls).
This stove seems to be excellent. I really like the fact that you can use biofuel. Really neat!
That's what I liked about it. If I ever ran out of denatured alcohol, or simply wanted to save the alcohol for emergencies only, I could just burn twigs.
I've seen a few of these twigs stoves at outdoor shows, but I liked the dual-fuel option of this model.