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Soto Amicus Stove Review

The Soto Amicus stove performed well at an affordable price while being one of the lightest stoves tested. It is also easy to assemble and a very compact stove.

5 Popular Backpacking Stoves

Overall Score: 85/100

Best Affordable Stove

This stove was the best affordable backpacking stove tested. It is lightweight (72 grams / 2.5 ounces) compact stove with an attached four-prong pot stand, boils 2-cups of water in 110 seconds. It also works in the wind, simmers well, packs up small, and is relatively fuel-efficient. The maximum estimated 2 cup boils per 100 gram fuel canister is 13. It just takes more time to boil water and is a little less fuel efficient than the more expensive Soto WindMaster. 

Compact Stove 

This stove is easy to assemble and makes a very compact stove. 

Soto Amicus
Soto Amicus Top View

Easy to Deploy Four-Prong Compact Stove Stand

A Soto Amicus stove
A side view of the Soto Amicus backpacking stove

Conclusion

The Soto Amicus performed well at an affordable price while being one of the lightest stoves tested. It outperformed the MSR PocketRocket and Snow Peak LiteMax in both boil times and fuel efficiency. The Soto Amicus burner is very similar to the high performing Soto Windmaster. As a result this stove is very efficient. This makes this stove the best performing affordable stove tested.