I have tried several backpacking camp stoves over the last ten years and never was quite satisfied until now. One day we were preparing for an outing with my son’s boyscout troop 659 when Kevin pulled out his personal camp stove. Kevin was going to demonstrate how to light a camp stove to a new scout working on a rank requirement. I was extremly impressed because I had never seen one like it. It was a German made Enders Benzine-Baby no. 9063. I was so exicited.
This was just what I had been needing. The
Benzine-baby no. 9063 could burn colman fuel or unleaded gasoline. It was self contained in a small box that measured 4 1/2 inches wide, 6 inches long and 3 inches high. The stove only weighed about 24 ounces full of fuel. Contained in the box it has a small fuel tank that you take out and insert the tube part only through a grove in the box then you screw on the burner unit and lay the pot holder across the top of the box.
The lid contains a couple of tools for maintaining
the stove and a handle to turn on the gas. The tank is like most with a plunger to pump and pressurize the tank. It even comes with a fuel filler funnel. They were made in Germany in the 1950’s as far as I have been able to find out. The burner unit is made out of a brass material which makes it easy to clean up. My favorite two things about this camp stove are the fact that it has a large area for the pot to set so it dosen’t get knocked off ...
