Fire Maple Camping Gear Review: Blade 2 Titanium Stove and Feast Frying Pan

Introduction

A camp kitchen earns its place in a pack only when it is light, predictable, and easy to use when conditions are less than ideal. Two pieces of Fire Maple camping gear meet that brief particularly well: the Blade 2 titanium backpacking stove and the Feast frying pan. Both are widely available on Amazon, where Fire Maple maintains a well-stocked store.

The Blade 2 is a remote canister stove with a titanium body that weighs just 135 g. The Feast is a 20 cm non-stick frying pan with a folding handle that weighs 262 g. Between them they cover the two jobs most backpackers care about: boiling water quickly and cooking real food without spending the rest of the morning scraping a burnt pan.

This guide covers what each item does well, where the practical limits sit, and which kinds of trips each one suits.

What Matters in Lightweight Camping Cookware

Weight is the first filter, but it is rarely the only one. A stove that saves 50 g and then tips over with a full pot is not a saving at all. Stability, controllability, packed size, and the quality of the cooking surface all matter just as much once you are actually out there.

The useful questions are straightforward. Does the burner sit low enough to stay planted? Can you hold a true simmer without fighting the valve? Does the whole kit disappear into a side pocket? And does the pan release food cleanly, or does breakfast turn into a cleaning job?

Priced at around £55 and £26 respectively, the Blade 2 and the Feast sit in a range where buyers reasonably expect both low weight and genuine build quality, so those are the standards worth judging them against.

It also helps to think about how the two items work as a pair. A stove that boils fast and a pan that releases food cleanly cover most hot meals on a short trip, which means a lighter, simpler kit overall.

Fire Maple Blade 2 Titanium Backpacking Stove

The Blade 2 is a remote canister design, which means the burner sits at the end of a short hose and the gas canister is placed to one side. That layout is what makes it so stable: the burner body sits very low to the ground, so the centre of gravity is close to the surface even with a pot on top. Adding a canister stand under the gas canister improves stability further and is a worthwhile habit.

The build is titanium and the weight is 135 g, which is genuinely ultralight territory. The three-prong pot support does its job well, holding a pot or mug securely without wobble.

The control valve deserves particular attention. It is firm to turn, and that firmness is a benefit rather than a flaw, because it allows very fine adjustment of the gas. You can dial the flame down to a real simmer for coffee or a slow cook, then open it up for a fast boil. The stove carries a rating of around 9,500 BTU and brings 500 ml of water to a boil in roughly 3 minutes 25 seconds, which is comfortably fast enough for camping use. It also packs down very small.

Blade 2 Performance: Flame Control, Stability, and Packed Size

In use, the two standout qualities are the valve and the low profile. The valve moves smoothly from a gentle simmer to full output, and it holds its setting rather than drifting, which makes a real difference when you are brewing coffee in the dark or holding a rolling boil for a dehydrated meal.

Because the burner sits so close to the ground, the whole assembly feels planted. A full pot on the three-prong support stays put, and the canister stand removes most of the remaining risk of the gas canister shifting on uneven ground.

Packed size is the other quiet win. The stove folds into a compact bundle that slips into a pot or a corner of a pack, so it does not dictate how you organise the rest of your kit. At 135 g it is the kind of item you stop noticing you are carrying.

Fire Maple Feast Frying Pan

The Feast pan measures 20 cm across and 5 cm deep, with a capacity of 0.9 L and a weight of 262 g. That combination is close to ideal for backpacking: large enough to cook a proper meal in, small enough that it does not dominate the pack.

The construction feels substantial. The pan body is thick, and that thickness is functional rather than decorative, because a heavier base spreads heat more evenly across the surface and reduces the hot spots that develop in the middle of thinner pans. Even heating is what stops one part of your breakfast burning while another part is still cold.

The handle is one of the better details. It snaps back and folds away neatly, which keeps the packed footprint small and protects the handle in transit. The interior coating has a bright, smooth finish, and the pan is priced at around £26.

Feast Pan Performance: Non-Stick Cooking and Heat Spread

The coating is the headline here. In practice the pan lives up to its non-stick claim completely: an egg cooked in a little olive oil releases cleanly, slides around the surface, and lifts out whole without tearing or leaving a layer behind. That is the test that matters most for a camping pan, because a sticky surface means water, scrubbing, and time you would rather spend eating.

The deeper profile helps as well. At 5 cm deep and 0.9 L, the pan holds a proper portion and keeps oil and fat contained rather than spreading across the base. Combined with the even heat spread from the thicker base, it produces consistent results rather than a scorched centre and pale edges.

Cleanup is quick as a result. Food lifts away rather than bonding to the surface, so a wipe and a short rinse is usually enough before the pan goes back in the pack.

Care, Packing, and Safety Notes

There is one safety habit worth building with the Blade 2. Before lighting it, check that the hose is not kinked. A kinked hose can cause the stove to want to turn over, so straightening it out before the flame goes on is a small step that prevents a larger problem.

For the pan, let it cool fully before folding the handle and packing it away, and treat the coated interior gently. Storing it with something soft between the pan and harder items in your pack will keep the surface in good condition over many trips.

Both items reward a little organisation. Keeping the stove and pan together in one stuff sack makes the cook kit a single grab-and-go bundle rather than a search through the pack at mealtimes.

Buying Advice: Matching the Gear to Your Trip

The two products solve different problems, and most backpackers will benefit from thinking about them separately.

Choose the Blade 2 if your priority is a very light, very stable stove with precise flame control. It suits solo backpackers and small groups who boil water often and want the ability to simmer properly rather than just blast a pot. The firm valve and the low, planted burner are the reasons to pick it over a simpler canister stove.

Choose the Feast pan if you want to cook actual food rather than only rehydrate it. Its genuinely non-stick surface, even heat spread, and sensible 20 cm size make it a strong fit for anyone who plans real breakfasts and one-pan dinners on the trail.

Bought together, they form a compact and capable camp kitchen for a modest outlay, and both are easy to find through the Fire Maple store on Amazon if you want to check current availability and pricing.

Conclusion

Fire Maple has produced two pieces of camping gear here that are light, well made, and genuinely useful in the situations they were designed for. The Blade 2 titanium stove weighs 135 g, stays stable thanks to its low remote canister layout, and offers the kind of fine flame control that makes both a fast boil and a slow simmer easy. The Feast frying pan weighs 262 g, spreads heat evenly, and backs up its non-stick claim with an egg that lifts cleanly out of the pan.

The only real caveat is the reminder to check the stove hose for kinks before lighting. Beyond that, both items deliver strong value for their price and hold up as quality backpacking gear worth packing for the next trip.