We have and old Primus multi fuel from years ago. Burns just about anything including canister fuel and heats from a very controlled simmer to a jet engine flame but after years of being away from BPing we lightened the load with a Crux canister stove. This is more or less my luxury item. We are for the first time eating some boil/bag meals so this works great. I have no doubt I could whip up a decent meal with this stove as well with non dehydrated foods. I have enjoyed cooking very well prepared meals for my wife and I for years on a $20 single burner Coleman 'perfect flow' propane stove when flying off to hike around the country and camping from a rental car. I see the Crux as its little cousin.

Now that I have the Crux as a go to stove I am going to, at my leisure, experiment with alcohol stoves.

jimmyb