BRS 3000T - My Favorite Backpacking Stove

What do you think about homemade alcohol stoves? I've made several from beer cans and aluminum water bottles. Used them on canoe trips. Am wondering how they would do backpacking. Thanks for your good videos.

I decided to go with the MSR Pocket Rocket 2, its slightly heavier, and cost a bit more, but I thought it would be more reliable and also I liked the small windshield on the burner which helps maintain the flame from gusts from the side.

I want one for my cooking kit

Brs is 9 to 13 bucks shipped from eBay. It’s lighter because the support arms are shorter. But between the 13 dollar high end price of the brs to the 50 dollar price range of the MSR. it boils down (no pun) to paying for name brand and advertising.

Shopping around here in Vegas at walmart, dicks, sportsman’s warehouse and Rei, they have bare minimum stock of their cheap line 24 dollars and their high end name brand 50 to 75 to 95! Dollar line. Store staffs told me they can’t sell them because people are buying online for way, way, less. Nothing can convince me that msr cant bring their prices down to compete. And bsr is so small and inexpensive that if reliability is an issue, bring two and check function before wandering out.

What do you use as a pot handle to get it off the stove with boiling water?

You are outdoorsey and scientific too!

Tighten your brs a little more and it wont become a flame thrower when you turn it down xD. Thanks for all the content!

Ummm. Your review sounds like a lot of reasons the msr is better! Lol. It made up my mind to spend the extra cash and get an msr for my at thru hike next yr.

Best thing you can do for a BRS is use pliars and a bench vise to make sure the arms are 100% even & level and matches the bottom of your cookware perfect. It's best for smaller pots for single person use. If your cookware is wide or much over a liter good luck not tipping it.

it's a great video and I have a cheaper version of the BSR stove and I also was looking for adjustable cooking grates as I can now put unlimited sized pots and pans over my mini stove and not worry about those undersized flanges not being able to solidly hold my cooking pots.

I love the brs stove styles. The etechcitys arent bad either. Both are small and cheap but i have never been able to get a 90sec boil time with my brs. Guess i need to wash it

Quick hint to keep the pot from sliding off the stove: level the stove. No need to season the stove, no need to worry about what kind of stove, aside from size, if it's level, the pot won't slide. It seems simple but you didn't mention anything about that and I'm wondering why your pot, (or was it your brother's?), was sliding off the stove.

BRS... BS! Worst stove I've ever owned. I really wanted to love this stove, I really did. When I go to screw it on, it sprays me with butane. I'm not talking just a little spray, I'm talking hands soaked with freezing butane. Also the flame can just out of nowhere, act erratic. Other than that... I guess it's nice to look at. Lol

I just bought a Pocket Rocket 2 for camping as I have enough room for it in my setup, but I was seriously looking at the BRS. It came down to quality for me, but I can't say that the PR2 is twice the stove that the BRS is considering the price.

I have never seen you use a foldable windscreen in any of the trails when you cook. Do you think they are needed? How do you cook on windy nights and mornings? Do you think it's safe to cook inside your tent or not? Were you able to cook inside the tent flyflap without danger? How did you manage?

My little Svea stove is 50 !!! years old and going strong! I love it! Canisters. No problems.

Sexy accent! North Carolina or Tennessee ?

Great video! I love that you gave us data!

That's a nass stove to bole water when hacking.

Just got a brs today, well 2 actually, amazon decided I wanted a backup LOL. I'm keeping both now, cause if I don't, the one i keep will absolutely fail haha. Excited to use it next month on the West Rim Trail in PA.

Looks neat that BRS. But I moved to an alcohol burner after I torched my tent with a Pocket Rocket!
Nothing wrong with a Pocket Rocket, it's just the combination of the inherent instability of all canister-top designs and my natural clumsiness.

As a traditional rv camper I have used a ton of the small propane bottles. I’ve seen stoves for those. Have you run across anyone who has used them and what has been their feedback? Keep coming with the excellent content.

Hello hello to you wanderlust great to see you and congratulations and all your trails.

Ounces are pounds, pounds are pain

do you have a titanium pot?

How much fuel do you use for 7 days

I found a solution that works for me regarding the stability issues with my BRS 3000T. I have an OXO hand-operated can opener that creates a smooth edge after cutting the top of the can. It also leaves a small lip on the edge (this is important). This lid fits on the top of the BRS creating a light-weight platform for my pot. You have to cut a large hole in the center of the lid so the flame from the stove makes direct contact with your pot. I store the lid in my pot along with my fuel, stove and utensils. It never slips, takes up no space, weighs next-to-nothing, and makes all the difference in the stability of the pot.

That Woolly looks nice. Do you use something like that on your hikes or is it to heavy?

Do you ever use a windscreen around your stove to save on fuel consumption ? Many thanks from Canada,

Get you a rock or a hammer and "season" your grease pan :D

Sorry if this got answered already, but I wonder how much the stove, fuel and cooking pot weigh?

I just ordered a BSR-3000T and Stanley Cook set from Amazon, I'tll will be here 4/9/2021

Are you still happy with the BRS, two years later? Have you ever done any maintenance, like lubrication or o-ring replacement?

I live in AZ, everything is tinder, always carry a stove because of red flags.

I read lots of reviews on the BRS so thought why not buy one. I was excited to get it so quickly . Here’s the but. When screwing it on the canister the gas/liquid was shooting out everywhere. I’m hoping it was only a one of, so I’m going to get another one and see how it goes.

About to leave for the TRT. Not sure if I should bring this stove.

I would like to ask you to experiment again with the BRS stove. This time, paint the pipe with black flame resistant rest oleum brand spray and put a lid on the pot. I have done this to my pods and it has improve the performance of my pots and stoves. Please, let me know what is the result after you have done it. I will highly appreciate it since I am very curious to know it from you. I am legally blind and my iPad rights as I speak into the text. Sometimes, it doesn’t get the right word I meant to say. I meant to say paint your pot. Thank you so much for your understanding. God bless you.

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Just curious, is this still your favorite backpacking stove? How is the reliability and quality? are you still using this stove? I plan to walk about for 6-8mo this year and thinking about taking this BRS 3000T stove due to its light weight. But I am concerned about its reliability. Any feedback from you would be very much appreciated. Thanks very much. Happy hiking!

I love my brs easy to use and set up and burn time is great

Dixie, just don't use the BRS on full power and use a wind shield and you will find it's actually more efficient than the pocket rocket...Usually 2 cups of water will only take 4-5g of gas...I can get at least one week and over 15 litres of water boiled with the BRS using the smallest 100g canister. And to save money I refill the same exact canister I have been using for several years now from larger canisters using cheap refill adapters.

I love that you left "a cooker fast time" in there. :)

Terrible quality- mine failed and broke on the first use outdoors. The weld joining the pot holder to the neck snapped spilling my small pot of water. It could have been a nasty accident but the water had only been heating for about 30 seconds. I'm getting an MSR Pocket Rocket as a replacement. I want to be able to trust my equipment.

I Like That Stove. I Wish To Have One.

I bought a firemaple for £30 and out of the box it had a wobbly arm, and didnt seem that high quality. Then bought one of these for $20 from Amazon US. Not only did I save money but this little thing is a gem. I think I will improvise a little hard container to protect it, but I instantly liked this. Its so tiny and light you could wear it as a necklace.

Bamma Gurl❤

Thanks for the review, I already find the pocket rocket 2 is a bit unstable so I will skip the BRS stove. Cheers!