- This is the Companion Single Propane Stove.
Ultra compact, ultra affordable.
Let's check it out.
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Hi everyone, Ben from Snowys here
with the Companion Single Propane Stove.
This is an ultra compact and ultra affordable
way to be able to cook food in your campsite.
So if you're on a budget or if you're trying to lighten
up your load, either in your four drive or just your car
these are a really good option
that's going to slide into any small storage spot.
Now we'll start with what comes in the box when you get it.
Now you get a little carryback here,
just a little zippered bag there
that you can store everything in.
You get an instruction manual that's pretty basic.
So you don't need too many details there.
This is the regulator that we can attach a gas to a gun.
So a bit more on that shortly.
And then this is the stove.
Now you have got a little removable top in here
so it's nice and easy to clean.
That just twists into place
with little notches there to hold it in place.
And that's all there is for assembly.
Now it weighs about 800 grammes.
And this measures about 197 centimetres
by 197 centimetres, that's edge to edge.
It's a little bit more for the knob here,
another couple of centimetres out the front there.
And 75 centimetres to the top of the burner here
from the bottom.
So really compact.
They've got a couple of different options for gas
with these stoves here.
To start with, you always need this regulator
in this system.
So this just screws into the side here.
There's just a screw port there that slots in.
There's a rubber seal on there to seal it up.
We screw that in.
And that attaches on the side.
Now, no matter which gas we use,
whichever option I'm about to explain to you,
you always need this in the system.
Now straight out of the box,
you can now buy these available separately.
Propane canisters.
They're about 450, 490 grammes, 453 grammes,
that just screws in there.
It gives us a nice portable,
these are disposable,
it gives a nice portable way to set it up.
Now, if you do want to attach this to LPG canisters
like I've got out on the side here,
this is a 9 kilo LPG with a POL fitting
and then a couple of smaller bottles here
which have got a three eight BSB fitting coming out the top.
Now you can use those if you buy an optional hose here.
So this is a hose with a BOM fitting that's going to screw
into the regulator here.
And then this other end here will attach
to the nine kilo bottle over to this side here as well.
And then another type of hose here.
If you've got a three eighth BSB bottle,
this fitting here is going to attach
into the regulator here.
And then this end here screws into the top
of these gas canisters here.
What I'm going to do for you today though
is set it up with this propane canister here.
Now this just screws in so that the regulator here
has just got a regular thread on there.
We do this up not too tight.
Just make sure it's not cross threaded.
So just carefully screw that in
until you feel a bit of resistance.
Once you've got that done up,
you want to grab some soapy water,
spray all these joints here and turn the gas, or not,
sorry, leave the gas off,
and spray all these joints here.
And make sure it's not bubbling
so you know that there's no gas leaks.
That's now set up ready to use.
This gas canister just sits upright like this.
The gas is going to run into our stove here.
Now in terms of usable space on this,
obviously you are a little bit limited
with the way this gas canister sits.
If you've got a hose attached in here
you've got a little bit of extra diameter there to fit
upon.
It is a small burner though,
so you probably wouldn't put a really big pot on there.
Anyway, I've got a 28 centimetre still fry pan here now,
just to give you a bit of a reference
on how that might look.
So that's reasonably central on the stove there
and it's just up against the gas canister here now.
So probably wouldn't want too hot a pot leaning
against the canister there
but let's say 28 centimetre pans
probably about the biggest you're gonna fit on there.
Probably about the biggest you'd want
to cook on there anyway cause
you're gonna have a lot of heat right in the middle.
Let's load it up and have a look.
Now this burner is 5,000 BTU.
So it's not the hottest burner
but it is obviously a compact unit.
So they're not aiming to get a really hot burner,
they're just aiming for a compact unit here.
Now there's no piece or ignition here.
You've just got on off knob at the front here.
So you're going to need a lighter like this
or a match or something or a flint
to be able to light these guys.
Now we don't need to send none of the bottle.
We just turn it on at the knob here on the front.
So before I turn that on actually,
I'm going to light this and then I know
I've got the flame ready to go.
And I light that.
The gas coming out, that's now lit there now.
Now it's not a roaring flame that's come out of that.
If I turn that up, that's about as much as it gets.
I'll put my hand up above that.
I can feel a reasonable amount of warmth about this far up.
So it's not going to be the fastest boil
with something like this.
It's going to get there eventually.
You're going to be able to cook some sausages
and things on it.
But it's certainly not a 10,000 BTU burner,
it's more around that kind of compact
kind of cooking style.
In terms of simmer,
I'm just going to have a play around
and turn this in now to see how far down we can get
or how touchy this is.
So it's just starting to go down.
Now I can turn that right down.
I could feel heat there now.
I can get my hand there reasonably comfortably.
So that's almost off now.
I can only just see a little flame around there now
and I can feel heat when my hands
are roundabout this height here.
So I would say you're going to get a pretty good simmer
out of this stove here.
Now gas consumption is about 109 grammes
of gas per hour.
So reasonably good consumption.
Like I said, it is a small burner though.
So it's not built for speed.
It's built for compact.
Now when you're done,
this pops off nice and easily on the top here.
So cleaning's super easy.
Just give that a wipe, give this a wipe, pop it back on,
and then back in the bag for storage.
I reckon these are a great little stove for anyone
either on a budget
or like me looking to save weight in your fall job
or your camp set up because these are so small
they're going to slide into any spot.
Some stoves get really big.
They do cook quickly.
I'm not in a rush when I'm camping.
This is going to do the job for me.
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