Last week I pulled out my old coleman stove from 1995 and it worked better than my new one

I picked up one of those fancy new butane stoves a few months back, lightweight and all that. Took it camping last weekend near Big Bear and it was sputtering the whole time, barely simmered my coffee. Got home and grabbed my dad's old green coleman from the garage, the one with the rust spots. Fired it up on the driveway Tuesday, roaring flame after a minute. Makes you wonder if they just don't build them like they used to. Anyone else hold onto old gear that still outperforms the new stuff?

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the_ruby18d agoMost Upvoted

Got a buddy named Mike who swore by his new titanium camp stove. He took it up to Yosemite last fall and the regulator froze up on him at 8,000 feet. He had to borrow someone's beat up old whisperlite from the 80s and it ran perfectly all weekend. He spent the whole trip listening to that guy talk about how he found it at a garage sale for five bucks. Now Mike keeps that old whisperlite in his truck bed right next to the new one, just in case.

martin.vera18d ago

Man that whisperlite is unstoppable. I think the simpler the design the better for high altitude stuff.