My favorite stove is a heavy old Coleman Peak One stove - it just works - BUT heavy and so I don't pack it much.

Husband bought us a MSR international Dragonfly, which is nice cuz we can just use normal vehicle gas and not worry about stopping and finding fuel. It seems... fiddly.

My last trip I bought the esbit setup, just to try - figured it would be a no-go since I'm pretty sensitive usually to smell. This will be my route for now on when camping alone. Super light, fairly easy to use (I have a hard time lighting the blocks.) Oh and pretty cheap too.

I'd try an alcohol stove, but my _attempt_ at building one just didn't go well. Also they seem fragile - I smooshed my attempt in my backpack when I shoved everything in and compression strapped it (I'm not a nice clean packer I'm a shover to my husbands dismay. - this goes for packing the trunk of the car as well.)