Iwatani35FW Single-Burner Butane Portable Cooktop Indoor & Outdoor Cooking Stove Medium

Outstanding quality and looks beautiful with the stainless steel! Very portable with its included briefcase. Easy to swap butane cartridges and easy to adjust flame. I do recommend making a diy wind block if operating when windy outside. Other than that awesome powerful burner that’ll last you a very long time.

I've only used this stove a few times, and I like it a lot! This Iwatani stove is so much easier to use compared to my Coleman single burner stove. With this Iwatani stove, I simply open the lid, insert butane cannister, close the lid, press the dial to on position, and bam! Fire instantly comes on nice and hot! I can then lower the heat by turning the dial the other direction. When done cooking, I simply take the butane cannister and place the cap back on, then insert the cannister back into the compartment BACKWARDS for easy storage when not in use. I got this tip from other user comment (thanks by the way!).Contrast this with my Coleman single burner stove in terms of operation. With the Coleman stove, you need to first insert the pipe that screws into the stove (don't lose the pipe, by the way), then screw in the propane cannister into the pipe that screws into the stove, then need to get my long match/torch to light the darn stove while turning the dial to the on position. That's literally 4 separate items needed to make everything work (Stove, Pipe, Cannister, Match). The Iwatani stove is so much easier to use compared to my Coleman stove.I was able to boil a large kettle of water quickly and effortlessly. Because the Iwatani stove is well built, the unit didn't get too overly hot after using for only several minutes.A couple points further. As others have noted, the included plastic carry case is...well, cheap! The actual case is okay, but the 2 closing latches on top are poorly designed and constructed, and is a bit loose and wobbly when closed with the stove inside. When carrying the stove inside the carry case, you will need to make sure the latches don't come loose. Both of my Iwantani stoves have the same lousy carry case design.I also discovered that if you inadvertently open the carry case with the stove upside down, the top piece of the stove (the windbreaker part) will simply fall off, as it seems like there is nothing to hold it in place other than gravity when the stove is right side up.Lastly, DON'T buy the Iwatani brand of butane cannisters like I did. It's very expensive, and I doubt it's much better to justify the high cost. I ended up finding an Asian restaurant supply store nearby me that sold a 4 pack of butane cannisters for only $4.25, such a bargain! Better yet, they also had a small supply of this same Iwantani stove, so I bought a 2nd one directly from the same store! I now have 2 of these Iwatani stoves! I plan on using one to cook water, and the other one for cooking food or whatever.I don't know how these things will hold up over time, but I can say this stove looks well made and is worth the extra cost. I will be using this stove for camping. I highly recommend this product!

The media could not be loaded. Okay, so I bought the Iwatani based their brand reputation for quality build & the heat output of this particular unit.While it's twice the price of their other units shipped to Australia, and 4 times that of cheap local ones, it's worth the price.Heat output is great. We've used it for hot pot & Korean army stew already with great success.It looks great with a slight brassy tinge to the stainless steel & fit/finish is very good. Stronger than some of the burners on our Smeg range actually.Easy to use, the unit comes with a metal band that warms the butane cylinder slightly as you use it to maintain pressure to the end, combating the cooling effect of expanding gas.If you're reading this, it's probably because you're wondering if it's worth the asking price.It is!

I have purchased different portable stoves before for my mother, and this is by far the best one. Very good quality, well-made, looks really great and works great. The flame is just perfect, in today’s world, being able to still find high-quality products that could last long is refreshing! many customers would rather pay extra to get something that was made by skilled people that care, highly recommended.

Update:It is wonderful for the hotpot meal. Even with a large donabe, it can bring it to a rolling boil very quickly and the valve response is very precise when needed to turn it down for a simmer.I also checked the CO meter in the dinning room. I didn’t even do anything special to improve the ventilation in the room and the meter read zero after we haves used it for two hours.——-original review———I have alway had this type of portable stoves at home for shabu shabu (hotpot). I recently had a reason to make stir fry with a wok away from home so I got this.At 15K BTU/hr, it is comparable in output to a gas stove top and I can verify this. The roaring burner took 20 seconds to get a 14" thin walled wok smoking hot. I just tested it by making a very large portion (about 3 qt) of fried rice and it worked fine. After about 10 minutes at full power with a wok on it, its body was warm to the touch. Not catastrophically hot like some reviewers stated. I can see that happening when the flame was confined like putting on a very large pot over it as steel body has an integrated wind screen all around the top. Anyhow, this is my guess.I tried it with 4 brands of fuel canisters. The Iwatani, Coleman, and one random brand from a local Asian grocery shop worked just fine. However, canisters from one brand I got from H-Mart did not work. The magnetic coupler won't open the value. I guest this brand is just out of spec.I also like the removable grate which is held down with metal clips as I could replace it with a cast iron wok ring when needed.The build quality is better than those I got from H-Mart and the stainless steel construction is nice but this Iwantani costs 4 times as much.The only criticism I have is its slippery plastic legs. I had to place a wooden board underneath to keep it from sliding. The cheaper ones I have all have rubber feet.I am very happy with this purchase.