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CATCOP

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Springfield Mo, RSA
First Name
Bill
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Sias
Making a list of must have stuff, that includes a water heater, how do you heat yours, OK, a budget of $300, extra points for cheaper, probably be used more for making coffee! Make, model, fuel used, why you use it.
 
More for just making Coffee? For how many people?

Just one or two people? Coleman Peak1 or Classic Primus Trail Stove on a butane dome with a Stanley Adventure cookset stainless cup of water. Which I use also for my Mountain House meals. But for coffee, add a pour-over. I have a Stanley camp pour over and a Stanley 16oz Travel Mug w/ French press.

Coffee for more than two? Coleman two burner classic propane stove and a percolator from GSI. Mine is dark green speckled enameled finish but they come in blue and maybe red, too. Or pull the the mechanism out of it and use it just as a pot to heat up water for...yep...the pour over or French press.

Stanley and Yeti both make camp pour overs and French presses, either single serve or in a larger pot. I have several Yeti travel mugs for coffee or ice water, and several Stanley "thermos" bottles to keep hot coffee or food jars to keep cooked meals or soup hot. Here's one I have

Stanley nesting, one person adventure cook set:

Stanley Classic Pour Over

Stanley classic travel mug integrated French press

Primus Classic Trail Stove

Coleman Classic Two Burner propane camp stove

Stanley larger French Press

GSI Outdoors percolator

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Either system you decide to cobble together it will be under $300, especially if you realize that "Sierra" stores are to REI what Marshals and TJ Max are to Macy's. You never know what you will find. You cant say, " im gonna get a light blue Yeti 18 oz travel mug with white chug top" because they may not have exactly that. But you go in frequently and grab the deals of the day, and if not too choose on colors, you can have real manufacturer stuff for half price or less, sometimes for blemishes, sometimes for no other reason than it is last years model.

Hope that helps
 
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