The 5 Best Backpacking boilers (2023 reviews)

The bluu backpacking boiler is long-lasting, rigid and fits well with your daily purpose like a dream. It might not be the best if you are climbing Everest but it works well for a simple backpacking stove. It is equipped with sturdy and durable aluminum pot body and a thermal insulation neoprene outer cover to protect your hands while keeping food/water warm. The lid has drain holes so you can cook pasta potatoes or rice. It includes a stove top so you can use with a pot as well. The strainer and pour spout on top also make it really to pour with.

The stove boils 8-10oz of water in about a minute. It is quick to set-up, pack-up and store in small spaces. It is great way to make quick coffee while backpacking.

Why We Like This:

Doesn’t take up much room and easy to use
Very light weight and all accessories nestled together great
Very efficient, can work on full flame for over 1.5 hours on one canister

Best For cooker: Firemaple Backpacking boiler

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The firemaple backpacking boiler's superior materials makes sure that it ages well with use. This is a great little stove. It works fine with standard Jetboil fuel canisters, boiling water rapidly just as you would expect. The 1 liter cooking pot and the stove are one integrated unit, and the built in piezoelectric ignitor ignites the stove instantly. The fire maple is able to quickly heat up water, as the flame is condensed coming out of the fuel cartridge. The knobs that hold the pot onto the stove are too tight to remove once you have a pot full of boiling liquid.

The Fire-Maple system relies on the user to identify bubbles and steam to know that the water is boiling. It comes in a nice mesh bag and is ready to be attached to a gas canister and light. It is good in the short time of useage.

Why We Like This:

Lightweight, generous volume, efficient starter, easy flame adjustment, great nesting engineering
Works with jet boil fuel cannisters
Very lightweight, compact, easy to pack, and easy to use
Easy to light, easy to store

Best For Alcohol Stove: MSR Backpacking boiler

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Next on the list, we've got yet another boiler that manages to win our hearts. It's the msr backpacking boiler and it's widely considered as boiler that has the most suitable features. You can simmer very nicely in a separate pan/pot by implementing a jetboil pot holder on the rim. It is great for soups, coffee press, boiling water for mountain house emergency food, making rice, saimin, and endless. It is self-contained and easily packs in a bag.

The jetboil " pot holder " fits it perfectly for pot cooking. It boils liquids rapidly, it is easy to clean and when you finish cooking it packs together as a unit. It is perfect for freeze-dried food pouches. It makes a brief stop on even a day hike the chance to have a cup of hot cocoa or a hot snack.

Why We Like This:

Very portable, quick and easy to use
Boils water super fast and all packs up nice and tidy
Lot of satisfied buyers

Best For Most Fuel canisters: Wildwind Backpacking boiler

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The wildwind backpacking boiler should be able to handle its purpose and duties with ease. It is great for hiking or camping and it even changes colors when at boiling temp. The stove is designed to boil water quickly, can be continuous for 10 minutes, no need to cool down. The handle is great, and keeps you from burning your hand on the unnecessary fancy plastic heat indicator on the other brand too.

The ignition system is excellent and super easy to operate, only requiring a half turn of the key and a press of a button. The wind is howling outside so conditions are perfect to test it in less than ideal weather. It is easy to unpack and use and clean and repack on a daily basis. The product looks pretty, and is easy to assemble!lightweight/small size and you can put into your backpack easily.

Why We Like This:

Uses the same fuel pods as jetboils do, automatic/electric stove starter
Efficiency burner and heat exchanger, and enclosed wind resistance design
Works just as good as the "big name" and is very sturdy

Best For Hot chocolate: MSR radiant Burner

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The features department is where msr radiant burner truly manages to shine. Liquid fuel stoves incorporate a loop in the fuel line which is exposed to the flame of the stove, this allows the fuel to be preheated to a vapor point. It protects the heat source from the wind, optimizes heat transfer with increased surface area under the pot along with a protected pathway for radiant and convected heat, and creates a very fuel-efficient, high-btu heat source.

This stove is great for its intended use, melting snow and boiling water. It will hold inside the pot, a large 220g gas can (large) plus the burner and a cleaning cloth that comes with the unit. The pot does fit on to the stove so it is stable and held from sliding laterally.

The cooking pot has a built in heat exchanger. It is very fast and very efficient and it is also reasonably lightweight and compact for the capacity. This is the stove for melting snow, boiling water for camping/climbing/backpacking.

Why We Like This:

Works great in a tent, especially with the hanging kit
Pretty light, easy to pack into any place of your pack
Awesome, high efficiency stove for heating water
Very solid and excellent build quality, boils water faster than the fires of hell