Hi Andy I bought this stove 2 months ago to avoid the hot spot on pans you mentioned, and also for winter if the gas cannister is low on gas, you can flip it upside down to maintain gas flow, exellent stove, with the pre heat tube as well, its well worth the high price tag. I saw a very handy tip on egg transportation, might have been Paul Messner's, rather than carrying eggs in a box or those yellow plastic egg carriers, take two eggs crack them into a small nalgene bottle and just pour into you pan later, maybe even keeping the yokes intact. Im guessing the stiff valve might ease with use ? Cheers Andy 👍
Good stuff buddy 👍, love my fire maple gear, none of it has let me down. I picked the 3piece feast set up, pan, pot and kettle, 46 quid for the lot, amazon, 1 of me best bargains for gear! ATB
I have this remote canister stove and love it. Loved your review. I could almost smell the bacon… one thing, you didn’t mention the pre heater tube for cold weather camping, that is to say you can invert the gas canister and let the liquid gas run through the hose until it meets the pre heater tube and turns back into a gas. In other words the pressure within the gas canister won’t matter unlike a directly attached stove. When the gas canister’s running low on gas, you can also invert the canister and use all the gas rather than leaving that bit in the bottom you get when using a directly attached stove. Oh, and if you have to cook inside your tent vestibule the lower flame reduces fire risks👍🏻
@@anonymous4201 Mine does look a little bigger yes and I've used household frying pans and saucepans on mine. It's holding up really well, I've had mine a couple of years now and used it a lot and it's still performing flawlessly. Hope that helps.
All your kit looks so clean it’s gleaming. Puts my beaten up Trangia or my soot stained TBS Ti pot and old BRS burner to shame. Thanks for the helpful pan review. Newly subbed. I’m off to bleach my spork 😉
Nice review. I think I'm definitely a remote gas canister convert for my next purchase. 😊 I also had to go and cook some bacon after watching this... 😋
I have on of the original JetBoils so bought a couple FireMaple stoves as "backups". The bloody JetBoil keeps going, though.🤣. So Have used the FireMaple when I go fishing and seems good kit for the price.
I purchased a folding stick stove but the blackening of pans is horrendous. My vintage camping gaz stove is non-blackening. I really should get a decent gas stove that uses easy to find canisters.
Hi Andy, another good vid. I like the Fire Maple stuff, I think it is the same company as Naturehike. Another good budget company to look out for is Alocs. They do mostly lightweght (not ultralight) cooksets, and Trangia clones. I have the CWC05 cookset, which is basically a clone of the T27, but they also do a smaller one. I see you have the new Lifestraw filter bottle. I also see lots of people reviewing the new lifestraw soft waterbottle with filter on UA-cam. I could not get my hands on one but Decathlon also one for about half the price. The Befree bottle I have heard can puncture. But the Lifestraw and Decathlon have much thicker bottles. I know you like Decathlon and budget gear, you might be intersted in looking at the Decathlon filter bottle.
@@BackpackingUK One more useful thing about Alocs. They do a gas burner conversion, in fact they do two. These slot into the place of the alcohol burner, the same as the Trangia, but at a fraction of the price. One has a simple burner head, the other also has the preheating tube. I am not sure if they are available in the UK, but you might get them on Ali. BTW the 0.8L kettle will also nest in CW C05. Not perfectly, but it does go in.
What are your thoughts on those collapsible cups? I've never tried one because I'm worried I'll taste the silicone with a hot brew in it! In the past every camping UA-camr would drink from those pointless wooden things. You don't see that anymore.
I got a few of those. There is no taste of silicone. After a while they can take on the taste of coffee. If they get a bit funky, put them in the freezer to freshen them I can thank Mrs Messner for that tip.
Why would you put a canister stabiliser on a canister when a remote stove? My (on canister) Alpkit Kraku (idential to the Fire Maple FMS-300T) is 43g, the canister stabiliser is 29g so total 72g, vs my FM -117T stove is 106g, 34g heavier, for which I get a more stable system and I can put a windshield nearer around in a low platform with remote canister. From Fire Maple theres: - the FMS-300T, aka Alpkit Kraku, 43g, advantage is compact. - the FMS-116T, same weight as the above but a wider burn head, so less compact but more suited for cooking as less of a central burn area. - the FMS-117T which is 106g with a remote tube, lacks pre-heat tube, one model down from what you show, more so for when cooking real food and lower more stable. - the FMS Blade 2 (your review unit) 135g, with pre-heat tube, which helps for inverting canister for more reliable stable flame in colder conditions. - the FMS-118A which is 146g, 11g more than the above for less than half the price. Once people know you're doubling the cost to save 11g, most would not buy the Blade 2. As such the stand out items would be either the FMS-118A for good value, low stability, works in cold weather, or the FMS-117T for weight savings but can cook better, or for smallest pack size the FMS-300T aka Alpkit Kraku. A lot mention the BRS-300T, I've seen too many reviews of unreliability, pot arms melting, etc, so I carry it as a backup when I'm relying on cooking, 26g "why not".
I am a massive fan of the remote canister stoves. Having the stove on the ground really lowers the centre of gravity, and makes cooking a lot more central. However I’ve never been keen on carrying a frying pan. I always feel they are bulky and take a lot of space. Especially if I have a cook pot already. Does anyone else feel the same way or is there a way to carry a frying pan easily and comfortably?
I have frying pans, Titanium non-stick from Beyond Voyage and the non-stick lid for a Trangia 27. These products are more for your car-camping trips. In winter my preference is the Trangia, which has a lid as part of the packing system, and you can carry either the lighter Alu or heavier non-stick if you know you want a fry-up. Also in winter your meat can go from freezer to backpack and not really have that much chance of going off, so fry-up and winter go well together when you tend to want more food and a bigger breakfast. I never fry in summer backpacking, usually it's too warm in the tent to want to cook.
@@BackpackingUK you mentioned on a jetboil review that the heat spreads nicely and doesn't just cook in the centre. Does the firemaple frying pan spread the heat like the jetboil? It's half the price so if it performs as well as the jetboil I'll go for it.
When using ferrorod you pull back the rod as if you push the steel you can push over what you're lighting. That Fire Maple Blade 2 is quite expensive and it's because it's got a pre-heat tube and is part Titanium. The pre-heat tube means you can invert the gas canister so the liquid comes out into the tube instead of relying on liquid gas vapourising in the canister which needs it to be warm enough. So you'd use that specific stove when intending to be near freezing. A few grams heavier is the all-steel version, FMS-118A 146g, so 11g more and at time of writing is less than half the price of the part-Titanium Blade 2. So those less ultra weight conscious could add 11g but save over ￡30. If it's not winter / cold then an even lighter and significantly lower cost FMS-117T lacks the pre-heat tube and is lighter, but still has the tube for remote use - more stable., that is 106g and around ￡33 , so that's more of a choice for the weight-conscious non-cold context. Those remote stoves suit what you were doing of frying as you're doing a lot of food handling while cooking so an ontop of canister system is taller and you're more likely to knock it off and lose your food. I'd already had a Trangia and got the gas conversion kit which has a pre-heat tube so that's my gas based winter system, but in winter my trips tend to be shorter so I use also tend to use meths if cooking for 1 as it's lighter for a couple of days than gas and less to fail, but gas wins for cooking for 2 as meths is about 1/3rd the speed to boil water than gas, If I didn't already have the Trangia I may have got your reviewed stove for it's pre-heat tube but have been seriously wondering if 11g saves is worth more adding more than ￡30 cost. While your Fire Map frying pan looks well made I prefer one with a lid and got it from Boundless Voyage, who sell non-stick and "non-non-stick" make sure you get the right one. I also have the FMS-116T stove-top model, no tube but has the same wide burner as in your video which better suits cooking, that's when I want to save weight and volume not having the tube. Fire Maple also have the FMS-300T which in UK is also the Alpkit Kraku, I got that first but it tends to burn food and the FMS-116T is the identical 46g but a wide head so if I'm intending to cook food, am weight conscious then the FMS-116T is currently my go-to. Finally I know there's lots of attention of packing cooking systems, but you end up with some dead space so I pre-make my morning porridge in bags and stuff them in my pots, it protects the food, reduces chance of accidentally squishing bending thin Titanium pots, and pack the stove and canister usually in my clothes dry bag.
Budget maybe pushing 😬 In fairness, these are probably Fire Maples more expensive items. They do cheaper camping gear too, check out their Amazon Store 👍
Buy from Amazon here:
Fire Maple Blade 2 Titanium Stove £55 amzn.to/3D8yx7S
Fire Maple Feast Frying Pan £26 amzn.to/3DywQls
Thank you. I like this vidio.
Hi Andy
I bought this stove 2 months ago to avoid the hot spot on pans you mentioned, and also for winter if the gas cannister is low on gas, you can flip it upside down to maintain gas flow, exellent stove, with the pre heat tube as well, its well worth the high price tag. I saw a very handy tip on egg transportation, might have been Paul Messner's, rather than carrying eggs in a box or those yellow plastic egg carriers, take two eggs crack them into a small nalgene bottle and just pour into you pan later, maybe even keeping the yokes intact. Im guessing the stiff valve might ease with use ?
Cheers Andy 👍
Yes Paul's method suits an overnighter. You can also wrap eggs in bacon and keep in mess tin or similar pot with other food.
Always good to get budget gear reviewm
Cheers 👍
Good stuff buddy 👍, love my fire maple gear, none of it has let me down.
I picked the 3piece feast set up, pan, pot and kettle, 46 quid for the lot, amazon, 1 of me best bargains for gear! ATB
I have this remote canister stove and love it. Loved your review. I could almost smell the bacon… one thing, you didn’t mention the pre heater tube for cold weather camping, that is to say you can invert the gas canister and let the liquid gas run through the hose until it meets the pre heater tube and turns back into a gas. In other words the pressure within the gas canister won’t matter unlike a directly attached stove. When the gas canister’s running low on gas, you can also invert the canister and use all the gas rather than leaving that bit in the bottom you get when using a directly attached stove. Oh, and if you have to cook inside your tent vestibule the lower flame reduces fire risks👍🏻
Thanks for sharing 👍
I don't know which one is better, Teflon frying pan or ordinary Firemple frying pan?❤
I'm really impressed with the Fire Maple stoves. I have the cheaper and slightly heavier FMS-105 and it's an amazing performer.
Thanks for sharing. I was really surprised just how good it was!
Hey is the fms 105 bigger than the one reviewed in this video and how is it holding up? Can you use bigger pans on it? Thanks
@@anonymous4201 Mine does look a little bigger yes and I've used household frying pans and saucepans on mine.
It's holding up really well, I've had mine a couple of years now and used it a lot and it's still performing flawlessly.
Hope that helps.
That's good to know.
I've just ordered a FMS-105. There aren't many reviews of that model on UA-cam.
Great video and review! Cheers from America!
All your kit looks so clean it’s gleaming. Puts my beaten up Trangia or my soot stained TBS Ti pot and old BRS burner to shame. Thanks for the helpful pan review. Newly subbed. I’m off to bleach my spork 😉
Nothing wrong with that at all! To be fair, it’s more of a shame using nice new shiny things than well-used kit.
Thanks form the review Andy, I am stuck with Campingaz for the time being until I run out of bottles and will then consider a new set up.
I really recommend this set up. Fire Maple offer cheaper stoves too.
@@BackpackingUK Thank you
Thanks Andrew my wee table comes tomorrow well worth the money 💰 cheers total inspiration 👍
It’s a really cool piece of camping gear, you’ll love it!
I bought one of those little black foldaway groundsheets from amazon. Cracking bit of kit.
I use mine all the time!
Nice review. I think I'm definitely a remote gas canister convert for my next purchase. 😊
I also had to go and cook some bacon after watching this... 😋
How does this Fire Maple frying pan compare against the JetBoil ceramic-coated pan?
I have on of the original JetBoils so bought a couple FireMaple stoves as "backups". The bloody JetBoil keeps going, though.🤣. So Have used the FireMaple when I go fishing and seems good kit for the price.
I'm really liking the stove. Might have to check it out
Cracking video Andy. 😁
Thanks 👍
Great video !
Cheers 👍
I purchased a folding stick stove but the blackening of pans is horrendous. My vintage camping gaz stove is non-blackening. I really should get a decent gas stove that uses easy to find canisters.
It makes a mess too. I’d highly recommend a gas stove. You can buy them for as little as a tenner!
Hi Andy, another good vid. I like the Fire Maple stuff, I think it is the same company as Naturehike. Another good budget company to look out for is Alocs. They do mostly lightweght (not ultralight) cooksets, and Trangia clones. I have the CWC05 cookset, which is basically a clone of the T27, but they also do a smaller one.
I see you have the new Lifestraw filter bottle. I also see lots of people reviewing the new lifestraw soft waterbottle with filter on UA-cam. I could not get my hands on one but Decathlon also one for about half the price. The Befree bottle I have heard can puncture. But the Lifestraw and Decathlon have much thicker bottles. I know you like Decathlon and budget gear, you might be intersted in looking at the Decathlon filter bottle.
I never knew that. I'll check out Alocs too 👍
@@BackpackingUK One more useful thing about Alocs. They do a gas burner conversion, in fact they do two. These slot into the place of the alcohol burner, the same as the Trangia, but at a fraction of the price. One has a simple burner head, the other also has the preheating tube. I am not sure if they are available in the UK, but you might get them on Ali.
BTW the 0.8L kettle will also nest in CW C05. Not perfectly, but it does go in.
Just ordered one cheers mate.
Great choice!
jetboil?
What are your thoughts on those collapsible cups? I've never tried one because I'm worried I'll taste the silicone with a hot brew in it! In the past every camping UA-camr would drink from those pointless wooden things. You don't see that anymore.
The Sea to Summit ones are quite rigid so there’s little risk of it collapsing.
@@BackpackingUK and it doesn't affect the taste and it's not too hot to hold? Cheers Andy
I got a few of those. There is no taste of silicone. After a while they can take on the taste of coffee. If they get a bit funky, put them in the freezer to freshen them I can thank Mrs Messner for that tip.
Hi may I know the exact model of the table you are using ? Thank you .
Soto 👍
Why would you put a canister stabiliser on a canister when a remote stove? My (on canister) Alpkit Kraku (idential to the Fire Maple FMS-300T) is 43g, the canister stabiliser is 29g so total 72g, vs my FM -117T stove is 106g, 34g heavier, for which I get a more stable system and I can put a windshield nearer around in a low platform with remote canister.
From Fire Maple theres:
- the FMS-300T, aka Alpkit Kraku, 43g, advantage is compact.
- the FMS-116T, same weight as the above but a wider burn head, so less compact but more suited for cooking as less of a central burn area.
- the FMS-117T which is 106g with a remote tube, lacks pre-heat tube, one model down from what you show, more so for when cooking real food and lower more stable.
- the FMS Blade 2 (your review unit) 135g, with pre-heat tube, which helps for inverting canister for more reliable stable flame in colder conditions.
- the FMS-118A which is 146g, 11g more than the above for less than half the price. Once people know you're doubling the cost to save 11g, most would not buy the Blade 2.
As such the stand out items would be either the FMS-118A for good value, low stability, works in cold weather, or the FMS-117T for weight savings but can cook better, or for smallest pack size the FMS-300T aka Alpkit Kraku.
A lot mention the BRS-300T, I've seen too many reviews of unreliability, pot arms melting, etc, so I carry it as a backup when I'm relying on cooking, 26g "why not".
I am a massive fan of the remote canister stoves. Having the stove on the ground really lowers the centre of gravity, and makes cooking a lot more central.
However I’ve never been keen on carrying a frying pan. I always feel they are bulky and take a lot of space. Especially if I have a cook pot already.
Does anyone else feel the same way or is there a way to carry a frying pan easily and comfortably?
I put mine in the lid of my backpack and then fill the pan 👍
I have frying pans, Titanium non-stick from Beyond Voyage and the non-stick lid for a Trangia 27. These products are more for your car-camping trips. In winter my preference is the Trangia, which has a lid as part of the packing system, and you can carry either the lighter Alu or heavier non-stick if you know you want a fry-up.
Also in winter your meat can go from freezer to backpack and not really have that much chance of going off, so fry-up and winter go well together when you tend to want more food and a bigger breakfast.
I never fry in summer backpacking, usually it's too warm in the tent to want to cook.
Is the frying-pan smooth on the bottom or ribbed like the Jetboil version, so it grips on the jagged edge on the fold out stand?
No, it’s just got a flat base.
got a chp silnylon tarp / footprint of aliex well worth what i snagged it for
How would you rate their frying pan vs the jetboil one
The Fire Maple is harder wearing but the Jetboil has a better base. The Fire Maple also has higher sides. You can't go wrong for approx. £25!
@@BackpackingUK you mentioned on a jetboil review that the heat spreads nicely and doesn't just cook in the centre. Does the firemaple frying pan spread the heat like the jetboil? It's half the price so if it performs as well as the jetboil I'll go for it.
@@dannyfryer7794 It’s really good, the base is slightly thick than most pans so this helps reduce hot spotting.
I usually end up buying something after watching your videos but this time just made an egg and bacon roll at 7:30 p.m... 🍳🥓
😂😂😂
I'm sorry to bother you I'm not good with phones what's the make of the wee table please I'll order one ASAP thank you
Soto. The link is in the description.
Great review, burner looks excellent. Shame about the frypan though. Non Stick is TOXIC !!!
I will be investing in that gear. Can you send a link as to your we table thank you
All the links are in the description 👍
se te olvidó la parte donde se pliega el asa, tiras la comida al suelo y te quemas!
fire maple vs jetboil skillet ?
I’ll have to do a head-to-head. They’re both great!
I want to know about the shoes u r wearing 🤔
Salomon Element 👍
I can't get the words, fire maple feast out of my head for some reason lol!
😂😂😂
@@BackpackingUK I really like your videos
Super lite at 55 pounds???🤔😉😅..
Your mic is super quiet on this one Andy.
🏋️ 😂
When using ferrorod you pull back the rod as if you push the steel you can push over what you're lighting.
That Fire Maple Blade 2 is quite expensive and it's because it's got a pre-heat tube and is part Titanium. The pre-heat tube means you can invert the gas canister so the liquid comes out into the tube instead of relying on liquid gas vapourising in the canister which needs it to be warm enough. So you'd use that specific stove when intending to be near freezing. A few grams heavier is the all-steel version, FMS-118A 146g, so 11g more and at time of writing is less than half the price of the part-Titanium Blade 2. So those less ultra weight conscious could add 11g but save over ￡30.
If it's not winter / cold then an even lighter and significantly lower cost FMS-117T lacks the pre-heat tube and is lighter, but still has the tube for remote use - more stable., that is 106g and around ￡33 , so that's more of a choice for the weight-conscious non-cold context.
Those remote stoves suit what you were doing of frying as you're doing a lot of food handling while cooking so an ontop of canister system is taller and you're more likely to knock it off and lose your food.
I'd already had a Trangia and got the gas conversion kit which has a pre-heat tube so that's my gas based winter system, but in winter my trips tend to be shorter so I use also tend to use meths if cooking for 1 as it's lighter for a couple of days than gas and less to fail, but gas wins for cooking for 2 as meths is about 1/3rd the speed to boil water than gas,
If I didn't already have the Trangia I may have got your reviewed stove for it's pre-heat tube but have been seriously wondering if 11g saves is worth more adding more than ￡30 cost.
While your Fire Map frying pan looks well made I prefer one with a lid and got it from Boundless Voyage, who sell non-stick and "non-non-stick" make sure you get the right one.
I also have the FMS-116T stove-top model, no tube but has the same wide burner as in your video which better suits cooking, that's when I want to save weight and volume not having the tube.
Fire Maple also have the FMS-300T which in UK is also the Alpkit Kraku, I got that first but it tends to burn food and the FMS-116T is the identical 46g but a wide head so if I'm intending to cook food, am weight conscious then the FMS-116T is currently my go-to.
Finally I know there's lots of attention of packing cooking systems, but you end up with some dead space so I pre-make my morning porridge in bags and stuff them in my pots, it protects the food, reduces chance of accidentally squishing bending thin Titanium pots, and pack the stove and canister usually in my clothes dry bag.
Need a frying pan
This is it!
Him-It’s super super super light. It’s 55 pounds.
Me- man he must be jacked, 55lbs is heavy.
Me- nvm I’m American that’s money not weight.
😂😂😂
Where's the budget gear?
Budget maybe pushing 😬 In fairness, these are probably Fire Maples more expensive items. They do cheaper camping gear too, check out their Amazon Store 👍
@@BackpackingUK ye I know mate it ain't budget stuff which ain't like u, you have some cracking budget gear vids 👍
Subtitle indonesia
Teflon, not good.
Where is the table from ?
Soto. It’s not cheap but the link is in the description.
@@BackpackingUK thank you and I am enjoying your videos