Thanks for the info. I use a MSR Pocket Rocket, which is fine, but a remote stove has extra stability, etc. A look around the net brought up this review
http://www.outdoorsmagic.com/gear-news/just-in---kovea-spider-stove/11249.html and a couple of others, but pretty much all the sellers seem to be US based. I know that the brand has been making stoves for other people for a while (this stove
http://www.sierratradingpost.com/ko...p~7068x/?filterString=s~kovea/&colorFamily=99 is a dead-ringer for an Epigas stove I bought 20 plus years ago!), but they only have one UK distributor
http://www.mercatorgear.com/index.php/kovea-products-listing
I must admit that the Fire Maple FMS 117 looks better for the money at the moment, and is slightly lighter (the Ti version is available for about £24 - and 98g!), but its strange that Kovea are not better known in the UK, since they seem to have a very good reputation.
Of course my wife has banned me from buying hiking stuff for a while, so they might be on my list to Santa!