I think this is the best stove you can get for the price...having said that, it would be nice to have it's own lighter but I keep one under the grill so that's no problem. The biggest complaint about this stove is the controls are really tricky in that they don't stay where you adjust them...they spring back a little bit so it's hard to control the flame. When you are using a typical camp cookware set (they aren't very thick because of weight savings) you really need to be able to fine tune the flame and this makes it difficult.