About this product
Most camping stoves are a burner you have to find somewhere to put. This one arrives as its own table: a flat panel top with a wooden edge strip, four folding legs underneath, and a 5,500 W burner set into the middle with wide pot supports around it. Setting up means unfolding the legs and standing it on the ground – no hunting for a level rock, no worrying about what the heat will do to a plastic camp table.
The output is the headline figure. At 5,500 W it is roughly twice what a normal camping burner manages, which changes what you can realistically cook. A large pot of rice or a full pan of meat comes up to temperature rather than stalling, and on a windy site there is enough heat in reserve that the wind does not win. The valve gives fine control, so it also turns down properly for slower cooking.
The materials are worth noting. It is built from aviation-grade aluminium, 201 stainless steel and brass – metal at the burner head, metal at the valve, metal in the frame. That is what separates a stove that lasts several seasons from one that distorts after a few hard runs. The panel top also gives you a small flat working surface next to the flame, which in practice is where the spoon, the salt and the lid end up.
Folded it measures 26 x 25 x 10 cm and weighs 2.45 kg – a vehicle-camping stove rather than a backpacking one. It suits safari camps, fishing trips, a lodge kitchen, and keeping at home for power cuts. The gas canister is not included.
High-Power Foldable Camping Stove FX-8729-1