Solid fuel tablets light easily, burn hot and store for years — a compact, foolproof way to boil water or cook when there's no gas and the weather's against you.
When you need to boil water or heat food off-grid, solid fuel tablets are about as simple and reliable as it gets. They light with a match even in wind and damp, burn hot and steady long enough to boil a mug of water, and store almost indefinitely without leaking or going off like gas or liquid fuel can. For a compact stove or a folding cooker, they're the fuel that just works.
They weigh little and pack flat, making them ideal backup fuel for a bug-out bag or a home kit for when the gas or power is off. No pressurised canister, no spillage — just a tablet, a flame and a pot.
Use them with a small folding stove or hexamine cooker to boil water and heat food when camping light, when a gas canister runs out, or during a power and gas outage at home. Burn them on a stove or a non-flammable surface with ventilation, shielded from wind, and never inside a tent or enclosed space.
Good tablets light readily and burn hot enough to boil water in a reasonable time. Look for reliable ignition even in cool, damp conditions.
Foil-wrapped tablets stay dry, don't crumble in a pack, and let you use just what you need without the rest degrading.
Solid fuel keeps for years without special care, which is exactly what you want from emergency and backup fuel.
Solid fuel gives off fumes. Never use them inside a tent, car or closed room — cook outdoors or in a well-ventilated space, ideally with a CO alarm nearby.
Wind steals the heat and wastes fuel. Use a stove with a shield or improvise one so the flame actually boils your water.
Individually wrapped solid fuel tablets that light easily, burn hot enough to boil water and store for years — compact backup fuel for camping stoves and emergency cooking.
Fifty natural wood-wool-and-wax firelighters that light with a single match and burn long enough to get a wood burner, stove or fire pit going, even in damp weather. They have no chemical smell, store for years and make a reliable backup for heating and cooking when the power is out. A pack lasts a long time.
Solid fuel blocks that light easily and burn cleanly, handy both for starting a wood burner and as emergency cooking fuel with a folding stove. FireDragon is widely used by UK cadets and campers because the tablets light even when damp and store indefinitely.
A resealable butane/propane valve cartridge that fits Campingaz Bistro and Festivo stoves and lamps. The valve design means you can safely disconnect it part-used and store it, which suits an emergency stove kept for winter power cuts. Check your stove takes the CP250 valve fitting rather than a screw-thread or pierceable cartridge before buying.
Eight Campingaz CP250 valve cartridges — the resealable, puncture-proof type used by Campingaz Bleuet stoves and lanterns. Worth stockpiling so an off-grid stove or lantern keeps running through a long power cut or a run of camping trips. Only fits appliances built for the CP250 valve fitting, not screw-thread EN417 burners.
A single-burner butane stove that runs on Campingaz CP250 cartridges, giving you a stable 2,200W ring for boiling water or cooking a hot meal when the power is off. It sits flat on a sturdy outdoor surface and packs into its own carry case, which makes it a practical backup for camping and longer winter outages.
A twin-burner gas stove that lets you cook a proper meal off-grid or during a power cut, running from standard Campingaz gas. The two 2000W burners take normal pans thanks to removable supports, and the frame folds flat for storage. It needs its own gas supply and good ventilation, so it is for the garden or a well-aired space, never indoor use.
Refined liquid fuel (white gas) for Coleman dual-fuel and liquid-fuel stoves and lanterns. It keeps burning in the cold when gas canisters lose pressure, which makes it a sensible backup for off-grid cooking through winter. One litre keeps a liquid-fuel stove running across plenty of meals.
A screw-fit butane/propane gas cartridge from a long-established outdoor cooking brand — compatible with most screw-fit camping stoves and reliable in cooler weather.
Compact camping stove for boiling water and cooking food. Essential for hot meals and water purification.
A lightweight aluminium or titanium mess tin serves as cooking pot, eating vessel, water boiler, and storage container. The original multi-use survival item that has equipped soldiers and explorers for generations.
Matches that light reliably even in wet and windy conditions. Essential fire-starting backup for any survival kit.
A calm UK guide to feeding your household during a power cut or off-grid: no-cook food, safe camping stoves used outdoors only, and the deadly carbon monoxide risk.
A calm, practical UK guide to lighting a fire in damp British woodland: finding dry tinder, splitting to the dry core, choosing ignition, and staying safe and legal.
How to build and maintain an emergency food supply using readily available UK supermarket products — covering shelf life, calorie planning, storage conditions, and rotation strategies.
