Review Date
June 14, 2004

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Visitors rate this review
5.00 of 5, 1 votes

Reviewed by: sweetdaddy ,  Mountaineer

Price Paid:  $60.00 at galyans

Summary:
This is my first liquid fuel stove and I'm quite pleased with it. I chose it over the MSR stoves because of the aluminum pump body. It's easy to prime and boils water quickly. It's not designed as a simmering stove, like the Omni fuel with it's dual valves, but you can dial in a "pulsating" low flame that'll work fine for simmering. I've used it on spring snow at 9600' with no problems. Fuel consumption is in line with my canister stove. Have used it on 2 trips for 6 or 7 days total, no cleaning or maintenance yet. As other reviewers have noted, it has a nice "off" position on the pump body that allows you to burn off the fuel in the line before disassembling and storing. Jury is still out on long term durability, but no complaints so far. All in all, very good stove for the price.

Similar Products Used:
MSR Superfly
Primus propane camp stove

Review Date
August 18, 2003

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 4 of 5

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5.00 of 5, 1 votes

Reviewed by: Ryan Bowers(Unregistered User) ,  Backpacker , from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Price Paid:  $80.00 at MEC

Summary:
I really like this stove, I have used it for regular cooking and I have no real complaints. Where it really came in handy was when I was on an Army exercise in -39 C and our Coleman stove for our ten man tent broke down. Our Standard Operating Procedure is to run the stove all night with someone on stove watch so that the others can sleep and dry out. With the Primus and a Coleman lantern going all night we had no problems. It was quite warm in there and people with little experience with the stove had very few problem lighting and refueling it. It certainly made our life less miserable, but it was pretty loud having it on full blast all night. All things considered I'm glad I brought it.

Customer Service:
The people at MEC exchanged the entire pump mechanism when the washer cracked. It took all of about 15 minutes.

Review Date
May 31, 2003

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Visitors rate this review
5.00 of 5, 1 votes

Reviewed by: AllanCaldwell(Unregistered User) ,  Backpacker , from St. John's NF, Canada

Price Paid:  $80.00 at MEC

Summary:
This is a great stove. The Metal pump werkz well, and the legs are sturdy.The fuel economy is amazing! a 6 day-5 night canoe expedition only required 2L of coleman fuel. Even when melting snow juring our canadain winters it just sips onm fuel.

Similar Products Used:
Coleman Peak 1

Review Date
March 23, 2003

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Visitors rate this review
3.00 of 5, 1 votes

Reviewed by: helix01(Unregistered User) ,  Backpacker , from Brooklyn Park,MN,USA

Price Paid:  $50.00 at Galyans

Summary:
This stove is made of the highest quality components. You can put it in your pack and forget about it. The all metal pump is a real plus too. I am VERY happy with my purchase. I've had VERY fast boil times and excellent fuel economy. I actually went way overkill on the amount of fuel I brought. We had to melt snow for our water. So the stove was on FULL blast for literally hours each day. This was all in the Boundary Waters at -20F and the performance was just like it was summer! Plus the "ON/OFF" feature on the pump is really practical. You don't get fuel spray because you can bleed the pressure out with no fuel in the line. I think that this keeps the fuel line cleaner. The line doesn't sit with liquid fuel in it. I really didn't know how good this stove was till after I used it and used all it's features. I've never had it clog on me. I use Coleman fuel. I would highly recommend this stove to anyone. What else can I say?

Customer Service:
Not needed.

Similar Products Used:
Esbit fuel cube stove

Review Date
May 26, 2002

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 4 of 5

Reviewed by: Sean Kervin(Unregistered User) ,  Backpacker , from Denver, CO USA

Price Paid:  $60.00 at Galyans

Summary:
This stove rocks! The legs are extremely sturdy and the serrations on top grip the pot very well, 10x better than my wisperlight. The all-metal pump is fantastic, and my favorite feature is that the hose unscrews from the pump so you can easily separate the fuel can from the burner without depressurizing or getting fuel everywhere.

The only down side is that it is louder than the whisper-light, but the rest of the features more than make up for it.

It does have a bit of flare-up when priming, but most stoves do. Also, a wind shield is really necessary... but I just use aluminum foil. Also, I've used mine about 20 times now and the primer pad is still in excellent condition.

Similar Products Used:
MSR Whisper light