Snow Peak GigaPower BF Stove - 2007 BCS

Used this stove on 8 days canyon trip. Output is awesome, water start boiling immediately even on the half blast. Tried to do pancakes and found it simmering well. Wind protection is not bad for an integrated wind screan. Stove is stable and packs compact. Used it with Snow Peak 1400 pot, MSR kettle and Backcountry 700 ml mug, all titanium. Worked with all of them well. Used it with Snow Peak 110, 250 and Brunton 250 canisters, no problem. At some point soot start covering little mesh where ignition is firing, so if you have a problem with it, just clean it with the tooth brush. In really wet weather sometimes ignition would not work, as expected, so just use the lighter. After it is dried it works fine. Stove fits very well in Snow Peak 1400 pot in supplied hard case. Unfortunately didn't buy it from Backcountry, even so they are my primary source for this stuff.

I typically cook for just me, or groups of 4-5 people, and we have GREAT food. Grilled salmon steaks, pasta, the works! This stove adjusts from candle-like flame to boiling terror in seconds! With stow peak fuel lights very quickly, much faster than the delay associated with an MSR Windpro stove I tried. In high winds I use this stove with a windscreen around the burner, but in mild conditions it’s fantastic as a gourmet backcountry stove or a jet to boil water fast. The pezio ignition system makes it a no brainer when choosing between the MSR Windpro and the Snow Peak Giga Power remote canister stove.

I used to cook on the generic GAZ stoves, but it was getting harder and harder to find the fuel for those. Last summer I took this stove on the Muir Trail, cooking for three for 18 days. It used up about 1 of the smaller gas canisters every 2 days, cooking for breakfast and supper. I liked the fact that the canister is remote and the center of gravity of the pot stays low - no more tipped over food! The ignition on it was quite useless, and I only consider it a backup in case our lighter didn't make it. I also felt that the hose to the remote canister was rather stiff, trying to tip the stove unit when only a light pot was on it. With some twisting this was usually fixed. Easy to store inside my titanium pot - light weight, worked like a charm on high and simmer mode. I'll take it on my next large hike.

Recently added the Snow Peak Giga Power butane stove to the mix of stoves I use for kayak camping. This stove is very sturdy for its size and highly adaptable. It works with any pot large or small and the flame adjustment is sensitive enough to accomodate anything from rapid boil to slow simmer. As with all open burner (versus closed systems like JetBoil and MSR Reactor), you will need something to block wind on windy days.

I used this on a two day backpacking trip using the 250g Gigapower fuel canister. It helped cook meals for 3 hungry dudes in no time. I was really surprised at how fast it could boil some thick soups not to mention just water for hot coco.
The Piezo ignition wasn't reliable, I only remember using it once then had to rely on using matches to light it the rest of the time. Still, not enough to deter from recommending just because it does light fast w/ matches.

Weight in case: .95 lbs
Weight out of case: .70 lbs
Dimensions of case: 5.25" Long, 4" high, 3" wide
Length of hose: 12"
Surface of burner: 2"

Excellent, lightweight, low-volume stove with great stability when opened. Its auto ignition feature makes it a snap to light. Adjustable flame feature makes it more versatile. It takes up little space in my motorcycle kit. Now that I have used this stove in place of my old bottle gas stove, I would not want to give it up.

We used the new Snow Peak stove just recently on a 4 day trip into the BWCA, it was just a little heavier and larger than the older canister stove I had been using, however this BF stove is very stable on the ground and easy to level, something that can not be said for the burner mounted on top of the canister. One of the biggest advantages of the BF is the pot supports, they swing out from storage and form a large X to create a very stable pot platform, if you have ever dumped your dinner on one of the less stable platforms you will really appreciate this one. The gas valve works very nicely, having a good range, easy to go from candle power to blow torch. One more goodie, it has a built-in wind-screen.... getting it back in the storage case can be trying.. Tom