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AOTU Portable backpacking stove review

Three thousand watts and a hundred and ten grams for ten dollars, with the thread named and propane canisters explicitly excluded — and no boil time, no water volume and no regulator.

On the maker’s own page

A folding screw-on canister burner with a piezo igniter.

AOTU states a burner base in aluminum alloy with a honeycomb high-temperature windproof net and four-way support, described as resistant to high temperature and rust; an adjustable control valve running from maximum heat output down to a simmer, at a rated rate of 3,000 W; a 9.5 × 9.5 cm (3.7 × 3.7 in) fire plate stated to suit a 20 cm diameter pan for one to three people, compatible with any 7/16 thread single butane or butane-propane canister to EN 417 and explicitly not fitting propane canisters; a packed size of 4 × 5 × 8 cm (1.6 × 2 × 3.1 in) with a plastic box; and a weight of 110 g. Piezo ignition is stated in the title.

No boil time. No water volume. No pressure regulator. No consumption figure.

Not one stove on this shelf publishes a boil time

All ten leave it empty.

This shelf’s introduction asks for two numbers together: stated output in watts, and the boil time the maker publishes with its water volume. A boil time with no volume beside it is not a number.

Across the ten stoves on this shelf the first number is usually there and the second never is. Two listings offer a burn duration instead — about 1.5 hours from a 250 g (8.8 oz) canister, and up to 5 hours — which measures the gas, not the water.

EN 417, cited twice here for two incompatible fittings

The standard does not answer the question.

This listing invokes EN 417 for a 7/16 screw thread. The Green Camp stove on this shelf invokes EN 417 for an MSF-1a bayonet valve.

Both are correct, and a canister for one will not go on the other. What makes this listing unusually clear is the exclusion: it says it does not fit propane canisters, which no other listing on this shelf says about anything.

Second to the Soto, at a sixth of the price

On four figures out of ten.

Three thousand watts against 3,260. A hundred and ten grams against 81. Four by five by eight centimeters against 3.9 by 3.9 by 7.2. Nine and a half centimeters of pot support against 10.6.

The bayonet-valve stoves on this shelf state 2.0 to 2.2 kW and weigh 1.5 kg (3.3 lb).

One sentence this page will not repeat as fact

The second bullet describes a polyethylene element in the burner.

Polyethylene is a plastic that softens well below cooking temperatures, and the same bullet set describes the rest of the burner as aluminum alloy chosen for heat resistance.

The listing publishes the word and does not explain it, so it is recorded here as published and not carried forward as a specification. The maker’s instructions govern where and how any stove may be used.

Availability

The American Amazon store was listing it at about $10 at the time of writing.

Every figure here is what Keepa held on the day this page was last revised. Offers and prices shift without warning.

Prices quoted in this text were read on October 8, 2026. The live price is at the top of the page.

What it does well, and where it gives way

Strengths

  • Three thousand watts stated, second only to the Soto on this shelf
  • A hundred and ten grams, second-lightest here
  • Names the thread as 7/16 and cites EN 417, and rules propane canisters out
  • Four by five by eight centimeters packed, with a case
  • Piezo ignition and an adjustable valve stated to run from full output down to a simmer
  • Ten dollars, the lowest price on this shelf by a wide margin

Compromises

  • No boil time and no water volume, which this shelf's introduction makes the honest comparison
  • No pressure regulator, so output falls as the canister empties and as the air cools
  • A 9.5 cm (3.7 in) support for a 20 cm (7.9 in) pan, which leaves a wide pan overhanging on four arms
  • The listing describes a polyethylene element inside the burner and does not explain it
  • No gas consumption figure, where four stoves on this shelf publish grams per hour
  • No canister is supplied, where four stoves here arrive with four or eight

Specifications

Fuel typeButane, or a butane-propane mixture, in a single screw-on canister — stated, with pure propane canisters explicitly excluded. It is the only listing on this shelf to rule a fuel out rather than only name one in
Canister fittingA 7/16 thread, with EN 417 stated. That matters because EN 417 is cited twice on this shelf for two incompatible fittings: here for a screw thread, and on the Green Camp stove for an MSF-1a bayonet valve. The standard alone does not tell you whether a canister will fit
Stated output3,000 W — stated as the rated rate. The second-highest figure on this shelf behind the 3,260 W Soto; the twin and single bayonet-valve stoves here state 2.0 to 2.2 kW
Boil timeNot published. No stove on this shelf publishes one — all ten leave the column empty, and two publish a burn duration instead
Boil volumeNot published. The fire plate is stated to suit a 20 cm (7.9 in) diameter pan and one to three people, which is a capacity claim rather than a volume boiled
Pressure regulationNot published. No regulator is named, so output can be expected to fall as the canister empties and as the air cools, which this shelf's introduction sets out. Two stoves on this shelf state an integrated regulator
Weight110 g (3.9 oz) — stated, and described as ultra light. The second-lightest figure on this shelf behind the 81 g (2.9 oz) Soto, and a fourteenth of the 1.5 kg (3.3 lb) bayonet-valve stoves here
IgnitionPiezo ignition — stated in the listing title. Eight of the ten stoves on this shelf state a piezo igniter; the alcohol burner has none
Pot support widthA 9.5 × 9.5 cm (3.7 × 3.7 in) fire plate with four-way support arms, stated to suit a 20 cm (7.9 in) diameter pan for one to three people. The Soto states 10.6 cm (4.2 in)
Packed size4 × 5 × 8 cm (1.6 × 2 × 3.1 in) with a plastic box — stated. The second-smallest packed figure on this shelf behind the Soto at 3.9 × 3.9 × 7.2 cm (1.5 × 1.5 × 2.8 in)
Amazon referenceB07NJYV3NP
EAN9012978322214

What people ask before buying

How fast does it boil a liter?

The listing does not say, and neither does any other stove on this shelf — all ten leave that figure out. This shelf's introduction is firm that the honest comparison is stated output in watts set beside the boil time the maker publishes with its water volume, and that a boil time with no volume beside it is not a number. What exists here is the watts: 3,000, rated, second only to the Soto at 3,260 on this shelf. Two other listings publish a burn duration in place of a boil time — about 1.5 hours from a 250 g (8.8 oz) canister, and up to 5 hours — which tells you how long the gas lasts, not how long the water takes.

Which canisters will actually screw onto it?

Single butane or butane-propane canisters with a 7/16 thread, and the listing states EN 417 and then says plainly that it does not fit propane canisters. That exclusion is useful and no other listing on this shelf makes one. Read the EN 417 claim carefully though: the Green Camp stove on this shelf also states EN 417, for an MSF-1a bayonet valve, which is a completely different fitting. The standard covers both, so it does not by itself tell you a canister will go on. This shelf's buying tip asks you to check the fitting against what your usual shops stock, and a 7/16 screw thread is the common backpacking one.

Will 3,000 watts hold in the cold?

Not at the stated figure, and the listing does not claim it will. No pressure regulator is named here, and this shelf's introduction explains the consequence: canister pressure falls as the canister empties and as the air cools, so a burner without a regulator loses output on both counts. Two stoves on this shelf state an integrated regulator; this is not one of them. A butane-propane mixture helps, because propane holds pressure to a lower temperature than butane, and the listing accepts mixed canisters — but it also excludes pure propane, which would hold pressure best of all.

The buyer this one serves, among camping gear

A walker who wants the lightest possible screw-on burner and already knows which canisters their shops stock

What buyers actually choose

Amazon reports what buyers took in the month before this page was last checked: at least 1,000.

The figure is a floor, rounded by Amazon, and read through Keepa — it says what buyers picked, not what a maker claims.

Sources

Specifications: the manufacturer sheet for camping and hiking gear and the matching Amazon product page. Prices and availability: Keepa. Every figure on this page names its source.

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