Camp Chef

Everest 2X Mountain Series Stove

great set

Familiarity:

I've used it once or twice and have initial impressions

great-looking set! just what we need for our family camping trips

Great stove!

Familiarity:

I've used it several times

After watching and reading a bunch of reviews about the top stove for car camping, I chose the Camp Chef Everest 2X...and it does not disappoint! The igniter works every time and the flame is very adjustable, even in the wind. Set up is simple and so is clean up. The 20k BTU burners made cooking with cast iron a breeze. I even fit a 6 qt Dutch oven on one side the cook top. I can see this stove being the last one I'll ever buy.

Best ever

Bought this 2 years ago. I have been acquainted with Coleman stoves most of my life, but thoroughly blown out by this stove. Does Coleman make a great stove? You bet’cha. But this stove means I can cook anything I can get the ingredients near the stove. Best country flapjacks ever. Fabulous beef bean and cheese Dutch oven dish. I can use my old Lodge cast iron, or my newish gsi dualist, even that can make great pancakes if I can stop making them an inch and a half thick!

Well Made and Powerful

I have not used my Everest 2X camping yet but did test it out as soon as I received it. I filled a two qt. sauce pan with 1 1/2 quarts of cold tap water (at sea level) and fired it up. On full high the water boiled in 3 minutes 50 seconds, much faster than kitchen range. Amazing high heat and it sounds like a jet engine. It also simmers at very low heat (wind was moderate) without any trouble. My only issue, which seems to have self-resolved, was one of the burner's igniter did not spark. After turning the igniter knob 5-10 times in succession it began to spark intermittently and then it worked consistently. I've only used the stove once for this test before taking it into the field so I'll have to see if it continues to ignite properly. I purchased the 2' extension hose and 1lb. canister stand for convenience and canister placement options. Bothe that hose and the included hard pipe connector worked perfectly and I did not experience any leakage (as some reported with the hard pipe) on either connector. Can't wait to cook some meals while camping. The Everest 2X seems to be a very well made unit and is capable of crazy high temps and cooking speed if necessary. Highly recommended.

Hot!

Bought the Everest for the primary purpose of making camp coffee and it heats water admirably for that endeavor. The two burners put out in my opinion a maximum amount of flame for a camp stove of this size. Low level flame adjustment is fine for simmering camp fare. Lid serves well as a wind break although the side wings are not “notched” at the stove top connection point and too easily slide out of position. After 3 bottles of fuel, the piezoelectric burner ignition no longer works. Gas bottles left connected on this particular stove will bleed empty within 24 hours. Easy to clean, overpriced given the above annoyances.

Awesome BEAST of a stove

I bought this stove last summer for a car camping trip to Rocky Mountain National Park. I was frustrated with the lighter but then realized what altitude I was actually at and piezo lighters don't work so remember this when you go to altitude with it. Below 7400ish youre good. The power these burners have is amazing, great for fast cooks or for a big group. It works great with cast iron and I liked the flexibility. It boils water incredibly fast with the 20k btu burners, faster than my gas range at home. It is a little bulkier than other stoves but perfect for camping or a quick picknic, I've even used it at the sledding hills for making cocoa. I opted to get an adapter and a 5lb tank and after multiple uses I'm still well over 3/4 of a tank.