Coleman Fyrestorm Ti Multi-Fuel Stove - 2008 BCS

I purchased this stove two years ago. I have six different stoves for a variety of conditions and for both white gas and butain. White gas is my preferred fuel for winter activity.

I am very disappointed in this stove. I have not been able to light the stove without the entire works being engulfed in flame; something that the manual says only happens if something is wrong. I tried to work with coleman's help center. The person who I worked with tried to help by sending me a tech note on priming, but this did not work. I tried to work with them again, and did not get the help I was hoping for. The main problem is fuel pooling in the bottom of the stove, in the little pan below the fuel line entering the main stove body. It has never started up the way they describe in the manual.

I did not purchase the stove through backcountry.com. This is important to note, because I may have been able to return the stove. I was stubborn, in any event, because I wanted this stove to work. My favorite winter stove is my Coleman peak 1 which I purchased in 1992. I've never had to repair anything and it still works great. Its just very heavy compared to some of the new stoves.

I own four different stoves. I paid as much for this one as the other three put together. It is unreliable and dangerous. The white fuel is only reliable when the canister is near full. On the second day of camping and less fuel, you may starve to death trying to get this thing lit. The butane setup is dangerous. I tried using it on a snowshoeing trip last winter. The gas valve kept developing ice around it and would start leaking butane directly into the flame. The result was a succession of huge fireballs and some frightened Japanese hikers who were sharing the mountain rescue cabin with me.

Coleman's customer service also sucked. Despite the fact that I'm an American who bought this stove through an American vendor (not Backcountry.com), they kept referring me to the Japanese rep who couldn't speak English. Unfortunately, I'm still stuck with this POS stove.

Purchased this stove just over one year ago. During last December's major Winter storm that knocked our power out for over a week, it was our only means of cooking - and it proved itself an asset immediately. Throughout this past year it has been totally reliable on every outing that we made. And once again, just about two weeks ago during our most recent PacNW Winter-blow power outage, this stove was our only means of cooking. No problems whatsoever. The Fyrestorm Ti is extremely light, easy to disassemble, and has been accepting of all fuels used (so far this includes white gas, high-dollar butane/propane, and dirt-cheap butane/propane). Using WG was pretty straightforward. Pump the fuel bottle 40 times. Open the valves. Ignite. Pump 20 times again & sometimes more. And voila, the pleasant chugging/chuffing sound from the burner lets you know that it's ready to stand alone. Butane/Propane was even easier. The included inverted bottle stand worked great, and I found that I primarily used the gas valve on the stand to regulate the flame height rather than the simmer control. The titanium pot stands and wide-stance base have been great for all pots, pans, speckled blue camp percolators and jiffy-pop pkgs. that I have used. Incredibly stable in use, even using a 10" cast iron pan set upon the pot stands & not one wiggle, tip or close-call. I would buy this item again in a heartbeat if I ever wake up and find that it's missing.

I've been using mine for the last two years, mainly in the winter. Compared to my old Optimus, this one is lighter, faster, more reliable(fewer parts to go wrong), and offers the canister option(which my old optimus doesn't have). This being the US, I've no problem finding white gas anywhere; and any Walmart has Coleman fuel. I do run a diesel truck and have used diesel in the Optimus....you'd best be cooking something quickly and bring the instruction manual with you. I've had my optimus die on me because of that wee fuel filter that's so easy to drop/lose. I actually like the fuel mode better than the canister for cold weather, although the upside down setup on it does allow it to be a bit more efficient than the straight up ones. Living in the central PA mountains, it does get cold up here. With the fuel bottle it's just a matter of pumping and lighting....and heating/cooking. No priming rituals, praying to the Norse gods, or trying how to figure out how to eat cold, freeze dryed beef stew.