Iwatani VA-30 Butane Stove

Super device! Outstanding power (3.5 kW - other comparable usually have only 1.8-2 kW)! Also, it is very compact; very convenient also the included case. Works without problems with standard MSF-1a / CP 250 227g butane cartridges The windshield is also very functional and useful! We have used the stove mostly with an 32cm iron skillet and/or a 28cm square cast iron grill pan. Fits great! Note: If you plan to use the stove with a Bialetti (THE Italian espresso pot), think about a reducer star

Great

I live in a third world country where even a backup generator can go down when the grid fails. This device and a couple of spare canisters of fuel from Walmart will get me through anything without requiring mountains of space for storage. It has the power you need to cook just about anything. It wasn't super easy to use on the floor of my balcony outside, but it was doable and it's better than being without any means to boil water for coffee or cook food. I live in a very windy area and I ended up using it indoors next to a slightly open sliding glass window that blew outside when a different window was open, and that provided enough airflow to prevent the carbon monoxide detector from detecting anything.

An excellent tool for someone who has an electric stove but prefers cooking with gas. I give it 4, rather than 5, stars because I find it hard to get the flame low enough to do a gentle simmer without it going out. I kind of solved this by using a heat diffuser.

Good portable stove for outdoor cooking. Like feature to retain fuel canister

We got this gas stove because I wanted a backup for power outages and to take with us when we go camping. I tried it out and I liked it so much that I now use it for most of my stovetop cooking because it’s so easy to adjust the temperature from slightly warm to blazing hot, it’s very powerful and it heats up instantaneous; it’s so convenient not to have to wait for a coil to heat up. It’s not the cheapest option out there but it is well made and well worth the money. The warming plate underneath the canister is ingenious, I finished the first fuel canister this week and there wasn’t a drop of unused butane left in the bottle, very impressive! I used a Coleman butane canister I bought at Walmart while I awaited delivery of the proprietary Iwatani butane canisters. The Coleman canister fits and works great, it also costs quite a bit less, but I must add the flame from the Iwatani canister seems to be a bit cleaner and more consistent. You can decide based on your priorities and preferences which you want to use.

It is very easy and simple to use. Light weight, good size and the function is perfect. No leaky gas. The magnet sticks the gas canister strong enough. Just for any portable gas cooktops, DO NOT place cooking pan or plate over the gas canister that may cause explosions when heat it up.

I had read many reviews and watched YouTube videos that all pointed to Iwatani as being the best single burner butane stove. It's made in Japan and rated for commercial use indoors and personal use outdoors. I figured if it was safe enough to use indoors in the right conditions, then it would be perfect for us to use outdoors while camping. I was wrong. This stove has WAY too high of heat output for anything anyone needs to cook while camping. I tested it out at home to make a pot of macaroni and cheese and managed to boil the pot over with it turned on high. After I cleaned up that mess, I was determined to try again to finish my pot of mac n cheese, but I had to turn it all the way down to the lowest it would go. I wondered what I would do if I ever needed to cook on low if low was already being used as medium high. I really wanted to make this stove work. On first glance, it seemed nicely made, and the burner cover comes off for easy cleanup. (Thank goodness, since my pot spewed milk everywhere into the nooks and crannies!) I was not crazy about a chipped paint spot I found on my first one so I ordered a replacement and that one arrived with the front sticker having been poked into where there were holes behind the sticker. I hadn't noticed the stickers on the first one, but now I had two of them home and neither of them looked worth the $45 I had paid. And how would stickers fair outdoors when the one that was fresh out of the shrink wrap had the stickers poked through? Oh, yeah...and where does one store the can of butane when the lock-in mechanism is magnetized? It dawned on me that the folks who marketed this as a portable stove, probably never camped before. With no fuel storage, the sticker issues, and a flame hot enough to boil over milk at record speed, I decided to keep looking. I ended up with the blue Coleman single burner butane stove instead. I had passed over it earlier because I had thought the magnetic fuel lock and the removable pan...and the made in Japan credentials would make this one a better stove. Then I happened to watch a YouTube video of someone we have watched for years, who we knew always cooked his own meals on the road. He hadn't ever focused on his food at all, except he went camping in one video and the little blue Coleman is what he used! Knowing he had cooked many a meal on this stove in his travels, I decided I'd give it a try. Here's a comparison: *The Coleman can store the butane can with the lid on inside of it for storage. Everything you need can go in the storage case. The Iwatani has a nicer case, but you're going to have to find somewhere else to store the butane because it doesn't fit in the stove or the case when not in use. *The Coleman has all printed labels so if it gets wet or dirty, you can just wipe it off. The Iwatani's stickers poke through holes in the metal easily. I didn't try wiping them off to see what would happen. *The Coleman has a lower btu, allowing you to actually use it on high and low. The Iwatani has high (low) and molten lava high (high). You don't really get a low for simmering. *The Coleman doesn't come apart for cleaning, but we didn't have a need to do that because it behaved like a nice little camp stove. The Iwatani on high caused milk to spew all over, so it was a good thing it could be taken apart to clean it. *The lever locking action on the Coleman seemed more secure than the magnetic locking action on the Iwatani. I never smelled gas while locking the can in the Coleman, but I could smell gas sometimes when locking it into the Iwatani. If you're looking for a camp stove, take a look at the blue Coleman. We used it for a 6 day camping trip and it was awesome! I used it in the rain on a couple of nights and thought to myself that I was glad I didn't have to concern myself with the stickers on the Iwatani getting wet and ruined on the first outing. As for the Iwatani...it might be worth a shot for commercial use or for the bbq that others have mentioned.

sehr solide Kostruktion, alles passt, keine billige Plastik sehr schöne Edelstahlausfürung in gewohnter japanischer Top- Qualität hervorragende Heizleistung. ein sehr empfehlenswetes Gerät.

Comes in a nice case, is build very sturdy and has a nice fit and finish to it. I love the bottle warmer it has so that it keeps consistent heat and power and entirely empties the can of butane. It's a little pricey but when you compare it to other brands that output 12000 BTU and have the fuel warmer (they call it the heat panel system) it is not really anymore costly. It is listed as burning for 70 minutes at full power but I have got about 2 and a half hours of burn time at the low heat output when I use it for Korean BBQ. Very efficient and easy to clean and assemble/disassemble.

I purchased two of this product for hot-pot. It looks delicate and is easy to control. The flame is pretty powerful . I love it and will recommend. One thing I don't understand is that there is a large burned mark at the bottom of the tray after 3 times of use. Hopefully the seller could tell me why and let me know how to avoid.

Nice adjustable flame. I use it in conjunction with Japanese grill plate. I intend to use it aboard my sailboat. Much cleaner to use than my traditional Marine Barbecue.

Great flame, light weight, easy to use and not made in the usual place. The only complaint is that it goes through fuel cans quickly so make sure you have spares.