Coleman PowerPack Propane Stove, Single Burner, Coleman Green – 2000020931, 4″ H x 13.38″ W x 12.5″ L

The Long and Short of It The Short

If you are looking for a one burner propane camp stove, this is it. But it and its fuel cylinder are too large and heavy for back packing.

The Long Sections from my spread sheet are produced at the end of this section to show the values I consider important. The most serious question seems to be about the heat (BTU) output of the unit.

This unit is rated at 7500 BTU output, and that is among the lowest rating of most propane stoves. To get some means to determine if its heat output is enough, comparisons with other stove outputs have been provided. Note that most portable cook tops are limited to 15 Amps at 120 volts., and this unit exceeds all of them. Also note that the most complaint about propane camp stoves is that they get too hot and burn the food.

If you are concerned about the BTU output, look carefully at the spreadsheet “Hrs. on High.” The higher BTU propane units run considerable shorter time on a tank of propane.

There have been many complaints about flame adjustment with two burner Coleman stoves, and there are U-Tube sites describing how to clean the burner control to correct the problem. It seems that the problem is a grease clogged burner control. While the control on my stove works correctly, I inspected it just for this report. It is exceptionally clean and appears to have a light coating of some transparent grease.

The stove is very stable and will safely support any normal sized cooking utensil that the burner will be effective with.

A genuinely nice feature is that the grate can be easily removed by just pulling up on each leg. That make cleaning a breeze.

You will have to provide your own starter and wind screen, if you need one. I use a Ozeri Piezoelectric Stove Lighter to start the burner. It works well.

The connections between the stove and the fuel tank are not friendly. You must connect the fuel cycinder to the pressure regulator fixture and then that to the stove. These connections are made with hand tight screw fittings. It all works well, but it is a little hassle to get each screw fitting connected without cross threading the connections. It works, but it could be more convient.

Be careful and don’t lose the unattached regulator because it is required for operation. I made a storage bag to keep all the parts, stove, regulator, and igniter.

The default fuel supply for this stove is the Coleman 1 lb. cannister, and the spreadsheet shows how long that will allow this stove to burn on high. The price differences of these cannisters in my area are all over the place. Considering the quantity of the purchase, the cost per hour of operation on high ranges from $1.19 to $4.41. The cheapest being Walmart and the highest being Amazon. This is acceptable for short term use like emergency use or short-term camping, but something better is required for frequent, heavy use.

You can get a LP hose to connect the stove to a a larger standard LP tank. You use the same regulator so only the appropriate hose is required. Using “Exchange Tank” is the more expensive, but easiest way of doing this, but in my area that allows the stove to run on high for $0.53 per hour. Refilling a 20 lb. tank at a place like Costco could produce an even lower cost.

My use is for emergency situations when the power is out, like hurricane conditions. I’m on my way to get the best priced bottles at Walmart.

Have fund with the spread stuff belos.

Coleman One Burner Camp Stove
Compare to Elec
Coleman 1 Burner H W L Lbs BTU Watts Amps @ 120
4 13.38 12.5 3.25 7500 2199 18.33

Propane Tank H D Cap Oz BTU Hrs on High
Coleman 8 3.88 16.25 21,918 2.92
Other 10.64 2.94 14.1 19,018 2.54

Compared to Other Stoves
Watts BTU Amps @ 120 1 burner Dif 1 Burner % Hrs On High
One Burner Two Burner
2 Burner Coleman 3225.8 11000 26.88 -3500 68.18% 1.99 1.00

Kitchen Range Eye Size
12 2,700 9,207 23 -1,707 81.46%
9 2,500 8,525 21 -1,025 87.98%
6 1,200 4,092 10 3,408 183.28%

Elec Cook Top 1800 6138 15.00 1362 122.19%

Well, The Amazon review software will not allow Spreadsheet formatting. Here is a try to show some of the results.

In trying to decide if the output of this stove is satisfactory
Coleman One burner stove:
Output 7500 BTU. For comparison to electric burners, that converts to 2199 watts and 18.33 Amps at 120 V

Coleman two burner stove:
11,000 BTU per burner which converts to 3224.8 watts and 26.88 amps at 120 volts.

Modern kitchen range
12” eye: 9207 BTU which is 2700 watts and 23 amps at 120 volts.
9” eye: 8525 BTU which is 2500 watts and 21 amps at 120 volts
6” eye: 4092 BTU which is 1200 watts and 10 amps.

Electric portable cook top
Portable electric tops are normally limited to 15 amps at 120 volts which is 1800 watts and 6138 BTU.

You can compare the capacity of equipment that you have with this stove to determine if it will work for you.

Hours of Operation on High with 16 Ounce Coleman Cylinder: 2.92 hours.

With the proper hose, this stove can also be operated with larger LP tanks.
5 lb. tank produces 14.39 hrs. on high.
10 lb. tank produces 28.77 hrs. on high.
15 lb. tank produces 43.16 hrs. on high.
20 lb. tank produces 57.55 hrs. on high.

Note that most 20 lb. tanks available at exchange services are only filled with 15 lbs. of propane.

I hope this helps

Edit 3
Here is some data about the time required to heat water that may be helpful. These figures assume an efficiency of 80%

One quart of water, 16 oz. fuel tank.
2.08 minutes to raise the temperature 100 degrees F. Uses 3.47% of the tank fuel.
3.12 minutes to raise 150 degrees F. Uses 5.12%
3.75 minutes to go from 32 to 212 F, freezing to boiling. Uses 6.25%

One Gallon of water, 16 oz. fuel tank.
8.33 minutes to raise the temperature 100 degrees F. Uses 13.88% of Tank Fuel
12.50 minutes to raise the temp 150 degrees F. Uses 20.83 %.
14.99 minutes to go from 32 to 180 F, freezing to boiling. Uses 24.99%

I live in a van and use this almost daily to cook with. it is super efficient! One tiny propane tank lasts for weeks even when this is used all of the time. Only issue is that the metal on the part where you screw the tank in is a little cheap and slowly seems to be stripping even though I take good care of it