G.A.K New Stainless Steel Bottle Backpacking Stove

For carrying it: a Stanley cup fits in fine, with room to spare (will need to pad to keep it quiet) an OzarkTrail stainless cup fits in about 2/3 of the way, stopping about where the side opening ends. If you're doing both of the above, nested, you're just adding about 1" to the bottom of the stack. Which also means you can fit something in there (bags with spices, or other fancy stuff). I'm fine with that. I don't do the steel bottle/bottle bag thing, so IDK how that would fit, but it's fine for my pack. For using it: I feel like the best arrangement would be to flip the thing like a cup, put it on top of a retail Alcohol stove, and put a frying pan on it. because nearly everything nests in it, you can't do what with any cups. What I end up doing is placing it like in the product image, the stove inside, and then whatever goes on top. One issue here is that it's super close to the burner. The opening does let you do some flame adjustment though. This is all fine, flame isn't smothered or anything. It does sometimes come out of the side holes, which is also fine. The reason I really went with this is I don't have room to spare inside my cups, and I want everything contained. You can potentially use this as a mini wood stove. I guess in a pinch - would have to feed it a lot at an awkward angle but it would get the job done, I think. Other: I don't think any approach to windscreen/stand/stove is "perfect". When I try to invent something in my head even. Everything is pricy, or big, or collapses into an awkward shape, etc. My solution in such cases is go with something decently functional and inexpensive. This is that thing, for me. I'll try to post some pictures later.

With this nesting stove, my Nalgene Stainless Steel 38oz bottle setup is complete. It consists of a 38oz bottle, a 27oz DZO Outdoor nesting cup, an 18oz Ozark Trail(Walmart) nesting cup, and now the nesting stove. I also have the GSI Outdoor Nesting cup I see others use with their Naglenes as well. However, I found out the DZO one is a little bigger, comes with a lid that fits snuggly, and is half the price of the GSI. Plus the Ozark Trail cup won't nest with the GSI, but it nests well with the DZO. The stove nests up the Ozark Trail's handles, which is good enough for me, it fits snug, it won't slide off if you let go of the bottom. I bought another one of those nesting stoves along with another one of those DZO and Ozark Trail cups. I've decided to put together a second Nalgene Stainless 38oz bottle setup. I have a Pathfinder Canteen cook set in my Bug Out Bag, it was my first foray into the stainless steel bottle world, but I found the Nalgene set up better, and now that I have a nesting stove that can fit the latter, I can build another Nalgene setup. I have my current one in my Everyday Carry/Get Home Bag, so I can hardly wait to build one for my Bug Out Bag. I'll either sell the Pathfinder set as it's seen very little use or give it away to someone who camps more often than I do, it's still a good set, and would make a good starter set for someone I know.

For burning an alcohol stove, it's quite low, and I don't get a high enough flame to bring a kettle boiling. If it were about 1 cm taller and 1 cm narrower, it would be much more functional. The dimensions seem to be designed for nesting on other pots. It's still a very well made product but with a slighty uneven cutout. 4.5* from me, but rounded down because the low height makes it less functional than I'd hoped for. I have to either put something under the kettle or under this stand to lift my kettle high enough to reliably get a boil going.

Works as advertised. Nest with my GSI, however because it is tapered, it does not nest to the very bottom. It stops at the cutout where your fire tinder is placed. It's definitely adequate for my needs. Last, I use the space created by the stove not completely nesting with my GSI for fuel tab storage.

I was excited and expecting something that was well crafted and near perfect but, not completely so. Now, it seems to be made with good metal and the dimensions are as advertised but, the inner side arch opening is a little rough and has a little “bite” indicating its sharp so it will need to be buffed with my dremel tool to smooth it out. My old 32oz GSI single wall stainless steel water bottle fits perfectly. Standard Nalgene 32oz bottle and a 32oz Hydrapeak bottle fits perfectly. Now, why only 3 stars? I deducted 1 because, I will need to buff out the rough sharp edges myself. The other star is because it’s made in China. I thought when I was buying this it was made in the USA and I was supporting a small business who makes them in California. I did some internet searching but, found nothing indicating it was made abroad so ordered it. Am I against others purchasing it? Absolutely not, but the truth and better information shall give others better insight to choose. I like the large top opening of this field stove that is not offered by other brands selling similar products and I was able to “ease” it into my Helikon-Tex Foxtrot MK2 side of bottle holder pouch. Little tight but, it does fit and I’m able mate a bottle with it, which serves the purpose for buying this burner stove. So, if you want to save some money, I do recommend this product. If you’re willing to spend more, then I say buy the other’s round stove that also mates with 32oz bottles. You can’t go wrong with either, it’s just a personal preference.

This is perfect. Well made. It fits my Gearland Canteen Stainless Steel Water Bottle with Nested Camping Cup perfectly. The perfect addition to complete my kit. Thanks

Use with Stanley 2 cup cooker. Fits upside down on the cooker when you pack it together. Makes a small package. Works great as a stove also. Lol

Great idea and well made for small alcohol burners. Unfortunately this stove is not usable with Sterno type canned fuels. The stove and Sterno cans are the same height (2-1/4"), so when a pot is put on the stove it snuff out the sterno can flame. Burner mm us be less than 2-1/4" high.