I'm not deranged! Each one of those flashlights fills a very specific purpose!

And don't get my started on why I need yet another stove.

HJ

It's different! See, this one is smaller but still simmers well! This one has a different tint for better color rendering! This one has a lower "low" mode!

If I have any more questions about stoves, I know who to turn to.

Jeanette Isabelle

On Piezio igniters, I have used one of these for the last thirty years or so:

Everest Igniter

Supposedly used up Everest, thus the name, and has never failed me whatever the weather. A little larger than i the photos above but bombproof.

Interesting. What does it weigh?

HJ

Gas Igniter x10 Gold "Everest" Spark Ignitor on eBay. Doesn't mention weight, ~6" long if the math in my head is right. MSR has done better than that and I'll bet they can beat the price too.

On my non-calibrated kitchen scales it comes in at 2-1/2 oz or 70gm and 7-1/8" long but you need some length to get under the stove.

Mine is all metal so I would expect the modern models to be a fraction lighter.

They, like the above stove, reek quality, you would be hard put to damage them, probably have to drive over them a couple of times.

Designed to light kitchen stoves in the days before pilot lights I also have as back up one used by my Grandmother some forty five years ago. It has sat in the bottom of my toolbox for at least the last twenty years and I have just taken it out and it worked, as expected, first try after all that time.

A bit heavy for a backpacker/hill walker since an entire stove weighs about that amount, but probably a good choice for car camping or short trips.

What is the means of ignition? Flint and steel?

HJ

Piezo ignition