If you’re an avid camper, you likely understand the importance of always taking a small stove kit with you along your trips. Because cooking without one can be quite difficult in the wilderness. And there are a lot of foods that can be prepared in a pot, or simply with some boiling water. I challenge you to build a fire and try to boil water over it, without any modern pots or pans. Difficult, right? Potentially impossible? Perhaps, but it certainly would depend on your survivalist abilities. Anyway, I’ve grown accustomed to grilling out over a fire, so I always take a metal grate on a stand, which allows me the ability to cook meats right over the fire. But, I never camp or backpack without a fueled camp stove and pot.
Recently, the fine folks over at GSI Outdoors sent me their Pinnacle Dualist Complete, a dynamic set of camping cookware, with stove and accessories. It’s advertised as a ‘definitive, integrated cooking and eating solution,’ and they aren’t joking. The Pinnacle Dualist Complete kit comes with stove top, windscreen and base, 1.8 L pot with lid, strainer lid, two bowls, two mugs with lids, and silverware (named ‘telescoping foons’). And it includes a small sack that can duo as a sink to clean all your dishes. Everything in this package fits together snugly, filling the sack which stores at about 6” x 6”. Now, that’s impressive.
I used to use an old Coleman stove, but it was cheap, rarely stayed lit with a bit of wind, and was truly a pain in the ass. But I found the Pinnacle Dualist set to be something new and exciting. Because not only does the stove have a windscreen, but this kit comes with everything you could need as a backpacker. Beyond the bowls and mugs, with lids, the Pinnacle cook kit comes includes pot, strainer, foons (this word continues to make me giggle), and wash sack, but all of these items fit inside each other and stores in a nice, tidy and small container, that is both light and wicked easy to use.
I used to use an old Coleman stove, but it was cheap, rarely stayed lit with a bit of wind, and was truly a pain in the ass. But I found the Pinnacle Dualist set to be something new and exciting. Because not only does the stove have a windscreen, but this kit comes with everything you could need as a backpacker. Beyond the bowls and mugs, with lids, the Pinnacle cook kit comes includes pot, strainer, foons (this word continues to make me giggle), and wash sack, but all of these items fit inside each other and stores in a nice, tidy and small container, that is both light and wicked easy to use.
I found the Pinnacle Dualist Complete camp stove set by GSI Outdoors to be an amazing product. Not only is the design brilliant, but it is easy to use, and easy to carry. The way it closes down and stores tidily is perfect for backpackers and wilderness campers. The stove works well, and is designed to work in rough conditions, which can be life saving for anyone exploring the wilderness. But beyond that, the overall effectiveness of having an entire camp stove with bowls and utensils, in such a small and lightweight pack, is ingenious. I wish I knew of this product during my first years of exploring, because I was burdened by the weight and size of the fuel tank, and often went hungry because of the cheapness and ineffectiveness of my old Coleman camp stove unit.
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Article written by Brandon Scott / Eye & Pen
Photos © GSI Outdoors.
For more information about GSI Outdoors, click here.
Article written by Brandon Scott / Eye & Pen
Photos © GSI Outdoors.
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