Soto Amicus Stove Cookset Combo Review
The Amicus combo is a good kit, and I have since trimmed my setup within the same brand by trading the second pot for a lid.
Dinner at Thousand Island Lake in the Ansel Adams Wilderness, September 2024.
I bought the Soto Amicus stove and cookset combo in June 2021, and the set weighs 8.5 ounces on my lists. One 110-gram isobutane canister at 7 ounces rides with the stove, and the kitchen as a whole comes to 18 ounces. The Amicus has cooked dinner on every trip in my published trip kits, from the Lost Coast in February 2022 to Thousand Island Lake in the photo above.
On the Tahoe Rim Trail in July 2026 I averaged about 5,000 calories a day, and the Amicus cooked dinner on the first leg. I wrote about feeding that kind of mileage in Fueling a Long Trip.
The combo comes with two pots. I have since upgraded to a newer setup from the same brand and dropped the second pot in favor of a plastic lid to cut weight.
What works
- A complete stove and pot kit in one purchase.
- Small and light enough for a one-person kitchen.
What does not
- The second pot is weight I decided I did not need.
Open the Amicus in Backpackers Friend
The link adds the Amicus to Backpackers Friend as a small gear bundle with the weight filled in, ready to apply to the gear list of your next trip.
The trip kits in Backpackers Friend
The Amicus appears in eight of my trip kits. Each kit is a real trip and opens in Backpackers Friend as a gear bundle with every item, weight, and quantity.
- Tahoe Rim Trail, Leg 1, July 2026The first leg of my loop around Lake Tahoe, with the hammock as my shelter. 70 items on a 19.7-pound base weight. Read the trip report.
- Solo near Mammoth Lakes, September 2024A solo trip out of Mammoth Lakes. 80 items on a 21.5-pound base weight, including the only iPad I have ever carried.
- Ediza and Thousand Island Lakes, September 2024Two nights in the Ansel Adams Wilderness with my backpacking partner. 79 items on a 20.5-pound base weight. Read the trip report.
- Ostrander Lake and Buena Vista, July 2024A Yosemite loop with a guidebook shortcut through an old burn. 75 items on a 21.2-pound base weight. Read the trip report.
- Young Lakes, June 2024One night at Young Lakes out of Tuolumne Meadows in peak mosquito season. 77 items on a 21.9-pound base weight. Read the trip report.
- Chilnualna Falls, May 2024A solo loop toward Buena Vista that ended one crossing short, carried with a tent instead of the hammock. 72 items on a 17.7-pound base weight. Read the trip report.
- Point Reyes in the rain, February 2024An overnight at Coast Camp with a close friend in steady February rain. 78 items on a 21.7-pound base weight. Read the trip report.
- Lost Coast Trail, February 2022Three nights on the King Range coast, with a tent and a bear canister. 73 items on a 30.8-pound total pack weight. Read the trip report.
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