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MSR Reactor Stove
Way to fast.
By Kurt Zogorski
Ranked #327 - Canister Stoves
July 4, 2009
Tired of dirty pots?
Tired of dirty dishes?
Tired of cooking with a regular stove in the rain/snow with the wind howling?
Tired of lugging around a plate, a bowl and your meal?
Want to carry less?
Like the idea of freeze dried meal but turned off by the lack of taste?
If you answered YES to any of the above, then you my friend need to stop dorking around, get a MSR Reactor and start cooking FBC meals. (Freezer bag cooking).
TO REMOVE STICKERS:
Use paint or laquer thinner to remove the sticker's glue, it's about the only thing that works.
This stove is only designed to boil water and that's what it does perfectly. It is almost too fast at melting water because once you add an inch or so of water and start the stove up, you have to get snow in the pot ASAP because the water boils instantly.
In high winds the stove is amazing as well. I was making tea at 2 am before we started up Mt Baker and even in the darkness, high wind and pelting rain, you could only see the slight glow of the heat in the pot vents and the steam rising from the top. Needless to say we waited till 6 to start and making the tea was pointless, it performed perfectly.
View Details: MSR Reactor Stove
Helpful Votes: 1 Yes
Tech Specs:
- Material:
- stainless steel
- Fuel Type:
- MSR IsoPro
- Burn Time:
- 80 min
- Boil Time:
- 3 min
- Auto Ignition:
- no
- Windscreen:
- yes
- Heat Reflector:
- yes
- Parts Kit:
- no
- Cleaning Tool:
- no
- Fuel Bottle or Canister Included:
- no
- Stuff Sack:
- no
- Hard Case:
- yes
- Weight:
- 1 lb 2 oz
- Recommended Use:
- backpacking, camping, cooking
- Manufacturer Warranty:
- lifetime
Change me.
1 Comments Last Reply: July 17, 2009 By: Matt Tovar
Hi, I contacted the MSR Store, and here is what they had to say about the sticker We had to elect a “permanent” adhesive for the warning label to satisfy a variety of requirements, many of which are specific to an integrated stove system, so the label is not intended to be removed. The label itself is a durable, waterproof stock that is very heat- and chemical-resistant, and was tested to withstand a lot of abuse. Unfortunately, we are stuck with the label as it is… One of the most stringent regulatory agencies that we deal with is CSA (the Canadian Standards Organization). They explicitly require permanent labeling for certain things. Although the standard was not re-written with the advent of the integrated stove system, we try to be conservative in our interpretation and in our measures to comply.
Helpful Votes: 0 Yes