Jetboil Flash review: the fastest boil in your pack
The fastest, most convenient way to boil water in the backcountry — a push-button integrated system that boils half a liter in about a hundred seconds.
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MSR PocketRocket 2 stove review: fast, tiny, and bombproof
A hot meal and a hot drink do more for morale in the backcountry than almost anything you can carry. The MSR PocketRocket 2 is the stove we point most hikers to first: it is tiny, it is fast, and proven after years on the market. For simple boil-and-go cooking, it is hard to beat.
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MSR WindBurner review: the stove that wins in wind and cold
On an exposed ridge in a stiff wind, an ordinary canister stove flickers, wastes fuel, and takes forever to boil, if it boils at all. The MSR WindBurner is built to ignore all of that. Its enclosed radiant burner and pressure regulator keep boiling fast and efficient in wind and cold that bring lesser stoves…
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S.O.S. Rations 3600 Emergency Food Bar review
The cheapest and most frequently purchased of the Coast Guard-approved ration bricks: 3600 no-cook calories that sit in a pack or car for five years. Our value pick.
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Mainstay 3600 Emergency Food Rations review
The best-tasting and most temperature-tough of the ration bricks: a Halal and Kosher certified 3600-calorie brick built to ride out a car trunk.
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BRS-3000T stove review: the ultralight starter that boils for pocket change
Almost nobody’s first backcountry stove needs to be expensive. The BRS-3000T is the tiny titanium canister burner that has introduced more people to hot meals on the trail than almost anything else. It weighs about as much as five sheets of paper, costs less than a takeout lunch, and boils water fast. Our field rating…
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Datrex 3600 Emergency Food Bar review
The lifeboat classic: 3600 calories in 18 individually wrapped 200-calorie bars, for anyone who wants to ration a survival brick into small, exact portions.
