Melts/Boils like a madman

By l_bjell Ranked #763 - Canister Stoves August 12, 2009

Used this for 4 day Emmons, stayed at Emmons flats. Melted/boiled a lot of snow. Worked perfect. No temperature issues but it didn't get below 29 F while we used it. Used every last lick of gas in the canisters. We set it on a pad to keep the canister from welding itself to the snow. For 3 persons, melted/boiled snow for cooking/drinking for 3 days and used exactly 1 small and one large canister with a couple drips to spare. At the end we were just melting and not boiling. Should have brought an extra canister with us. I'd say a small can will supply 3 persons for one day and nothing more if you are melting snow. If you are having temperature issues make sure you are using isobutane and not just butane.

I bought the small jetboil and this, used them both at home before leaving - the jetboil is not even in the MSR's league. Don't buy a jetboil unless you just wanna make coffee. You can feed people with the MSR Reactor.

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