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MSR WindPro II Stove
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By Collin Child
Ranked #118 - Canister Stoves
June 6, 2011
I have worked with many stoves over the years including the Whisperlite, Jet Boil's and the Dragon Fly. I have used these stoves tell they have worn out. With my WindPro i have climbed the Tetons, Chugach and the Canadian Rockies. I have Backpacked for weeks on end with the WindPro in Southern Utah, Montana, Colorado, Wyoming. Kayaked in Alaska for a week and this stove will not die. It won't give up. It has been in 60 mph blizzards and still cranked out heat. There is no fuel pump, no priming, no jamming, no fuel freezing in its bottle. No anual maintenance. It is simply attaching it to a pressurized fuel canister. It is so easy. When it is -20 with a 60 mph wind the last thing you want to do is take off your gloves to prime a stove. It wont quit working. It is full of sand after a week of southern utah and it still lights like a dream. I have been trying to break it so i can get a new one but it wont die. A true testament to the quality of MSR products. I would never get another stove. Never. Get a WindPro it is the best stove you will ever own.
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2 Comments Last Reply: November 9, 2011 By: Collin Child
I have a Brunton weather instrument and it read -19 around 6 A.M. when I was near Peter Sink Utah snow caving. The wind meter read 57 MPH. The stove was not in direct wind. I was mainly referring too it is no fun taking off your gloves when it is that cold to prime a stove. But this stove can seriously take the harshest conditions.
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Did the stove really perform well in -20 degrees Fahrenheit? I'm curious because I've heard that the WindPro works better than most canister stoves in low temps because the canister can be inverted, but I didn't think it would work well in temps THAT low.
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