I have all of the above. Some of them are less efficient than others but I have some that really rock. I was working with one the other day and on this particular stove was able to just sit the pot right on top of the stove itself. Although this is not one of the more efficient models of the alcohol stove...I suppose that this particular model would be called a "side- burner" stove....I have them set up where on some the windscreen and the pot stand are one piece. Others I have it is two different things for the windscreen and the pot holder and/or stand. Some of the models that I have, have heat vents very much like you find on the old fashion Coleman canister stoves that more efficiently directs the flame to the bottom of the pot and I have gotten better boil times with these models. I would say that on an average of all the stoves that I have the average boil time would be around 3-5 minutes. That's faster than it takes us to put up our tent. We both carry one of these set-ups or the other so we are most of the time pretty prepared for cooking duties... Hope this helps....Happy Trekking...sabre11004...



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