Camp Stove Deal

[dmb90260]

I have nothing to do with them but OutdoorCamping.com has a great deal on some
factory seconds for a camp stove.

http://tinyurl.com/kg4vqp2 I have too many stoves already or I would order one of these.

[mary and bob]

If your referring to the Camp Chef Rainier, we bought one from Gander Mountain but after looking it over took it back.

[rbtrary]

Please tell us why you returned it?

[mary and bob]

We have been using a Coleman Roadtrip grill when we are out for more than a few days. The blue one, not the older model with the two wheels. Nice unit, has 3 different cooking surfaces for the it's two burners, removable drip pan for easy cleaning.Mary likes that it has a solid griddle surface as one of the options and no matter what cooking surface is on it the lid can be closed. BUT, it's BIG and a bulky thing to carry around. A camping friend has the Rainier so we bought one. First impression after buying it was it's a cheap piece. The grate over the burner didn't set right, wobbly, the griddle surface is thin metal with little folding legs just held on with a pop rivet, can't leave the griddle on and shut the lid. We decided we were better off using our old Coleman two burner propane stove and a frying pan when we didn't want to take the Road Trip grill. One of those things that looked like a good idea but we later decided it wasn't for us. Note that we just spent 3 months in one campground being snowbirds, so the big Coleman worked good for us there.The price referenced above is certainly a good deal though if it is what you want. We paid $99 at Gander Mountain. At $59 we may have kept it. It did come with a decent carry bag!

[mary and bob]

Almost forgot, the Rainier has wind wings, but if you don't hook them on, the lid won't stay upright, it falls back over flat. Our old Coleman 2 burner stove has lid stops to hold it up without the wind wings attached. The Rainier has one round burner on the right like most normal stoves, the left has a long tube burner similar to most outdoor gas grills. Not the greatest setup if you were using two pots to cook with.