We just had our first bike tour as a family.. ... nothing special, nothing serious, just 4 days of fun along the Danube in Austria.

As my wife had never ridden much and was sure she could not do long rides we ended up driving to the campground, sleeping there each night and made short rides out... the longest was 60 km (my wife had never written more than 25, but she loved this one)... we had our trusty Soviet built stove that uses LPG (I think that's what it is in English).

It worked well, but the stove it too big to carry in a pannier/trailer and the canister is huge....

Now, as I said this trip we got there by car so there were no worries but Evi wants to go back by train and ride Grein, Austria to Vienna (I will convince her to extend it all the way home to Budapest) but we need to get a new stove.

There are 5 of us and we would make drinks in the morning, soups, pasta, rice etc for dinners in the evenings.....

So, what does one look for when buying a stove? What is good for boiling at least a liter of water at a time etc?

This will not be used at high altitudes or in winter (unless I can convince them to come with me ski touring).... What I do like about our Soviet stove is that the canisters are refillable.... I just go to the depot, leave the empty and bring home a full one. Is this possible with these new stoves?

Thanks

Robi