There’s something oddly satisfying about watching outdoor gear shed its bulk. We’ve seen tents collapse into impossibly small pouches and sleeping bags compress into cylinders the size of water bottles. Now, Camprit is applying that same minimalist philosophy to camp stoves with their TiStove, and the results are kind of brilliant.
The concept is deceptively simple. Take five titanium pieces (two foldable legs and three cooking panels), make them pack completely flat, and keep the whole setup under 1.5 pounds. But what makes this more interesting than just another ultralight camping gadget is how Camprit rethought what a portable stove should actually do.
Designer: Camprit
Most camp stoves force you into a specific cooking method. You’re either boiling water for freeze-dried meals or you’re lugging around a full camping kitchen. TiStove splits the difference by giving you three interchangeable panels that transform the cooking surface. The base panel handles your standard boiling needs. Swap in the grill panel and you can cook directly on the grates. Want to sear something? There’s a panel for that too. It’s modular cooking without the usual camping compromise of eating yet another packet of instant noodles.
The titanium construction isn’t just about keeping weight down, though that’s obviously a factor when you’re counting grams in your pack. Titanium brings that combination of strength and heat resistance that makes it ideal for something that needs to withstand direct flame while remaining stable on uneven ground. The material also means the stove won’t corrode when it inevitably gets wet, smoky, or covered in whatever wilderness conditions you throw at it.
What’s particularly clever is the no-assembly approach. Anyone who’s fumbled with camping gear in fading daylight knows that “some assembly required” translates to “good luck finding that tiny connector piece you just dropped in the dirt.” TiStove unfolds rather than requiring construction, which means you’re cooking faster and cursing less.
The fuel flexibility adds another practical layer. Unlike canister stoves that leave you dependent on finding the right fuel cartridge, this system burns wood, twigs, branches, basically whatever dry combustibles you can scavenge. That’s not just convenient but also more sustainable than constantly buying and disposing of fuel canisters. Plus, there’s something primal and satisfying about cooking over actual fire rather than a blue gas flame.
Camprit isn’t new to this space. They previously launched FireNest, which followed a similar modular, flat-pack titanium philosophy. With TiStove, they’ve refined the concept into something that feels more like a complete cooking system than a single-purpose stove.
The flat-pack design also addresses one of camping’s most annoying realities: pack space is precious. When your stove collapses to basically the thickness of a laptop, it slides into spaces that bulkier gear could never occupy. That means more room for the things that actually matter, like extra food or that book you’re definitely going to read by the campfire.
There’s a broader trend here worth noting. Outdoor gear has been shedding the old “rugged means bulky” mentality for years now, but projects like TiStove show how far that evolution has come. This isn’t about sacrificing functionality for portability. It’s about questioning whether those trade-offs were ever necessary in the first place.
The Hong Kong-based company seems to understand that good design isn’t about adding features but about removing friction. Every aspect of TiStove, from the material choice to the panel system to the folding mechanism, eliminates a pain point. Can’t find fuel? Burn sticks. Pack too heavy? Here’s titanium. Tired of one-note camping meals? Swap the cooking surface.
Whether you’re a weekend warrior or someone who just appreciates clever product design, TiStove represents the kind of functional innovation that makes you wonder why it took this long. It’s not reinventing fire, just making it easier to cook over one. And sometimes, that’s exactly what good design should do.
