Well, I always learn everything the hard way. My son and I just completed a three night trip to the Ponca wilderness area. I carried 3 stoves. A trangia and 2 pop can stoves. The pop can stove did the best job. The trangia used to much fuel and burned out to fast. As far as cookware, I carried a cheap coleman $5 that did great for making pancakes (good but what a mess to clean). The down side to that cheap set was the aluminum cup. Hot to hold and cooled to fast. Same with the bowl/plate. I will replace with plastic. The shining light on the whole cookset was the heine pot setup with a cone windscreen. My pack weight was right at 30 lbs with water. I figure I can get it down to 20 the next trip.