Steven from United States, MD Public Profile

Bought this stove around summer last year. I have used to several dozen times in varying conditions. Just got back from Assateague Island Natl Seashore with this and made half of our group coffee in the AM in 20mph winds. The good: It heats water very fast. The design is very efficient and well thought out. A simple to use all contained system as you can store a 100g fuel canister inside the stove for compactness. I also have store in the stove the coffee press with handle and the stand. Some folks don't carry either but I like using them. Removable cozy is nice and the handle truely works like a handle. I can pour with the stove and fuel canister attached if I want but find myself removing the pot from the stove more often then not. The bad: The price is a tad high but you get what you pay for motto fits this product well. It's well made, very sturdy (dropped many times). The only drawback is that in high winds you need to get the pot on the stove ASAP after lighting as it can blow out. But other than that..sweet stove. One of my favorites.

I have only used this tent twice since buying it. Unfortunately not in snow but in some nasty storms. I just got back from Assateague Island National Seashore where we had hail, torrential downpours, and 40 mph winds. I know this is an expedition quality tent from Mtn Hrdwr so you expect it to be well made and it didn't disappoint. The tent didn't flinch in the wind and rain and totally dry inside. I was camped on the beach exposed (by choice) using a type of 'dead man anchor' to hold the tent and fly in position. I fill the grocery store bags with sand and tied the handles to the guy lines to use as anchors. The tent was so well in place I didn't bother to bury the bags (which you would normally do in sand/snow conditions). Everyone else on the beach had one problem or another. The many guy points made the tent solid. Each bag when filled with sand (which was wet of course) weight around 15 lbs. Burying the bags would have cut down on the noise as well. No worries with this tent. Both length side wall are covered in mesh pockets, ceiling has pockets. No need for a gear loft.

This is my first fuel bottle with a child resistant cap. It's easy to work even with gloves on (was just camping yesterday in 24F temps) and the standard high quality you would expect from MSR. as an FYI...in the past 30+ years of camping I have used other aluminum fuel bottles with all of my white gas stoves (including several MSR stoves) without issue.

This pot is traditional good quality from Esbit. Nice anodized aluminum as most of their other items. I have about a dozen or so Esbit products and have not had an issue with one of them. Esbit products just look good. Seriously, they mean business. This pot is no exception. It's 2.35L capacity is nice but it's big so this is not for a two person backpacking trip. However if you have a group going and can swap carrying it it wouldn't be too bad. The post comes with a mesh sack, pot gripper (a nice one too) and a pot holder. The handle rolls up nicely inside the pot holder which has a tie on it so it doesn't bounce around inside the pot and scratch it. This pot has plenty of room for just about any stove. I think my old XGK may have fit it it. The heat exchanger works well heating up the contents quickly. I hope to get out inside the next month or so to run a couple of tests to see just how much faster. Some folks will need to keep in mind the size of the heat exchanger ring. The inside opening not including the outer exchanger is less than 4". The exchanger ring's diameter is 5.75". Most stoves should be ok but keep in mind you will not be using this pot with one of those micro isobutane stoves at this pot is just too big and would be unstable. A three legged stove would be a minimum. Oh and at half the cost of Amazon...what is not to like? :)