WHEN IT AIN’T broke, don’t fix it – that’s the Trangia’s mantra, given its original design has barely changed in more than 80 years. But they have added to it. We tested each of the configurations: ...

I made my first backpacking stove in my college girlfriend's backyard with a hole punch and a can of Fancy Feast. After emptying the cat food in the trash (she didn't have a cat, and I was a dirtbag ...

I may have to knuckle under on this issue. Because of the geographic location where I’ve done 90 percent of my backpacking in the high, fairly windy mountains of the Pacific Northwest I’ve long been ...

They are? Maybe that’s an East Coast thing alcohol stoves would be a novelty out here on the West Coast. But I know they’re popular in Europe. As with most things, there are pros and cons to going ...