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Score	Product	Price	Our Take
77	Soto Windmaster	$65	This lightweight stove is easy to use and will boil water when it's breezy
76	MSR PocketRocket Deluxe	$80	A crowd favorite for simmering that works well in a breeze and is also a breeze to use
75	Soto Amicus	$45	This canister stove is lightweight, compact, fuel efficient, and performs well in wind
71	JetBoil MiniMo	$155	A reasonably lightweight, fuel efficient, and convenient stove
65	Jetboil Flash	$115	This stove prepares dehydrated meals and coffee water super fast
63	Primus Essential Trail	$30	A bulky small canister stove that's good at simmering but doesn't have a piezoelectric start
61	Primus Lite+	$120	This integrated canister stove has some great features but is heavy
60	Camp Chef Stryker Multi-Fuel	$137	This stove performs well in every way except weight and size
57	BRS-3000T	$17	A mini stove with a mini price
57	GSI Outdoors Pinnacle 4 Season	$80	This stove shines when things get chilly or you're running low on fuel, otherwise it's average
54	JetBoil Zip	$88	Don't want to spend a lot on an integrated canister stove? See here
52	Snow Peak LiteMax	$60	This stove is light on weight and features
49	MSR Windburner	$170	Great fuel efficiency and wind performance in a not-so-user-friendly package
49	MSR Reactor	$250	This one-trick pony is slowly being rendered obsolete by easier-to-use stoves
48	Snow Peak GigaPower 2.0	$50	We are impressed by this stove's ability to do everything reasonably well
45	Coleman Peak 1	$25	Inexpensive and decent at simmering, not so great at everything else
44	MSR Whisperlite Universal	$170	This uniquely versatile stove has all the features you love and you can use it with fuel canisters
42	MSR Windpro 2	$120	While this stove isn't a high performer, it does do certain things well
34	MSR Whisperlite	$120	For extended backpacking trips and expeditions, this tried and true liquid fuel model still can't be beat
33	MSR Dragonfly	$170	Our favorite for cooking next level meals, not just noodles and sauce, but note its weight and loudness

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