Integrated Canister Stoves – The Field Of The Art

I idea I'd comport a survey of the integrated canister stoves available today (e.g. Jetboil, Reactor, etc.).  I thence give you:  Integrated Canister Stoves – The State of the Art.
Integrated Canister Stoves
Left to right:  Jetboil Joule, Jetboil Sumo, master copy Jetboil PCS, Jetboil Sol

I late posted a tabular array of "regular" upright (top-mounted) canister stoves inward my Upright Canister Stoves – The State of the Art article.  Today's article is inward the same vein – but it pertains to a dissimilar degree of stoves, i.e. those stoves that are "integrated" inward that they are non exactly a burner but rather are a consummate arrangement that includes both a pot as well as a burner that are designed to travel together.  Typically such stoves are the high destination production for a given society as well as are normally highly efficient as well as have got exceptional features similar oestrus exchangers as well as ofttimes have got regulator valves.

A Jetboil Joule, left.  An MSR Reactor (2.5 Liter size), right

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A comparative tabular array of integrated canister stoves inward gild past times construct as well as so stove inside brand.
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Absent from this tabular array are stoves from Kovea as well as Fire Maple every bit good every bit another lesser known integrated canister stoves.  I'll proceed adding to this tabular array every bit fourth dimension permits.

Discussion
How produce yous pick which 1 mightiness suit your needs?  Well, the tabular array inward a higher identify may live sufficient alone, but permit me construct some additional comments:

Wind
If yous recall you'll live facing windy conditions on a regular basis, so at that spot is no improve choice than an MSR integrated canister stove, either the Reactor or the Windburner.  These MSR stoves scoff at wind.  They are exactly the absolutely most "bombproof" stoves inward wind, bar none.  I've been on multiple desert trips where Jetboil stoves wouldn't rest lit inward gusty winds as well as I exactly couldn't boil water – at all.  In those same conditions, my MSR Windburner acted every bit though zip odd were occurring.  These MSR stoves are amazingly wind proof.  Did I cry amazing?

The Reactor is geared towards mountaineers as well as is a powerful stove suitable for snowfall melting.  It tin likewise burn downwards through a lot of fuel if yous permit it. The Reactor is quite expensive. The Windburner is to a greater extent than targeted towards backpackers as well as is at a far to a greater extent than reasonable price.

When the Windburner came out, Jetboil started advertising the rail upon which the pot rests every bit a "windscreen."  Ha!  What a joke.  The Jetboil may have got many features, but a windscreen is non 1 of them.  Saying that a Jetboil has a built inward windscreen is wishful thinking as well as is exactly marketing spin on the role of Jetboil.

Doubt my word?  Check out the 2 videos on this spider web log post:  Jetboil Sol vs. MSR Windburner – Wind Testing.  NOTE:  In the video, you'll hear me telephone telephone the Windburner the "Windboiler" which was the cry of the stove until Jetboil threatened legal action.  MSR renamed the Windboiler to the Windburner, but I had already made as well as posted the video.  In your mind, exactly substitute "Windburner" every fourth dimension yous hear me say "Windboiler."  They are 1 as well as the same stove.

Cold
If you're going to live operating inward temperatures below 0 Celsius (32 Fahrenheit), so it behooves yous to larn a stove alongside a regulator valve.  Why?  See my recent article:  Gas Stoves inward Cold Weather – Regulator Valves as well as Inverted Canisters.  Yes, they cost more, but they perform improve inward mutual frigidity weather – read the article.  It volition explicate the whys as well as wherefores of mutual frigidity atmospheric condition canister stove technology every bit good every bit offering tips as well as tricks.

High Elevation
Don't worry virtually it.  You heard me right; don't worry virtually high elevation alongside honor to canister gas stoves.  The spiel virtually elevation affecting canister gas stoves inward a negative agency is a myth.  It got started inward the 1970's when 100% n-butane (normal butane) was used every bit a fuel.  N-butane is a lousy mutual frigidity atmospheric condition fuel.  When people went high (where it was cold), the stoves often didn't work.  Thus gas stoves got associated alongside non working good at high elevation when inward fact alongside 100% n-butane, they wouldn't have got worked any better at body of body of water level.  The genuinely resultant was a crappy fuel.

Today, nosotros don't work exactly straightaway n-butane.  We work fairly sophisticated blends of propane, isobutane, as well as n-butane.  These blends travel a heck of a lot improve inward mutual frigidity atmospheric condition than 100% n-butane. High elevation has zip to produce alongside it, so don't worry virtually it.

Real Cooking
Once I was out alongside some friends at a beautiful lake inward the Sierra Nevada Mountains.  They caught some nice, tasty trout.  They had a Jetboil.  They boiled the trout.  Yuck!  What a waste matter of precious trout!  The adjacent day, they caught to a greater extent than trout as well as wisely came to me (I didn't have got a Jetboil alongside me on that trip) as well as traded their fish for some fourth dimension on my stove.  Yum!  It was delicious!

Now, don't larn me wrong, a Jetboil is a smashing stove, but it's tall as well as skinny.  It's genuinely non meant for frying fish.  It's smashing for boiling water, but it's lousy for doing whatever existent cooking.  Yes, yous tin work their lilliputian steel adapter as well as so work another pot or pan on a Jetboil burner, but that form of defeats the purpose.   I hateful the smashing efficiency of a Jetboil is due to it's exceptional oestrus exchanger pot.  Absent that pot, a Jetboil burner is pretty ordinary.  Oh, as well as yeah, yous have got to proceed rail of the steel thingy to work alongside other pots – as well as it's extra weight.  You're improve off alongside a Jetboil Mini-Mo or a Primus Eta Express stove arrangement which have got wider pots.  The Eta Express is the wider of the 2 as well as has a genuinely overnice non-stick coating.  For those who desire to produce existent cooking and use an integrated canister stove, the Eta Express is genuinely a genuinely overnice option.  For my review of the Eta Express, here's a link: Review – The Primus Eta Express stove system.  Note likewise that the Eta Express arrangement tin work whatever pot or pan without whatever adapters or modifications.  There's no steel thingy to ship as well as proceed rail of alongside the Eta Express.

Price
The Jetboil Zip is the depression cost leader.  If you're looking to salvage bucks, the Zip mightiness live your best option.  However, live aware that the Zip has no ignition as well as has only 800 ml capacity.

The Jetboil Flash serial is a overnice moderately priced (for an integrated canister stove) choice that has a built inward piezoelectric ignition.

Size
If yous desire to salvage a lilliputian weight, the 800 ml size pots that come upward alongside the Zip, Flash Lite, as well as Micro Mo mightiness live a expert option, but realize that yous tin only boil virtually 500 ml at a fourth dimension (two cups).  That's basically just dinner alone when using an 800 ml pot.  If yous desire dinner as well as a loving cup of tea or hot chocolate, so you'll in all probability desire to larn the total 1 liter size.  NOTE:  You have got to travel out some "margin for error" at the travel past times of a pot of a Jetboil type stove because the tin chop-chop boil over, so yous typically only desire to boil virtually 500 ml of H2O alongside an 800 ml Jetboil pot as well as only boil 750 ml of H2O alongside a 1 liter Jetboil pot.

If yous postulate to a greater extent than capacity, Jetboil sells a 1.8 L pot called the Sumo.  Jetboil likewise sells a frying pan for work alongside its stoves.  I have got non used the Jetboil frying pan, but inward full general it has gotten a lot of negative reviews.  Most people say "save your money."

MSR has 1.0, 1.7, as well as 2.5 liter pots available for its Reactor arrangement as well as 1.0 as well as 1.8 L pots available for its Windburner system.  MSR likewise has a frying pan available for its Windburner system.  I have got non withal tested the frying pan.

Primus has 1.0, 1.8, as well as 3.0 liter pots available for it's Eta Express system, but banknote that yous tin work whatever pot or pan alongside the Eta Express system.

The Primus Eta Express arrangement is the most versatile integrated canister stove system.

Hikin' Jim's Pick
If I had to have got my pick, my pick would in all probability live the Primus Eta Express arrangement for all around full general use. All of the stove systems herein listed are expert integrated canister stove systems.  I don't dislike whatever of them (note that I have got non tried the Primus Eta Lite serial of stoves), but I recall the Eta Express arrangement is the most versatile.  With the Eta Express I tin work whatever pot or pan without having an adapter, as well as it's broad as well as has a expert non-stick coating, so I tin produce existent cooking inward it if I desire to.

However, were I facing wind, I would pick a Reactor or Windburner.  Were I facing cold, I'd pick 1 of the regulator valved stoves which volition inward full general perform improve inward mutual frigidity weather.  The Eta Express does non have got a regulator valve.

Deal alert!  This is going to audio similar I'm selling something (I'm not; I have no produce goodness from the purchase of whatever stove), but I produce banknote that every bit of this writing Massdrop has the Eta Express on sale for $75 to $80, depending on how many people sign upward for the "drop" (group buy).  That's a heck of a cost for a MSRP $130 stove system. H5N1 "drop" on Massdrop only lasts virtually a calendar week or so.  If yous desire to sign upward for Massdrop, here's a link:  https://www.massdrop.com/r/ETFBT7. I produce larn some produce goodness from that link, perhaps a costless T shirt or something if plenty people sign upward (and purchase something).  If yous work that link, I give thank yous you, but delight exactly purchase what yous need.  I have got plenty of T shirts.

Final Remarks
So, there's my survey of the nation of the fine art of integrated canister stove.  I'll add together to a greater extent than (I'm reviewing a Kovea stove now) every bit fourth dimension permits.

Thanks for joining me,

HJ

Disclosures:  Massdrop provided me alongside an Eta Express stove arrangement for the purposes of my review.  I assume that the argue that Massdrop is at nowadays offering the Eta Express arrangement on sale is that my review exactly came out.  Note that I produce non have whatever compensation from Massdrop for my reviews other than my getting to proceed the stove that I reviewed.  Inasmuch every bit I genuinely really liked the Eta Express, I suppose yous could say that is a benefit, but I endeavour genuinely difficult to review stoves objectively regardless of their personal appeal.  I for event don't produce a lot of wintertime grouping trips, but I've spent a considerable amount of fourth dimension working alongside the Reactor as well as Joule stoves exactly because they're fascinating stoves as well as deserve a fair shake.  I have no pct of whatever sales, no salary from whatever outdoors brand, as well as have got no fiscal human relationship alongside whatever stove company.  I have got purchased items from Massdrop using my ain coin exactly every bit anyone else from the buying populace would.  I did larn some costless socks from Massdrop at 1 point, partly to larn my persuasion of them.  I don't genuinely consider socks a fiscal relationship, but at that spot yous have got it; my cards are all on the table.  Now, if Massdrop offered me a half dozen pack of beer or some overnice give thank yous you chocolates, it would live rude of me to refuse, at nowadays wouldn't it?  Are yous listening, Massdrop? I similar nighttime chocolate, OK?

As I wrote above, i
f yous desire to sign upward for Massdrop, here's a link:  https://www.massdrop.com/r/ETFBT7. I do larn some produce goodness from that link, perhaps a costless T shirt or something, if plenty people sign upward (and construct a purchase).  If yous work that link, give thank yous you rattling much, but delight don't experience obligated.


Appendix I – MSR vs. Jetboil Integrated Canister Stoves

It's interesting the administration that Jetboil has taken since they were sold to Johnson Outdoor.  They at nowadays have got non 1 but iii 800 ml size offerings:
-The Zip, $80 (economy model)
-The Flash Lite, $100 (middle of the route model)
-The Micro Mo, $130 (high destination model)

They only have got 2 G ml offerings:
-The Flash, $100 (middle of the route model)
-The MiniMo, $135 (high destination model)

One 1800 ml offering:
-The Sumo, $140

And 1 2500 ml offering:
-The Joule, $200

MSR past times contrast has fewer offerings, as well as those offerings are to a greater extent than specialized.  Clearly MSR is only trying to compete on the high destination as well as isn't fifty-fifty trying to touching the Zip.

MSR has
Two G ml offerings:
-1.0 L Windburner, $140
-1.0 L Reactor, $200

Two 1700/1800 ml offerings:
-1.8 L Windburner, $160
-1.7 L Reactor, $220

And 1 2500 ml offering:
-2.5 L Reactor, $240

I don't believe that MSR plans to offering a 2500 ml version of the Windburner.

Both the Joule as well as 2.5 L Reactor are fairly specialized laid ups that would live used ofttimes for snowfall melting where the greater capacity would live advantageous.  The Joule incidentally is the fastest backpacking stove I have got e'er seen, bar none.  The Joule blows the Reactor away inward terms of speed.


Appendix II – Table inward HTML form

Below is an HTML version of the inward a higher identify tabular array which may live easier to read inward some browsers.
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Brand Stove BTU Grams Oz's Size $$'s Pros Cons Comments
Jetboil Flash 4,500 397 14.0 1.0 L $100 Moderate price Not every bit expert inward mutual frigidity atmospheric condition every bit regulated burners Basic 1 liter Jetboil
Jetboil Flash Lite 4,500 312 11.0 0.8 L $100 Moderate price Not every bit expert inward mutual frigidity atmospheric condition every bit regulated burners Basic 0.8 liter Jetboil
Jetboil Joule 10,000 715 25.2 2.5 L $200 Fastest stove ever.  Regulator valve; inverted canister. Fuel hog.  Unstable.  Only uses 100 as well as 230 g size canisters.  Big as well as klunky.   Best mutual frigidity atmospheric condition Jetboil.
Jetboil Micro Mo 6,000 340 12.0 0.8 L $140 Regulator valve Better inward mutual frigidity atmospheric condition than Flash
Jetboil Mini Mo 6,000 415 14.6 1.0 L $130 Regulator valve.  Wider pot for easier access Better inward mutual frigidity atmospheric condition than Flash
Jetboil Zip 4,500 333 11.7 0.8 L $80 Least Expensive No piezo ignition.   Economy model Jetboil
MSR Reactor 9,000 417 14.7 1.0 L $200 Regulator valve, extremely  wind resistant.  Good handle. No piezo ignition.  Expensive. Very fast.  Turn downwards to salvage fuel.  Very pop alongside mountaineer for snowfall melting.
MSR Windburner 7,000 432 15.2 1.0 L $140 Regulator valve, extremely  wind resistant. Nice handle. Heaviest 1 liter integrated canister stove. No piezo ignition.   More targeted towards backpackers whereas the Reactor is to a greater extent than toward mountaineers.
Primus Eta Express 8,900 395 13.9 1.0 L $130 Wide pot; slow access.  Nice non-stick coating "Windscreen" is a joke; travel out it at home. Very fast.  Turn downwards to salvage fuel.  Very expert unit of measurement overall despite bad windscreen.
Primus Eta Lite 4,500 360 12.7 0.5 L $105 Haven't e'er seen; can't comment.
Primus Eta Lite+ 4,500 390 13.8 0.5 L $115 Haven't e'er seen; can't comment.
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