We are having a strong monsoon season here and are currently in the second or third wettest on record. So both wood and alcohol stoves are allowed in the wilderness areas.

We are using the Snow Peak 1400 for the two of us. The biggest use is boiling water but we like to cook other recipes like I mentioned. If boiling is all we are going to do then we often take the Evernew 1.3 L ti which is the lightest in the two person category. It has a fairly wide diameter too. If we are traveling with another one or two then we take the Snow Peak 2 L CooknSave ti pot. It is the widest and we have nested the Evernew with it to cook and bake all those things. IMO the SP 1400 is the slickest.

Efficiency depends upon the exact pot, stove and windscreen setup. Generally a wider diameter pot will boil faster but with the right stove and windscreen the times become closer. My White Box alcohol stove has the jets blowing out from the side of the stove so the widest pot is needed there. The Trangia burns upwards so that helps with narrower pots. Specific experimentation and notation will tell. It really depends on what you want to do. For simply boiling water it’s hard to beat the Evernew.9l for solo and the Evernew 1.3l for duos. They work well on all the stoves we have used. If you figure out a good tight windscreen that ventilates the air to the flame then you will have a very efficient system with your remote canister stove. We have found ours to be real fuel misers.

We have had the SP1400 for 20 years and the other two for about 15 years. All have been used extensively with several stoves and windscreens.

Experimenting is half the fun as you already know.