New cook stove on the market

[renagde]

I Tried To Make Something In America

If you don't know what goes into making something in the US you should definitely watch this video.

TLDW: We don't have the skillset to make things at a competitive cost in the US anymore.

There's some truth to that, also titanium is very hard to come by in the US. Most of the titanium that is manufactured in the US goes towards defense.

My point is, for the price, it seems like you should be able to at least do some of the manufacturing state side or at least assembly similar to what MSR does to keep the product serviceable and keep an eye on quality. If you're just buying out of China and slapping your name on it which is what everyone else is doing then the price seems really steep.

But what do I know?

 

[judders87]

There's some truth to that, also titanium is very hard to come by in the US. Most of the titanium that is manufactured in the US goes towards defense.

My point is, for the price, it seems like you should be able to at least do some of the manufacturing state side or at least assembly similar to what MSR does to keep the product serviceable and keep an eye on quality. If you're just buying out of China and slapping your name on it which is what everyone else is doing then the price seems really steep.

But what do I know?

MSR probably has the power of volume and sku #'s on their side. I'm not defending the price of Roughridge just offering perspective. It doesn't look like their stove is just a generic product rebranded.

 

[FGB]

I have zero plans to buy one as my pocket rocket deluxe does what I need it to, but the pricing seems representative of a niche product that isn’t just rebranded from alibaba. And trying to produce the same product in the US would likely be ungodly expensive (or just not possible). You can’t really expect a small/new business to compete with MSR on price when adding a few unique features (whether you think those features are worth it or not). Tough space considering most of the fire maple tier products are perfectly fine for vast majority of people/situations, but no one else is aggressively marketing to hunters so will be interesting to see how it plays out

 

[CMF]

I would say put the total weight on the website, maybe its in the video(i can't view at work), but I only saw the individual piece weights.

 

[BBob]

I would say put the total weight on the website, maybe its in the video(i can't view at work), but I only saw the individual piece weights.

Yeah they should put more detail on the website but he did post it here in this very thread.

Lightweight All-in-one system (includes spork)
Our full cook system weighs 10 oz and includes the stove, pot, removable windguard, and spork.
Without the windguard, the full system weighs 9 oz.

 

[CMF]

Yeah they should put more detail on the website but he did post it here in this very thread.

Thanks, I saw it there. My first thought was whether it was lighter than a JB stash. I just picked up a used one to try.

 

[HighUintas]

@Chris Neville , did you test this same design except with a hex aluminum pot? I can't see how it would be possible for a Ti pot without hex to be better. Typically people choose to go that route because it is much much lighter than a hex. But 9-10oz for the system is somewhat heavy in comparison to a toaks 550 and msr pocket rocket deluxe.

I would think you'd be able to hit 9oz all in with an aluminum hex pot (2c boil capacity ) and windscreen. I think my Frankenstein setup is somewhere around 6oz and works really well. The only thing I'm missing is a To windscreen