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Lightest backpacking stoves: 23 models measured

Every one of the backpacking stoves in the RidgeNote register with a manufacturer-published figure, placed on the distribution. 71 other products on this shelf are not backpacking stoves and are listed below, unranked. Figures are manufacturer-listed and dated on each product page; nothing here is weighed by us.

Measured guides for this shelf

The spread

Weight · 23 of 23 published
0.5 oz
lightest
2.9 oz
25th
10.3 oz
median
15.3 oz
75th
1.56 lb
heaviest
Price · 23 of 23 published
$14.95
cheapest
$69.95
25th
$139.95
median
$169.95
75th
$259.95
priciest

Lightest at each price

The least you can carry for what you are willing to spend — the frontier, not a favourite.

All 23 backpacking stoves, lightest first

#ModelWeightvs medianPrice$/oz
1Zpacks Titanium Wing Stove for Esbit0.5 oz-95%$14.95$30.27
2Gossamer Gear TOAKS Titanium Backpacking Stove1.7 oz-84%$29.95$17.69
3Snow Peak LiteMax Titanium2.0 oz-81%$44.95$22.76
4Zpacks Soto Windmaster Stove w/ Triflex2.3 oz-78%$69.95$30.51
5MSR PocketRocket 22.6 oz-75%$49.95$19.40
6Hyperlite Mountain Gear MSR PocketRocket® Deluxe2.9 oz-72%$84.95$29.37
7MSR PocketRocket Deluxe2.9 oz-72%$84.95$29.02
8Soto WindMaster Stove with 4Flex3.1 oz-70%$69.95$22.79
9MSR PocketRocket® Deluxe Stove3.4 oz-67%$84.95$24.83
10Jetboil Stash Cooking System7.1 oz-31%$131.43$18.54
11MSR PocketRocket® 2 Mini Stove Kit9.1 oz-12%$104.95$11.53
12MSR WindPro™ II Stove10.3 oz0%$139.95$13.59
13Jetboil MicroMo Cooking System12.0 oz+16%$169.95$14.17
14Jetboil Flash Fast Boil Stove13.1 oz+27%$144.99$11.08
15MSR Switch™ Stove System13.8 oz+34%$144.95$10.48
16MSR WhisperLite™ International Stove14.9 oz+45%$159.95$10.72
17MSR WhisperLite™ Stove15.2 oz+48%$139.95$9.21
18MSR WindBurner Personal Stove System15.3 oz+48%$199.95$13.09
19MSR WindBurner® Personal Stove System - Black1.03 lb+59%$199.95$12.19
20MSR DragonFly® Stove1.12 lb+73%$199.95$11.20
21MSR WindBurner® Group Stove System - 2.5 LTR1.32 lb+105%$259.95$12.30
22MSR WindBurner® Duo Stove System - 1.8 LTR1.33 lb+107%$229.95$10.78
23MSR PocketRocket® Stove Kit1.56 lb+143%$139.95$5.60

Also on this shelf, not ranked

The cook shelf holds stoves, pots, cups, plates and spoons together, and a spoon’s weight says nothing about a stove’s. The ranked list is stoves and stove systems; cookware is listed, not ranked.

How this is measured

Weights and prices are the manufacturer's published figures as recorded in the RidgeNote register, each with its source and the date it was read on the product page. Percentiles count only models with a published figure; ties count neither way. Price is the verified current price where one exists, otherwise the maker's list price. The ranked list is backpacking stoves: The cook shelf holds stoves, pots, cups, plates and spoons together, and a spoon’s weight says nothing about a stove’s. The ranked list is stoves and stove systems; cookware is listed, not ranked.The register is re-read on a schedule, so this page reflects the catalogue as of its last build. As an Amazon Associate, RidgeNote earns from qualifying purchases.