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leaks from bottomwith excess fuel in pre By chaplain from Chicago, il on 11/02/2009 Pros: Compact, Lightweight, Powerful, Stable Cons: Difficult to Clean, Difficult to Light, Poor temperature control Best Uses: Backpacking, Car Camping, High Altitude, Hiking Describe Yourself: Casual Adventurer What Is Your Gear Style: Comfort Driven Bottom Line: Yes, I would recommend this to a friend Comments: excess priming would create fuel spill under unit. I ordered the next unit up from another supplier
By Raffi from Israel on 10/11/2009 Pros: Compact, Lightweight Describe Yourself: Avid Adventurer What Is Your Gear Style: Comfort Driven Bottom Line: Yes, I would recommend this to a friend Comments: After three times that I've used the primus there was a leakage of gas from the pipe,I've shipped the primus back and received a new one, the service was very good [...]
Good but not perfect stove By DonN from Long Beach, MS on 10/05/2009 Pros: Easy to Light, Powerful, Stable Best Uses: Backpacking, Car Camping Describe Yourself: Casual Adventurer What Is Your Gear Style: Comfort Driven Bottom Line: Yes, I would recommend this to a friend Comments: The major issue with this stove is that it must be completely disassembled to either clean or change the jet. The provided tool's screwdeiver is too small to do this job properly. The Primus ETA Power pot must be positioned exactly on this stove to prevent tipping. There is no priming cup, so excess priming fuel drips on the ground, table, etc. With the #40 jet (#32, #40 & #45 provided) it does a good job with both LP and white gas.
By Hiker Man from Niceville, FL on 05/04/2009 Pros: Compact, Easy to Light, Lightweight, Nice fuel options Cons: None that are obvious Best Uses: Backpacking, Hiking Describe Yourself: Avid Adventurer What Is Your Gear Style: Comfort Driven Bottom Line: Yes, I would recommend this to a friend Comments: I've been backpacking with my old Coleman Peak-1 white gas stove for years and finally bought a new stove to carry. This stove offers the option of liquid fuel or LP canisters and saves me on weight. I'm heading out to the AT next weekend for a week section hike and will give it a go but expect it to do a great job. I've hooked up a canister to it to check it out and it seems to work great. I'll take canisters with me on this trip. Seems like a great stove at an unbeatable price. Thanks STP.
By Dan from Philadelphia, PA on 03/06/2009 Pros: Compact, Great temperature control, Lightweight Cons: Difficult to Clean, Poor temperature control Describe Yourself: Avid Adventurer What Is Your Gear Style: Comfort Driven Bottom Line: Yes, I would recommend this to a friend Comments: This stove was great value for money. The fact that I can adapt to different fuels is a bonus and gives me the flexibility I need.
By Dumb and Hungry from Wyoming on 02/18/2009 Pros: Compact, Easy To Clean, Easy to Light, Powerful, Stable Best Uses: Backpacking, Car Camping, Hiking Describe Yourself: Casual Adventurer What Is Your Gear Style: Minimalist Bottom Line: Yes, I would recommend this to a friend Comments: #1 love it, burns it all, burns hot and is decently lightweight.
#2 Slight "con" must disassemble to clean/change jets, but that is only minor gripe. Might as well pull it all apart and clean the whole thing when changing jets.
#3 NOTE: LP jet is easily clogged if you, say, dump several ounces of chili on it(oops!)and then do not disassemble to thoroughly clean, just a quick wipe/rinse. PULL IT APART AND CLEAN.
4# Pay attn. to whether the stove is burning well. It will light/burn with a chili-clogged jet but won't boil, etc. Wasting a lot of canister fuel on the trail is the result. Ah yes, feeling dumb and hungry.
great stove for the money By chris from southwestern idaho on 02/11/2009 Pros: Compact, Easy To Clean, Easy to Light, Great temperature control, Lightweight, Powerful, Stable Best Uses: Backpacking, Hiking Describe Yourself: Avid Adventurer What Is Your Gear Style: Minimalist Bottom Line: Yes, I would recommend this to a friend Comments: this is the first stove i've owned that uses liquid or canister fuel and i love it.
By LEFENG from CN on 02/03/2009 Bottom Line: Yes, I would recommend this to a friend Comments: It was easy on the way
By Hibernater from New Hampshire on 01/21/2009 Pros: Compact, Easy to Light, Great temperature control, Lightweight, Powerful, Stable Best Uses: Backpacking, Car Camping, Hiking Describe Yourself: Casual Adventurer What Is Your Gear Style: Minimalist Bottom Line: Yes, I would recommend this to a friend Comments: Best for the money, does exactly what I want - it cooks and heats water. It takes little room and can use just about anything for fuel. Can't ask for anything more.
Great stove, very stable w/ large pot By Alex from Seattle, WA on 01/04/2009 Pros: Compact, Great temperature control, Lightweight, Stable Best Uses: Backpacking, Car Camping, Hiking Describe Yourself: Avid Adventurer What Is Your Gear Style: Minimalist Bottom Line: Yes, I would recommend this to a friend Comments: Great stove, burns evenly. Make sure you use the right jet. .45 is in by default but if you use coleman gas or crown must switch to .40. Simmers great and boils water fast. I have used Whisperlite and this is as good. Pump is made of metal instead of plastic as MSR pumps tends to crack! Only bad thing is hard to clean and must undo stove to change out jet. Have not used in sub-zero temps or high altitude yet so do not know how it might function. If going to extremes suggest getting the Omnifuel.
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