Cant depend my life on it

By Alex Ranked #428 - Liquid Fuel Stoves June 8, 2009

Well...wanted to post since made alot of my purchase decisions on other posts...purchased this stove from Backcountry.com....was told it was the best and "I could depend my life on it". I was originally looking at the MSR WhisperLite Internatonal Multi-Fuel Stove per have used it before..coincendentally my buddy had this stove this weekend...I tried mine out first, read through the directions to a "T" and could not get the prime to light...pumped it a gazillion times and finally after about 5 tries it lit.....after went out waited a few minutes to start gain and had to completely re-prime it...again pumping it more than was directed and my fuel bottle was full....mind you we were using coleman fuel but it was 88 degrees and perfect weather conditions...of course his MSR started right up....shut it down and relit it about 7 minutes later and started right up without having to prime again...of course his flame was quite higher and reckless, also didnt like the fact that the MSR you had to change out pin's to use different fuels and the Brunton you just turn the knob...overall very dissapointed because liked everything about it but functionality is a priority...again dont feel could depend my life on it. Of course backcountry.com is willing to take care of me...they have been good so far so still looking for a better alternative and will exchange

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