Cook pot comparison

[lintond]

I decided to do a fuel consumption comparison of my various cook stoves. I recently bought the BRS 3000 & Fire maple petrel UL after a few posts on here.

12 oz of cold water from refrigerator
~100ft elevation
Weights are pot & stove only
I weighed the fuel canister before & after

BRS 3000 & Fire Maple Petrel UL
6.7 oz total weight
60 second boil time
3g fuel burn

Jetboil SOL TI - doesn’t include stand & plastic base
8.9 oz total weight
80 second boil time
4g fuel burn

Snow Peak Litemax & Snow Peak Ti pot
6 oz total weight
160 second boil time
11g fuel burn

BRS & Snow Peak pot
5 oz total weight
120 second boil time
8g fuel burn

I was impressed by the BRS and fire maple. Sits securely on the stove & has a nice handle. The reason I was looking for a better setup was the Snow peak always seemed inefficient and unstable. Also wasn’t a fan of the handles being unusable after the flames hear them up.

You do have to bend the prongs on the BRS for it to mate up with the fire maple. Easy modification.

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[B_Reynolds_AK]

Great post. Glad you got on the BRS/FM program. Best ultralight system available right now with the perfect blend of efficiency, capacity and weight.

 

[justinspicher]

This is a cool comparison. I have used my jetboil for the past several years and been pretty happy with it. I always think about trying something new/lighter, but I always stay with my jetboil. Thanks for doing this, I will have to look into the BRS stoves.

 

[lintond]

This is a cool comparison. I have used my jetboil for the past several years and been pretty happy with it. I always think about trying something new/lighter, but I always stay with my jetboil. Thanks for doing this, I will have to look into the BRS stoves.

The nice thing is it’s only about a $50 system. So it’s not a huge investment/commitment.


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[justinspicher]

That’s awesome, thanks for the info!

 

[Mudpuddle]

Wow, it's not often that the cheaper option is the best. I'm still rocking the original pocket rocket. Looks like it's time for an upgrade.

 

[sr80]

I am also a big fan of the petrel and brs combo. I just chopped down my petrel pot to make it shorter and more compact, just waiting for the neoprene to arrive to make a cozy for it.

 

[Chickenhawk]

The MSR pocket rocket deluxe and the evernew pot is a awesome setup also

 

[Grassymike]

I bought a MSR titan kettle this year. 900 ml titanium and 115 mm diameter with a pour spout and lid weighs 4.5 ounces on my scale. It boils water very efficiently on my pocket rocket deluze. Love it for eating out of. I do not bring a cup at all, just drink from this as well. I feel the wider diameter pots are far more efficient because the flame is all on the bottom of the pot, nothing wraps around the sides. For me I am done looking this is my system. My longest hunt is Sheep and we have done 9 days two years in a row. figured out that a small canister is used up in 9 days. I now carry a 8 ounce canister and my partner takes a 4 ounce one. He was using my fuel the last day this year.

 

[ni7ne]

Stoves that are cooking-friendly like that snow peak or primus stoves do badly when boiling water in smaller cookware. Heat is wasted to the side.
You can actually get more boils per gram by turning them down a bit to push less heat to the sides. Or boil water in a wide 1.3l pot and note the efficiency gain.

 

[Wrench]

Try the same test with a 3mph breeze. It doesn't take much wind to make the stoves suck.

Where I hunt wind is a constant and trying to huddle around my stove to protect it just got old.

 

[Idaboy]

Great info you guys have posted and tested

This guy has some deep dives on pot/stoves and heat exchangers.

The UL backpacking site has some real rabbit holea too. (Flatcat gear guy)

- it interesting when guys have tested the neoprene it doesn't help with boil times, but obviously if you are keeping water in pot to cook/drink it, and also handling the pot it helps

 

[allenbolen]

Has anyone tried the BRS pressure regulated stoves? I had a bunch of trouble in freezing temps recently on a caribou hunt. Wondering if this pressure regulator would really make a difference in high altitude and freezing temps.

 

[Grassymike]

I have a pocket rocket deluxe, pressure regulated stoves do work better in colder weather. That said for full on Winter cold I use a white gas stove. Have not pushed the PRD to its limits yet. Coldest I have used it is right around freezing.

 

[Harvey_NW]

Another advantage to the FM/BRS combo is you don't have to disconnect the stove from the cannister and lose ~1gr of fuel there every time as well. I bought a JetBoil Zip lid and it seals on that pot awesome, loved this setup this year.

 

[B_Reynolds_AK]

Has anyone tried the BRS pressure regulated stoves? I had a bunch of trouble in freezing temps recently on a caribou hunt. Wondering if this pressure regulator would really make a difference in high altitude and freezing temps.

I’ve used other pressure regulated stoves such as the Soto Windmaster. Any increased efficiency over my BRS/Fire Maple heat exchanger pot combo is very minimal.

Our “high elevation” isn’t really that high compared to a mountaineering objective on a 6,000 meter + peak. Cold is the real issue and sleeping with a fuel canister in my sleeping bag is the best way I’ve found to minimize this issue. If melting snow for water is the primary use of the stove, I would almost always opt for a liquid fuel stove such as an MSR or atleast a canister stove system that allows the bottle to be used inverted via a fuel line, which helps in cold weather.