Primus Essential Trail Stove – Lightweight Backpacking Canister Stove

The Primus Essential Trail is a simple, lightweight canister stove that weighs about 4 oz and puts out 8,600 BTU per hour. Primus-aligned listings give a boil time of about 3.5 minutes for 1 L of water.

Screw the stove onto a gas canister, set your pot on top, and start cooking. It suits solo backpacking, car camping, or a backup stove for a glove box or emergency kit. Gas is sold separately.

Key Features

• Lightweight: About 4 oz in most retailer listings.

• 8,600 BTU/h Output: Rated at about 2,500 W.

• Quick Boil: About 3.5 minutes for 1 L, per retailer listings.

• Simple to Use: Threads directly onto a standard gas canister.

• Compact: Small enough for a pack, a kit, or a glove box.

What’s Included

• Essential Trail stove

• Not included: gas canister, pot

Specifications

• Output: 8,600 BTU/h (about 2,500 W)

• Weight: About 4 oz (114 g), per retailer listings

• Boil Time: About 3.5 minutes for 1 L (retailer listings)

• Fuel: Screw-on gas canister (not included)

• Manufacturer Part No.: P351110

Works With

• Primus Essential Trek Pot 1.0 L (a retailer lists the stove and a 230 g canister as fitting inside the pot)