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Kovea’s latest innovation set to change outdoor cooking
W
hat if your backpacking stove could instantly
turn on, not burn any fossil fuels and work
the same at any altitude or temperature? It
sounds like magic, but this next-generation
backpacking and camping stove is just over the horizon.
There have been no advancements in stove technology
similar to this since MSR’s founder Larry Penberthy figured
out how to miniaturize and partially control a blowtorch to
create the Model 9. This basic, two modes (off or full-blast)
white gas fire breather torched the anemic European com-
petition right out of the market. Well, this latest development
in stove technology is poised to do the same.
For those that follow innovation in outdoor recreation,
it comes as no surprise the driving force behind this
advancement is the Korean outdoor company Kovea.
The Spring 2016 issue of
Inside Outdoor
showcased four
innovations (Game Changers) in the outdoor industry;
one was by Kovea. That accolade was for Kovea’s proof-
of-concept, refillable, gas canister stove, the EZ-ECO.
John Park, Americas sales manager, explained then how
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