Thread: Cooking systems - Light vs cost

I just converted to a jet-boil. It isn't quite as quick as they advertise but the fuel efficiency impressed me. I managed to boil just short of 10 litres on one 100g canister.

yeah, wont be going back to standard cannister stoves. jet boils and their equivalents are great pieces of kit

Sorry a bit old school.... but I still love my MSR Whisper-lite had it since the early 90's. Liquid fuel - but so good, if you get caught in camp or on a ridge for days on end... also love how it almost runs better on 91 octane petrol than it does on white spirits. and handy if you need to start a bonfire to dry out and there's only wet stuff around - has helped me out of a situation more than once, that and 2 hexe's in my survival kit...

Has done a great tour of duty in the South Island high Country and the North and still running like the first year I bought it. I'll think about a replacement when it finally dies but until then - if it ain't broke... go with what works...

Mind you @doubleshot would argue his coffee pot jet boil is a piece of non-negotiable kit - and who am I to argue as long as he brings the beans and grinder too.. mmmmm mines a flat white mate...

just my 2c.

Yep the one I got works fine. Not sure how those ultra mini ones go that some guys got?

I have one of those MapleFire (jetboil) copies.... works perfectly fine for me. holds over a liter and boils 800ml in 3min 15sec on the kitchen bench..... so in my books it does the job (so far).

Only one small bug is that even though a 230g canister does fit inside the unit, you can't fit everything else in and close the lid. Probably about 1.5cm too tall.
I've now got 100g canisters and the whole unit packs up nicely. 100g is plenty for a few days and I can take a spare and still be lighter than taking a 230g canister.
Not too bad for being less than half the price of a jetboil.

Also have one of thier little titanium cookers.... works sweet as too. same amount of water takes about 6mins to boil in comparision

Originally Posted by chris-b

Also have one of thier little titanium cookers.... works sweet as too. same amount of water takes about 6mins to boil in comparision

Is that with the jetboil style pot on the titanium cooker, or just a normal pot?

Originally Posted by GravelBen

Is that with the jetboil style pot on the titanium cooker, or just a normal pot?

just the normal pot, would be nice to get the heat exchanger pot but I can't find them in NZ.
I use the alu pots, titanium are marginally lighter but tend to heat up in one spot rather than spreading the heat. much cheaper too.

I have a maplefire heat exchange pot on the way, so I'll do a comparison test with a normal pot on the same cooker once it arrives.

I like my mini titanium meths burner. Did set my foot on fire with it though

Originally Posted by gimp

I like my mini titanium meths burner. Did set my foot on fire with it though

Boots on....or off.....?

I have just received my Fire-Maple heat exchanger 1L pot and the wee BRS-3000T Ultra-light Titanium Alloy Camping Stove, also got the gas canister filler and waiting on a Fire Maple portable Outdoor Folding Gas Stove Camping Hiking Picnic stove Camping Stove Fms-117t Titanium material 98g to arrive. The new pot on the BRS-3000T boiled 500ml of tap water in 1min. 40sec. flat. The new stove and 100gram canister should all fit in the pot hopefully.

w1dgit

Can you give some info on the "gas canister filler" that you purchased. Thanks

Chris

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Sorry, but I have to check, are those 750ml Toaks cups big enough to cook a freeze dried meal in?

They look tiny...

You only need to boil like 200ml of water for a freeze dried meal so yep. The good thing about the freeze dried is there is no clean up cause it "cooks" in its own bag