I know a lot of friends of mine like 'em but I'm not a fan. Here's why:

1) Climbing Mt. Rainer with the winter mix. Winter mix got too cold to light. (Thankfully I had my MSR Whisper Lite to cook / make water with.)

2) Can't fly with the canisters. So if you're flying some place, you're going to have to cross your fingers and hope you can find a store that sells it. That's fine if you travel to western populated locations, but eastern Europe or Central Asia. Good luck, I'll take the stoves that can take unleaded fuel or karosene.

3) Another on flying: Say you do buy some. Odds are you probably won't use it all. Still can't fly with it home, so you're stuck donating it to someone. (Which I'm sure they will appreciate.) At least with the unleaded fuel options you can pour the $0.30 of gas into a car.

4) Care about your carbon footprint? Think about everyone of those cans that gets thrown away.

And generally: I found my MSR WhisperLite to be able to boil 2 cups in a pot just as fast as the Jet Boil can in it's specialized mug. (And another plus to general stoves: you can cook 4 or more mugs at once, so you're not eating in shifts if you only brought one stove for a group.)

Overall, if you're a solo hiker and this is the ONLY thing you have, it's not bad. It is REAALLY easy to use. But for people in groups or air travelers, I think there are better options out there.

works like a charm. people are always jealous of my jetboil. only issue is the lack of ease in buying the right fuel.

As an engineer, I like crunching numbers. Since I got my JetBoil, I've been boiling different amounts of water and recording how many grams of fuel is required at different temperatures ambient/water/amounts/etc.

In my experiments I've noticed that there is little, very little extra heat. There is no wasted heat to warm your hands. Now that's efficient!

French Press works like a charm.

This is the smallest and most efficient stove I've ever seen.

this is verry good.

This is a great stove. I just took it for an 85 mi walk on the A.T. in N.C. cooked breakfast and dinner for 6 days and didn't even use one fuel canister. However I do have a gripe. I had to send my first one back because the auto ignigther did not work. The replacement works better than the first but its not dependable. If you buy this stove better pack a lighter

During the 2006 Eco Primal Quest Expedition Race, my teammates and I found this stove to be indispensable at transition areas. The ease of set-up of this self-contained compact unit was key for sleep-deprived racers with diminished brain capacity. And with its efficient heat transfer design, the water was generally boiling before we could get our dehydrated meals set up.

Awesome! This is one of the best products made in years. Fast, pretty light, and easy to light and use. We now have three and will use them for general camping and picnics as well!

The most clever set up I have ever come across. Impressed by all the nice features and the quality.

As far as the jet boil goes, I wont go camping without one. Lightning fast, light weight, and compact. Great!! The coffee press is neat, and works well with very coarse ground coffee. The only problem I have is its a little tricky to get everything contained inside with all the press attachments. This is a MUST HAVE!!

I am not a coffee drinker, but I used this coffee press to help get everyone up and going and rock climbing over the weekend. This works just like a French press, just do not ground the beans super fine, just how you normally would for a French press. If you grind them small it is kind of chunky coffee. It boiled so fast and everyone ranted and raved about this jet boil system, and HEY...it got all the hungover people on the rock faster! so I give this 2 thumbs up!

I recently ordered the Jetboil PCS bundled with coffee press, too. Mine also arrived without the bundled coffee press. Again customer service was excellent and the whole RMA, reship and return process took place after just a single short email and the only further effort I had to expend was a trip to the post office to hand over the return.

I will very likely purchase further items from this site. I figure if they work this hard to clear up a minor mess up that they would probably really help you out if it was truly a big problem.

The Jetboil I ordered with the coffee press came well...without the press, but a new one was quickly shipped out that did include it.The second time I used the self lighter it quit so I am using another method to light the Jetboil. I had heard that this was a flaw so I'm not too concerned about it.The coffee press works great if you use it in reverse which I had also heard about.So pretty happy with the unit so far and also purchased the stand and pot support for using it with other cooking gear. It all fits together really well into one compact unit.