Vargo
Vargo Titanium Converter Stove
- Weight: 9/10 How much it adds to your pack.
- Packed size: 8/10 How much room it takes in your rucksack.
- Boil speed (still air): 1/10 How fast the maker says it boils 1 litre in still air. Wind slows every stove: see Wind performance.
- Wind performance: 3/10 How well it keeps boiling in a breeze, as sold, without an extra windshield.
Solo trips where weight matters: 39 g (Vargo)
- Fuel
- Meths
- Weight
- 39 g
- Boil 1 L, still air
- Not published
- Windshield in the box
- No
- Packed
- Not published
Where to buy
Tamarack Outdoors £40.79 In stock. Delivery £2.99. Vargo gives no UK price. Vargo's own page is its US shop, in dollars. Delivery £2.99 Royal Mail 2nd class under £50.
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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 9/10How much it adds to your pack. 9: Among the best you can buy for this.
Vargo's page gives 39 g, under the 60 g line.
Packed size
Estimate from maker's specs: stove weight (no packed size published) 8/10How much room it takes in your rucksack. 8: Clearly better than most.
Estimate from maker's specs
Boil speed (still air)
Estimate from maker's specs: fuel type (no boil time published) 1/10How fast the maker says it boils 1 litre in still air. Wind slows every stove: see Wind performance. 1: A real weak point.
Estimate from maker's specs
Wind performance
Estimate from maker's specs: windshield in the box 3/10How well it keeps boiling in a breeze, as sold, without an extra windshield. 3: Below average. Fine for some trips, not others.
Estimate from maker's specs
In short
Good for
- Solo trips where weight matters: 39 g (Vargo)
- Burning alcohol, fuel tablets or fuel gel, so fuel can be bought almost anywhere (Vargo)
- Boiling a single mug or small pot
Strengths
- 39 g (Vargo)
- 44 ml fuel capacity (Vargo)
- Burns alcohol, fuel tablets and fuel gel (Vargo)
- Comes with a stand for the pot (Vargo)
Weaknesses
- No windshield in the box: Vargo points to its separate Hexagon Wood Stove
- Vargo gives no 1 L boil time, and no independent tests were checked, so boil, wind and control are estimates, not reviewed scores
- No flame control, as with any alcohol or tablet burner
- Only one UK shop found, Tamarack Outdoors; Vargo's own page is its US shop, in dollars
Sources
We haven't tested this ourselves. Every score comes from these specs, tests and reviews.