What's your favorite backpacking stove?

[Snyd]

For a 2 man water boiler canister stove the Reactor is fantastic.

 

[gobbler1662]

Wow, I've heard about this from Aron snyders posts, but I've used mine for two years without problems.

 

[Aron Snyder]

Wow, I've heard about this from Aron snyders posts, but I've used mine for two years without problems.

If you boil snow, noodles or do multiple boils at a time, it will happen.

JB will even admit to it.

 

[luke moffat]

If you boil snow, noodles or do multiple boils at a time, it will happen.

JB will even admit to it.

Yep happend to us as well with our TI Sumo. It was half water/half snow (trying to melt some snow in June for water) and it flaked off the entire flux ring in one boil. We knew not to do straight snow, but dang the water was still on the bottom thought it would have been ok. Been using the aluminum one since with zero issues. The ti Jetboil is not worth the weight savings or the extra $$$ IMO.

 

[Aron Snyder]

Yep happend to us as well with our TI Sumo. It was half water/half snow (trying to melt some snow in June for water) and it flaked off the entire flux ring in one boil. We knew not to do straight snow, but dang the water was still on the bottom thought it would have been ok. Been using the aluminum one since with zero issues. The ti Jetboil is not worth the weight savings or the extra $$$ IMO.

If you boil enough snow in the SOL, it will happen to it as well.

It took longer, but I got the same result.

 

[BigDog00]

Just curious, is that something Jetboil covers under a warranty?

 

[Aron Snyder]

Just curious, is that something Jetboil covers under a warranty?

No, but they give you a coupon for a 20% discount on another one ....a holes

That's what they did for me anyway.

 

[luke moffat]

If you boil enough snow in the SOL, it will happen to it as well.

It took longer, but I got the same result.

Bummer...even doing the half water/half snow thing?

Luckily I don't use my iso stove very often in snowy conditions as I usually swap to my Soto Muka by then...but good to know regardless. Thanks for the heads up I'll watch for it.

 

[Aron Snyder]

Bummer...even doing the half water/half snow thing?

Luckily I don't use my iso stove very often in snowy conditions as I usually swap to my Soto Muka by then...but good to know regardless. Thanks for the heads up I'll watch for it.

Not sure ..I never did the half and half thing

 

[cmeier117]

Ya if you want a JB I would get the aluminum one. I did get a free replacement but I wouldn't count on it all the time. The weird thing is from what I can tell and have been told the flux ring on the TI and AL is the same material.

 

[luke moffat]

Not sure ..I never did the half and half thing

Well I do everything half assed

 

[kaboku68]

You go below -10 f with a blanket on the jetboil isobutane cannister it will fry the Jetboil TI and Jetboil will not honor their warranty.

Sincerely,
Thomas

 

[Snyd]

Reactor

 

[stephen b]

Reading this stuff on JB gear just confirms the hunch ( just my hunch, nothing to base on) that I had about them when they first came out. They just seemed too plasticky; for lack of a better word- and just too newfangled to me. I know people love them; but I could never warm up to them ( pun intended).

A sales rep that I know pretty well at REI told me "You would not believe how many of those things that we get returns on".

I would not only trust an MSR product; I would also trust them to stand by their gear if something went sideways.

Just my 2c and maybe worth about that.

 

[ffparamedic]

FWIW about the sticky Aaron, it sure makes it easier for a newbie like myself to have one place to look and get a lot of info without asking a lot of questions that have already been covered......

 

[Aron Snyder]

FWIW about the sticky Aaron, it sure makes it easier for a newbie like myself to have one place to look and get a lot of info without asking a lot of questions that have already been covered......

Thanks brother....that was the goal!

 

[trk3263]

I like my Jetboil Sol however I wish I had a stove that used a normal cup so I can use it on a wood stove when I have a stove setup. To bad Jetboil doesn't make an adapter of some sort to keep you drink warm or even cook on a wood stove.

Thinking about some type of MSR to fix this problem.

 

[Techbrute]

As many others do, I use a Jetboil Sol. It is what it is, a convenient, compact, quick, and lightweight stove. I would not bet my life on one, but they are they best around for casual use.

I often backpack where bio stoves are not allowed. On these trips, I'm usually with one or two other people. We carry a single Jetboil Sol, with an extra fuel bottle and a Pocket Rocket split among the others. We carry enough ready to eat food that a complete stove failure would just be inconvenient.

 

[lchavez]

Trail designs caldera cone. Works great and allows for multiple fuel sources. Uses your pot or cup and Have used in 07 degree weather melting snow without issue. It's not as fast, but what's the hurry.

 

[lchavez]

PS. Still have my first series jetboil and it runs strong, even with the faulty valve, but it is now regulated to my basecamp kit for heating wash up water.