A lightweight, packable, and dependable stove suitable for four-season use - Kovea Spider Gas Stove

Pros:
Light (6 oz)
Packs small in sturdy stuff sack
Allows for canister inversion for cold weather performance
Included piezoelectric lighter
Powerful
Big Bang for the Buck

Cons:
None to date

Kudos to CampSaver for stepping up and making this awesome stove available to U.S. consumers as there are currently only three outlets offering the Spider.

I've only used it about 30 times but that's enough to form an opinion outside of the long term durability.

This is an awesome stove. Light, compact, excellent workmanship and powerful. And because it's a remote canister stove it provides the option of inverting the canister in cold weather and/or elevation to burn liquid instead of gas. At the time of this writing we're not yet in Winter but I did have it out at 8.5K in 25 degrees and snow and it performed very well. There was a bit of sputtering (not an issue when burning gas) but it didn't seem to hinder the performance.

Note: If you do want to invert the canister you'll need to let it heat up for about 30 seconds first.

There aren't a ton of reviews out there on this stove yet but all I've read have mirrored my thoughts. A high-quality performer at a very reasonable price. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend the Spider to anyone who wants dependable, four-season use.

If you want to see it in action I made a (crappy) video review. At least you'll see it on the gas at 8,000 feet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvFPtDpPfHQ

This review was written in the old system and had content requirements that are different than reviews written today.