Fire Maple Petrel Titanium Stove vs Primus Essential Stove

Weight and specs compared for 2026 — and which one to choose.

Primus Essential Stove is the lighter option — 6 g lighter than the Fire Maple Petrel Titanium Stove (6% less weight). If grams matter to you, that is the one to beat.

Spec	Fire Maple Petrel Titanium Stove	Primus Essential Stove
Weight	96 g · 0.096 kg · 0.21 lb	90 g · 0.090 kg · 0.20 lb
Brand	Fire Maple	Primus
Category	Cooking	Cooking

Fire Maple Petrel Titanium Stove

96 g

Ultralight remote-canister titanium stove with wide low platform and windshield, boiling 500ml in under two minutes.

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Primus Essential Stove

90 g

Lightweight and reliable canister stove for backpacking.

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Fire Maple Petrel Titanium Stove vs Primus Essential Stove: which should you buy?

If saving weight is your priority, the Primus Essential Stove wins — at 90 g it is 6 g (6%) lighter than the Fire Maple Petrel Titanium Stove (96 g). That said, the heavier option may justify the extra grams with more capacity, durability or comfort, so weigh the trade-off against how you'll use it.

See where both rank against everything else in this category on the lightest cooking page, or browse the full gear weight database.

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