I like this guy.




I can twist the fuel cord and flip my canister upside down, and hold it in my lap or sleeping bag to keep the canister warm and getting more fuel squeezed out of the canister of really cold days.

By the way, why not use a pressured liquid system in the cold and in high altitude? I have used my MSR whisper light international in -20 f. with no problems. I have not had it past 10,000 feet though...

Thoughts and reasons?

Beware of CO emissions if you're cooking in your tent.

Here's a link to a useful report:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/7377549/Stove ... dly-or-Not

I don't know how it rates in terms of emissions, but the new JetBoil has some nice improvements.

Here is another good article on stoves with some surprising (to me at least) CO results for different stoves at different burn rates, as well as some good tips. http://www.promountainsports.com/blog/2010/08/

Edit: Helps if you include the link.

I have three canister stoves: MSR Superfly, Snow Peak Giga, and Brunton Raptor. All are great stoves, but if I could only keep one I'd keep the Snow Peak Giga. It folds down super small and the piezo starter lights on the first click every time. It's a very light stove and the pot supports are very stable too. The MSR Superfly cooks the best, but doesn't really fold down as compactly as the other two, and the piezo starter doesn't light on the first try unless the stove is already warm.

I am looking at getting the Soto OD-1R micro because of its claims to work well when it's cold, which for me is the only disadvantage of canister stoves.

QITNL wrote:Beware of CO emissions if you're cooking in your tent.

Here's a link to a useful report:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/7377549/Stove ... dly-or-Not

I don't know how it rates in terms of emissions, but the new JetBoil has some nice improvements.

So it seems that crank the reactor and you are ok. Simmer and you get in trouble with CO

Primus makes a Jetboil now too and so does Kovea:

I opted to go with the Pocket Rocket - small, lightweight and versatile.

Although I know there are more efficient stoves (JetBoil, Reactor, etc) they aren't as versatile. Most frequent use for me will probably be just boiling water. But the Pocket Rocket gives me the option to cook different types of food in different pots/pans.

Thanks everyone for the input

Good choice. I like my Pocket Rocket for the reasons you mentioned. Where in Sammamish do you live? We almost bought a place on Beaver Lake but ended up in Issaquah.

ExcitableBoy wrote:Good choice. I like my Pocket Rocket for the reasons you mentioned. Where in Sammamish do you live? We almost bought a place on Beaver Lake but ended up in Issaquah.

Sahalee end of the Plateau. We looked all over, Duvall to Snoqualmie, Issaquah, etc but we've enjoyed Sammamish.

How about Canisterless?