Why Trust Us

Choosing a stove isn’t about brand loyalty—it’s about conditions. We earn your trust by testing in the weather you’ll face and by publishing the how behind every recommendation.

What Makes Us Different

• Condition‑based picks: We match stoves, fuels, and pots to your route, season, elevation, and wind exposure.
• Standardized testing: Repeatable protocols for boil time, fuel burn, stability, ignition reliability, simmer control, noise, and pack volume.
• Field validation: Storm cooks, cold starts, and windy ridgelines confirm that lab wins translate to real meals.

Transparent, Useful Tools

Our fuel‑by‑menu‑and‑weather calculator helps you bring enough—and not too much—with a safety margin. Stove–pot pairing guides, regulation‑aware alternatives for no‑flame conditions, and pre‑trip checklists reduce guesswork and waste.

Safety and Stewardship First

We bake in wind management, ventilation, CO awareness, stable setups on uneven surfaces, and Leave No Trace. We highlight repairability, spare parts, and simple maintenance to avoid trip‑ending failures and reduce lifecycle cost.

How We Earn (and Keep) Your Confidence

We don’t sell placement. Affiliate links, where used, never change our scores or picks. We disclose samples, publish our methods, and update guides as products evolve. If we miss something, we correct it—fast.

The Team Behind the Data

Our contributors include a field lead (real‑weather shakedowns), a test engineer (protocols and measurement), a safety editor (standards and regulations), and a camp chef (simmer and real‑food execution). Different trips demand different gear; our job is to make that match obvious.

If you have doubts about a recommendation or need a second look for your itinerary, email us at [email protected]. We’ll show our work and help you adapt it to your route.