Posted By Peter Carey on 05/09/2007 11:31 PM
yeah, that thing. It doesn't go all the way in any more, so you can't fit a bottle on the end of it.

That happened on my Whisperlite too.  I'm not sure what happened.  I wonder if it is repairable though (I know you've tried).  The thing that is irritating me the most about the Jetboil is that it is wearing out fast and I can't service it myself.

Anyone have a Primus Omnifuel (Heavy unless you get the Ti version)?

Craig

Posted By Peter Carey on 05/09/2007 11:31 PM
yeah, that thing. It doesn't go all the way in any more, so you can't fit a bottle on the end of it.

Story of my life ....

Here's an interesting article about the new Reactor from MSR.  Looks like it bests the Jetboil in some things Craig has mentioned (especially cold weather).  But it is pricey.

www.msrcorp.com/rock_ice_reactor.pdf

i've got a cheapo single burner stove that screws onto a small coleman propane tank. it's extremely simple, throws off enough BTU's to re-light a brown dwarf back into a star and packs down in a little carrying case that's an inch thick and about 4" square. i love it. it was a freddy's special I found for about $10.

for backpacking, I'm eager to do some more cooking with my solid fuel stove. It's a fold-up dealio I got at army surplus that burns esbitt tabs. It worked great during some of my snowshoeing outings this past winter.

edit:  i just wanted to point out some correlations to other conversations ... note the $2 chinese corkscrew in the lower right    also, note the can of chili necessitating usage of a porta-potti.    thanks for playing     

Yeah,but them burners is hard to gets a fire started with!!  WHITE GAS!!  WHITE GAS!!!

I almost burned down a National Forest trying that.  Now I throw it from a separate pre-measured container.

I timed how long it took me to setup and light (ready to cook) both the Jetboil and the XGKII. The Jetboil took 1 minute, the XGKII took 3 minutes.

If you want Sorel boots PM me...  That's a Columbia brand.

I've got to put in a vote for my old-school Coleman stove -- runs on white gas (and probably damn near anything else flammable)  Easily field stripped and repaired.  Not light, not cool, not raved about in a review on REI.com -- but it hasn't ever left me hungry.

I'm just glad I don't drink wine -- that's $200 towards an ARB locker...

A couple of retractions:

- Nalgene bottle do absorb flavors.  I realized after I posted that I had been using only water in my bottle since I bought it.  Here is a nice stainless steel alternative.  http://www.reusablebags.com/store/guyot-designs-widemouth-38oz-stainless-steel-reusable-bottle-p-740.html

I like the MSR widemouth lids because my water filter screws right on, they are easy to clean, easy to fill, etc.

- Jetboil now makes a field maintenance kit.  I recently returned mine to REI because the Piezo lighter broke w/in 9 months.  Yesterday I saw the $10 field maintenance kit that includes o-rings, jets, and a new piezo lighter.  The only downside to the Jetboil now is that it doesn't work in extreme cold.  I'm keeping mine as the convenience, size, and overall usability are outstanding on this product.