My grandfather has had a coleman stove like this for as long as I can remember, so when I was planning a camping trip, I ordered one for myself. It's just like his, and I'm sure I'll be able to use this for a very long time. The only problem I have with it (and I don't recall having this problem with my grandfather's) is that it's really hard to get the flame to stay low enough. For whatever reason, the knobs to adjust it don't stay in place well, so even if you adjust the flame to very low, as soon as you let go of the knob it turns a bit and the flame gets higher. But I guess a camping stove can't work quite as well as a stove at home... Anyway it's still a very useful stove. I just have to adjust the heat carefully.