Fire-Maple
Fire-Maple Star X2 1L Cooking System
- Weight: 3/10 How much it adds to your pack.
- Fuel use: 5/10 How much fuel it burns to boil a litre in calm air: less fuel to carry.
- Boil speed (calm air): 9/10 How fast the maker says it boils 1 litre in calm air.
Walkers who want a 1 litre boil-in-the-pot system that also takes a 230 g canister and a frying pan
- Fuel
- Gas
- Weight
- 630 g
- Pot size
- 1 L
- Boil 1 L, calm air
- 3:24
- Fuel per litre
- Not published
Packed size 20.5 cm long and 13.3 cm across Compare with a 2-litre bottle
Shorter than a 2-litre bottle and a bit wider than one. Drawn to scale.
Where to buy
Fire-Maple £69.95 In stock. Free delivery. Free UK delivery over £64; under £64 standard delivery (3-15 working days) is £6.90; This price qualifies for free delivery.
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Our ratings (out of 10)
1 to 10, compared with the whole market. Each says what it's based on. How we score
Weight
From maker's figures 3/10How much it adds to your pack. 3: Below average. Fine for some trips, not others.
Fire-Maple gives 630 g on both its UK and US pages, in the 450-649 g band. PaleoHikerMD's figure from the box (about 624 g) is in the same band.
Fuel use
Estimate from maker's specs: fuel type (no fuel use figure published) 5/10How much fuel it burns to boil a litre in calm air: less fuel to carry. 5: Does the job. Average for wild-camping gear.
Estimate from maker's specs
Boil speed (calm air)
From maker's figures 9/10How fast the maker says it boils 1 litre in calm air. 9: Among the best you can buy for this.
Fire-Maple's UK page gives 1 min 42 s for 0.5 L, doubled to 204 s for 1 litre (scaled), under the 210 s line. This is a lab figure; reviewers' real boils were slower (see weaknesses), but we band Fire-Maple's figure.
In short
Good for
- Walkers who want a 1 litre boil-in-the-pot system that also takes a 230 g canister and a frying pan
- Pairs sharing a hot drink and a freeze-dried meal on three-season trips
- Anyone who wants the pot support and canister stand in the box rather than as extras
Strengths
- 1 litre pot that takes a 230 g canister inside (PaleoHikerMD)
- Pot support lets any flat-bottom pan sit on the burner
- Push-button igniter works every time (The Outdoor Gear Review); locking handle and heat-proof neoprene sleeve
- Fire-Maple states 2.2 kW and a 1 min 42 s lab boil for 0.5 L
Weaknesses
- Real boils were slower than the lab figure: The Outdoor Gear Review took 4 min 44 s for 0.5 L with the pot fitted, and over 5.5 min for about 0.5 L in a kettle on the pot support, in still air at about 13 °C
- Abbie Barnes took about 6 min for 1 L on a cold, windy day
- Heavy for one person at 630 g
- Fire-Maple's own US FAQ says the X2 has no pressure regulator and suits three-season use, with boil times rising as the canister cools: not winter-ready
- Boiling only, not simmering (PaleoHikerMD); the lid latch is fiddly
- Fire-Maple states no fuel use per litre, so we cannot score fuel use
Sources
We haven't tested this ourselves. Every score comes from these specs, tests and reviews.
ShowHide sources (5)
- Fire-Maple UK: Star X2 Cooking System product page (weight, folded size, 0.5 L boil time)
- Fire-Maple: Star X2 Cooking System product page (US site: weight, capacity, three-season FAQ)
- The Outdoor Gear Review (YouTube): Major Design Problems - FireMaple Star X2 Stove First Look (timed against a Jetboil Flash)
- PaleoHikerMD (YouTube): Fire Maple Fixed Star X2 - BETTER Than Jetboil and CHEAPER? (free samples, declared)
- Abbie Barnes, Spend More Time In The WILD (YouTube): Firemaple Fixed-Star X2 Stove Review & Time Test (sent by Fire-Maple, declared)