MSR reactor issues

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Has anyone has issues with their MSR reactor? in the past 4 years I have gone through 4 now. msr sent me new ones for a discounted price but its getting ridiculous.

I use the stove for 3 months straight everyday in the Yukon and each stove has decreased in performance and then eventually stopped working. I now have the MSR windburner and it is ran flawlessly last season. I have 2 reactors now, 1 is brand new and 1 doesn't work at all that I will be sending back to msr here shortly.

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BBob

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What kind of issues are you having?
 
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I have had reactor issues. Best stove ever when it worked. After about a season and a half it started taking longer and longer to boil until becoming unusable. When I first got mine I was so impressed with it I recommend it to a few others and I know at least 2 of them have had the same issue. I picked up the usual jetboil right after because I didn't have time to warranty it mid season. I have secretly been hoping that the jetboil gives out so I have an excuse to get a new stove. As inferior they are to a new reactor I do have to admit they seem more reliable.
 

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My first reactor had to be sent in. Just kept gettIng less heat. They fixed and sent back. I think it was an issue of too much sand or dust getting in the burner. Been running solid for years since the repair.
 

dla

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Has anyone has issues with their MSR reactor? in the past 4 years I have gone through 4 now. msr sent me new ones for a discounted price but its getting ridiculous.

I use the stove for 3 months straight everyday in the Yukon and each stove has decreased in performance and then eventually stopped working. I now have the MSR windburner and it is ran flawlessly last season. I have 2 reactors now, 1 is brand new and 1 doesn't work at all that I will be sending back to msr here shortly.

****sorry posted to wrong forum***
What fuel were you using?
The problem is simple to fix, but prevention is better which is why I'm asking about fuel.

Also, are you a "cooker" or a "water boiler"? I.e. do you leave it going for an hour at a time?
 
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Geewhiz

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Just a note but I think it would be fair to say that if the OP uses the stove every day for each meal for 3 months straight his stove has been used far more than most other folks' including mine.
 
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