Camp Stoves

We're big fans of MSR Stoves and thought it time to create a review on the MSR Dragonfly Stove, a camping stove you can even simmer on (according to MSR anyway but more later).

First released way back in 1998 MSR's Dragonfly Stove has continually proved to be popular - some say more so than the XGK stove.

Notably this camping stove consistently won Germany's Outdoor magazine's third position in their Gear of the Year awards in both 2005 and 2006 so its certainly been rated highly by experts (and demanding ones at that!)

But what has it won awards for?
Well for its clever and innovative dual valve design creativity - which mostly provides total and immediate control over the stoves burner flame settings.

With the ability to reduce its size to 1/3 of its usable size plus provided with extra wide pot supports this really is a practical camping stove for serious campers.

We do hear some people have had problems with the Dragonfly having to frequently strip the stove due to it clogging up but in our experience we have not experienced this problem - but we've kept to using clean fuels and avoided using different fuels to minimise clogging. Additionally we always keep our MSR camping stove regularly maintained to avoid any problems.

We love the suspended burner cup allowing maximum heat to get to the cooking pot together with the remote burner, pioneered by MSR (but you already knew that!) keeping the stove's cooking flame away from the fuel.allowing you to use a windscreen to help get even more heat.

It is a noisy camping stove though, if thats not for you and you want something quieter then we recommend you check out the MSR Whisperlite instead as the Dragonfly's burner is a lot louder.

The Dual Valve fuel system allows you to adjust the burner from full roar to a gentle heat to allow you the opportunity to even simmer - a rarity in outdoor camping cooking! We even here some people swear you can set the flame so low you can even bake on it (!!).

The final nice touch is a decent size stuffsack to allow you to store your Dragonfly stove whilst either in your rucksack or cupboard (or garage) when not in use.

Purchase a MSR Dragonfly stove online here.