For the typical "Boiling water" it is VERY fast and compact unit. Nothing wrong with it AND you can always store some wood/twigs inside the "chimney" so you will have try tinder to start your fire with. I had thought about getting one of those but have since found a good deal on a small cookware set (2 pans and a 1/2liter pot). Now all I need to do is get a 1 liter pot and that along with my 16 ounce ss cup and the cookware and I will be set, once I figure out what kind of a small "Stove" (wood burning) I want to get. I am thinking about one of these