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Quick answer: most Great Walk huts have gas cookers in the booked season, so many hut walkers only need a pot, a mug, a bowl and a spork. If you are camping, staying in a hut without cookers, or simply want hot drinks on the trail, the Jetboil Flash is the easiest system to use. The MSR PocketRocket 2 kit is smaller and lighter, and better for real cooking.
Great Walk huts are well equipped in season: heating, water, toilets and, in most, gas cooking benches. They do not provide pots, pans, plates, cutlery or cleaning gear. Not every hut has cookers, and no campsite does, so check the facilities list for each night on DOC's page for your track before deciding whether to carry a stove. Cookers also get busy at dinner time in a full hut. A small stove of your own means hot water when you want it.
An integrated stove and insulated pot that boils water very quickly and packs into itself. Perfect for dehydrated meals, porridge and endless cups of tea.
Skip it if: you want to fry or simmer real food. It is built for boiling.
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One of the most popular ultralight canister stoves, sold here as a kit with a pot. Simmers better than the Jetboil, so it suits people who actually cook.
Skip it if: it is windy and you have no shelter. It needs a windbreak to stay efficient.
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