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Hi there I am looking for recommendations for a cooking stove. We are going camping for a week and so will need to buy a stove, it needs to be a two burner as I am a veggie and my other half and little boy are not.

Money is tight so don't want to spend a fortune or buy a really cheap one and it break down on me. There are so many out there I am confused.

Please help me!

This one is not a bad price and they do one with a grill for toast for a fiver more.

Or how about 2 similar to this ? Small and compact. Can be cheaper but it is late and I am too tired to google lol.

And as fatbloke said.. go to the local tip and see if you can get a gas bottle. Alot cheaper than a new one.

A few minutes googling and I am sure you will find a bargain

Angie

The SunnGas Grillmaster Deluxe is on at a really good price here.

Reasons I like this one? It has a three sided windshield and that's important when you cook outdoors. If you cook in the wind you'll take x2 the gas and x3 the time to boil the kettle or cook anything. Also the grill area is partially shielded, and this means you can keep food and (heat resistant) plates warm(ish) in there even when the grill is off. It folds down into a neat package too, with room inside to store the regulator and hose, plus a few basic cooking utensils.

There is a version with detachable legs too, to save taking a table or camp kitchen. And a version without a grill, which is the one I have. I've had this last for seven years now and all that's gone wrong with it is a broken knob where Hubby threw some tent poles on it, and SunnGas sent me another one for £2. It is amazingly compact when folded and I've cooked on it for the four of us  for periods of up to four weeks, so it's big enough.

Google around for best prices, of course, and don't forget places like Asda or Blacks/Millets where you can get brand name cookers sometimes for not a lot. Look for a 3-side windshield and a brand name like SunnGas, Coleman, CampingGaz or Royal and you won't go far wrong.

Also remember you'll need to buy a hose and appropriate regulator for your chosen gas type. I use CampingGaz 907 bottles, which is butane. Easily availible both here and abroad. Propane?Calor  (red bottles) is cheaper but you can't get it abroad. You normally have to buy a full bottle, which can be about another £30-£40 for a 907 then pay for refills thereafter. (About £16 for a bottle which should last a family for about a fortnight, depending on whether you bought a 3-sided windshield!)

Cheaper option is to get down the tip and scrounge an empty bottle, which technically the dump attendents shouldn't let you have but often do. Doesn't matter if it's scruffy as you exchange it on refill. Try to get one with a screw in carry handle if you get a 907, otherwise you'll need to buy one at about £2.

I just bought a Camping Gaz Camping Kitchen Plus from ebay for £46.45 inc delivery which was by far the cheapest I've seen it (most places seem to sell them around the £65 - £70 mark). For me the main criteria for the stove are two burners and legs - I'm pretty tall so I didn't want to be bending down to cook on the floor and when you factor in the cost of a decent kitchen stand then it works out cheaper to a buy a stove with a built in stand. This one has side tables that convert into windshields and tho it has no grill, it does seems to have a kind of griddle plate that goes on top of  the burners - we'll see how useful that is, tho given the type of food I usually cook I'm not sure about this.

There are still two sellers selling them at this price (tho one says this batch is the last of their stock). I've removed the links coz I can't seem to get the URLs to work grrrr!

The names of the ebay shops are Camping-International (search for item number 250256226348) and  Bestbuys-Great-Outdoor-Store (search for item number 250256226348)

Quote: Originally posted by TraceyD on 13/6/2008

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If you've got an Aldi, they had a good one in this week, not sure of the price, sure someone on here will be able to say.

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£29.99 and no windshield at all. You'd need a camp kitchen with integral windshield for it.

Quote: Originally posted by Valk_scot on 13/6/2008

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The SunnGas Grillmaster Deluxe is on at a really good price here.

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We have this stove and can recommend it, though I must say the burners aren't the most powerful I've ever used it does do its job.

Quote: Originally posted by wellybob on 12/6/2008

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....... I am a veggie .........

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Quote: Originally posted by roywin51 on 13/6/2008

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Try one of the suitcase stoves.

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Thanks for all those recommendations you've certainly given me plenty of food for thoght.

Spudz - I am a veggie as I don't like the taste of meat, nothing ethical but as the rest of my family isn't I need two burners to enable me to cook two meals at the same time.