What is the Best Survival Cooking Stove?

Esbit is your best bet, you can use wood with it as well not just cubes. The gas and the liquid could get damaged or not work or you’ll run out leaving you screwed. The big stove is just too big.

Personally, I prefer having three method to cook at all times. The first option ALWAYS being an open camp fire because it's a morale booster and everything tastes better slow cooked in a Dutch Oven, yes I will hand carry my Dutch Oven every where I go because you can literally cook just about anything in it. Second will always be my stainless steel folding camp woodstove, it's very flat and very small. But more than enough for the small stainless steel cook pot, pan, and tea kettle. The third option, and the one i try to use the least, is a propane/butane canister stove like the grey cylinder you have here. I try to use that one the least, due to having only so much fuel in each canister and delegating that particular stove to severe inclement weather to cook inside my tent or even having used it in my car to make hot tea this winter in Colorado during a few subzero nights. But to be honest, I've never considered using solid fuel tabs for two reasons, the first being that I had two at one point from a fire kit I had purchased and they both would not stay lit long enough to catch sticks on fire for a campfire. The second being that they are a finite resource. Liquid or gas fuels have their pros and cons, but nothing will ever convince that using wood is anything but superior giving your location and ability to collect firewood and make a fire. Granted, something like a S.E.R.E situation would dictate using a safer fuel source that doesn't produce a smell or obnoxious sound, this is the exact reason I always carry my little gas canister and it's burner attachment alongside my flat pack wood stove because two options are better than one. If I have to stay hidden I use the gas burner, if I can uave a fire I build a fire, if I don't have or can't build a fire pit I'll use my woodstove. I'm hoping soon I'll be able to FINALLY afford a decent and proper walled canvas tent and woodstove for hot tenting in this brisk Colorado Rocky winters. Never really had the chance to purchase good quality equipment, just some cheap Walmart gear and some decent items from Amazon over the times but never something that I could really rely on.

"In a winter climate, you will want something like this (firebox)". Bruh.
You should know better being in Canada. If you are in an environment where fire is that important, you should probably get isobutane. People freeze to death trying to light campfires all the time- get something easy and reliable. THEN once you have that thing going, use it to start building a campfire. I'm not planning on fighting hypothermia while looking for twigs that arent too wet to fit inside a silly metal firebox. I'm gonna want something that makes heat IMMEDIATELY.

Wood and wood only you always have wood all other fuel sources will run out

I'd love to see what you think about the watchman rocket stove

Where the msr xkg shines is in extreme cold. The iso stoves don’t work well in extreme conditions

coleman all the way gime my naphtha coleman THE ONLY SURVIVIL STOVE ANY PLACE ANY TIME ANY WEATHER

I use adapters for my canister stoves which allows me to use propane which has some real benefits, one of which is it can be stored for extended periods of time. Another benefit is that propane works in cold weather. Those adapters sell for as little as $6 on Amazon.

Before I start, let me say that I like these stoves and stove pros and cons, but a good question to ask might be do you really need a stove for survival?

its illegal to distill drinks in Canada but you can make racing gas, Wonder if it would work in the XGK could make fule infinite.

Not the best multifuel stove. Those preheating tubes are the frequent point of failure. Especially if using it with not very-very well cleaned liquid fuel, designed specially for those burners. Optimus and Primus offer more reliable stoves.
And about loudness. There are silent caps for the majority of multifuel stoves. They are very useful!

A pity you missed a woodGas stove, in many senses they double the effectiveness of simple wood stoves. Braught one in my rides in woods and mountains for the last 10 years, bringing an Esbit as second. Never used that second, expecially in winter.
Good job anyway, thanks! Keep safe! ✌🏼

Could you please give us the contact info for the fir guy?

Something wrong with that XGK, after about a minute warmup it burns clean & hot. And loud.

The way I see it, if you want the best odds bring more than one stove.

I have an msr pocket rocket that I really like...... although fuel could become an issue in certain situations.

#1 thing I learned: make sure to include wind protection in my gear. (Always use protection 😉😉)

Thank you for all the opinions. It is all helpful.
We just now have to make our own decisions. Thank you.
(PS it didn't help me decide on just one. Fyi)

I like your review? It was a cool review of each!!

What is the best stove? That's like asking a truck driver what is the most dangerous mile in a trip? The one your in. The one with your dinner on it. I prefer a coffee can when I don't have my collapsible. A hole in the ground for full bird burial, (a chicken usually), on a bed of coals from morning till dinner time, ssssucculents.