The Primus Eta Express stove organisation is an upright integrated canister gas stove organisation (something along the lines of a Jetboil). I truly liked this wider pot approach (as compared to a typical skinny Jetboil or an MSR Windburner pot), but earlier I give you lot my lastly analysis of the system, let's become through the features.
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| The Primus Eta Express stove system |
The organisation features a truly dainty ceramic based non-stick coated 1 liter pot amongst a good shielded, built inwards rut exchanger. The pot has volumetric markings on the side wall at 0.3, 0.6, in addition to 0.9 liters. The markings are clearly visible on both the within in addition to exterior of the pot. The exterior of the pot is difficult anodized.
Note: This pot is also available inwards 1.8 L in addition to 3.0 L sizes.
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The 1 liter pot (with rut exchanger) of the Primus Eta Express stove system.
Note volumetric markings on the side of the pot. |
With the way the rut exchanger is protected, you've got footling to worry almost when packing it or setting it downwardly on the Blue Planet inwards camp. The guard of the rut exchanger volition itself behave rut to the contents of the pot making it all the to a greater extent than efficient.
Boils were noticeably fast fifty-fifty on depression flaming settings. This is a real efficient set upward amongst splendid fuel economy.
The non-stick coating feels silky shine in addition to slick to the touch. Nothing stuck to it fifty-fifty when I overcooked some noodles – which could live a existent mess on a non-coated pot.
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| The glossy, slick non-stick coating of the Primus Eta Express pot |
The Primus Eta Express stove organisation comes amongst a cerise plastic bowl that nests within the pot. The bowl is truly quite functional, inwards marked contrast to the footling plastic loving cup that protects the rut exchanger on a Jetboil. I've never flora the loving cup on a Jetboil real useful, but the bowl on the Primus Eta Express stove organisation is pretty dainty bowl. Now, for a soloist, you'd in all likelihood want to go out the bowl at home, but for a squad of two, 1 soul could consume out of the pot (if you lot were cooking inwards the pot, non out of a bag) in addition to the other out of the bowl.
The bowl also protects the pot from whatsoever scratches if you lot shop either the stove or a canister inwards the pot. There's a small-scale rectangle of foam that tin privy live set on the bottom of the pot if thence desired such that the bowl does non remainder direct on the non-stick coating.
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| The Primus Eta Express stove system's bowl nests neatly within the pot |
The Primus Eta Express stove organisation tin privy accommodate both the stove in addition to a 110 g canister of fuel inside.
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| Both the stove in addition to a 110 g canister volition fit within the Primus Eta Express stove system |
The canister sticks upward a footling bit, but that's non a job since the lid has a raised share that serves every bit a agency to alternative upward the lid off the pot. The lid also has a built inwards colander for draining, say, pasta or vegetables.
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The lid of the Primus Eta Express stove organisation has a built inwards colander.
One grabs the lid yesteryear the insulated cerise portion. |
The pot handles good insulated thence that 1 does non burn downwardly one's hands when picking upward the pot. The handles are long in addition to render ample leverage.
Central to whatsoever stove organisation is of course of report the stove itself. The Primus Express stove is a nice, good made stove, but at 98 g/3.5 oz is a fight heavy for its class. Many comparable stoves are almost 1 ounce lighter. Yes, that's "only" an ounce, but retrieve that if on average 1 tin privy shave exactly 2 ounces off of each slice of gear, 1 would bring down their pack weight yesteryear almost x pounds (assuming that 1 is a typical backpacker that carries eighty - 100 items inwards their pack). As Colin Fletcher lay it thence well: "Take attention of the ounces, in addition to the pounds volition lead keep attention of themselves."
The stove comes inwards a footling curl overstep type purse amongst a plastic clip closure. The stove purse is tough in addition to good made, but at 25 g/0.9 oz, it's a fight heavy inwards my opinion. I'd in all likelihood exactly toss my stove direct inwards the cerise plastic bowl or wrap my stove inwards a bandana in addition to go out the stove purse at home.
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| The stove purse for a Primus Eta Express stove |
The Primus Eta Express stove comes amongst a piezoelectric ignition. Should you lot dislike the ignition, it tin privy live removed. The ignition is real functional but is a footling fight large in addition to isn't quite every bit sophisticated every bit the ignition systems coming out from another manufacturers, most notably Soto. The ignition also sticks upward to a higher identify the burner where it is prone to snagging. Still, the ignition industrial plant good in addition to is super convenient. Note yet that no ignition organisation is every 100%, peculiarly at elevations to a higher identify 10,000 feet (about 3,000 meters).
Always send a dorsum upward agency of ignition. Always. Personally, I similar a sack steel, but flintstone bike type lighter or matches are other practiced agency of ignition.
I can't comment on the long term reliability of the ignition on a Primus Eta Express stove, but I create banknote that the spark wire sits direct inwards the flaming at all times.
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| The flaming of a Primus Eta Express stove. The yellowish share of the flaming is where the ignition is. |
The valve knob industrial plant good in addition to provides splendid flaming control. The stove simmers well. Users of heavy mittens or gloves mightiness lead keep problem gripping the knob. Most manufacturers occupation a wire handgrip that is easier to grip when wearing mittens or gloves. It's interesting that Primus hither differs inwards their approach. I wouldn't country this is necessarily a negative, but it is something to think almost in addition to live aware of.
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| The Primus Eta Express stove is roughly every bit large around every bit the base of operations of a 110 g canister. |
The pot supports of the Primus Eta Express stove are broad amongst grippy, good defined teeth. I let on that Primus is doing a truly practiced job, improve than other stove manufacturers (except perchance Soto), amongst brand sharply defined teeth on their pot supports that truly grip a pot well. The 1 criticism of the pot supports that I lead keep is that they don't bend good out of the way. They lead keep a lot of room up.
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Left to right: Primus Eta Express stove, Kovea Supalite (aka "Camp 56"), in addition to a Markill Hot Rod.
Note how far to the left the pot supports stick out on the Eta Express stove. |
Just almost every stove manufacturer out at that spot has figured out a way to brand things a fight to a greater extent than compact than the Primus Eta Express stove's pot supports. They're non horrible inwards terms of the infinite they lead keep up, but at that spot is room for improvement. In terms of function, they are splendid pot supports, far to a higher identify average.
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Most stoves occupation folding pot supports to relieve space. The Primus Eta Express stove takes upward to a greater extent than room than average.
Left to right: MSR Pocket Rocket, Primus Eta Express stove, MSR Pocket Rocket 2, Kovea Supalite |
The Primus Eta Express stove organisation comes amongst a footling partial windscreen that fits neatly around the pot for efficient packing.
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| The Primus Eta Express stove comes amongst a small-scale windscreen |
The windscreen has a slot inwards it. A pot back upward fits into the slot, in addition to the stove thence rests on a cerise plastic "shelf" attached to the burner.
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| Slide the pot back upward amongst the cerise "shelf" into the slot on the windscreen |
The far ends of the windscreen are held to the other 2 pot supports yesteryear magnets. I flora it pretty slow on in addition to slow off. I also flora it reasonably secure when inwards place. The windscreen volition non easily autumn off although it tin privy shift a fight if you lot bump it.
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| The windscreen inwards identify on a Primus Eta Express stove. Note the large hole inwards the windscreen. |
You volition banknote inwards the to a higher identify photograph that at that spot is a large hole inwards the windscreen. Presumably this hole is to prevent
any possibility of the windscreen causing rut create upward that mightiness motility a canister explosion. While the hole removes whatsoever lead chances of an explosion, it also removes whatsoever lead chances that the windscreen volition block whatsoever wind. In my testing, I flora the windscreen to live of no create goodness whatsoever. Maybe if 1 were inwards a lab amongst real sensitive exam equipment, thence perchance could abide by some subtle improvement inwards performance brought almost yesteryear this windscreen, but I was unable to let on whatsoever perceptible benefit. It looks similar the lawyers killed this 1 folks, in addition to it's dead on arrival. The best identify for this windscreen? In the recycle bin. Seriously, go out this 1 at home, folks, it's utterly useless.
Now, don't larn me wrong. I said upward front end that I
like this stove system, in addition to indeed I do. But this windscreen should never lead keep gotten out of the door of the Primus evolution lab. It's to a greater extent than gimmick than windscreen. Perhaps 1 could occupation some aluminum foil or rut resistant record in addition to block off the hole, but every bit is, it exactly doesn't piece of work inwards whatsoever discernable way.
The entire organisation is held together yesteryear a mesh purse in addition to is quite compact every bit a set. I think the compactness of the Primus Eta Express integrated stove organisation compares good amongst the compactness of other integrated stove systems similar the Jetboil Flash or the MSR Windburner.
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| The Primus Eta Express stove organisation is quite compact for a 1 liter integrated stove system. |
Flexibility The Primus Eta Express stove organisation is a truly flexible system. If you lot want to occupation a dissimilar pot on this system, you lot exactly create it. There's no steel attachment that you lot lead keep to send every bit amongst a Jetboil. There are no footling screws you lot lead keep to emplace every bit amongst a Primus Eta Lite. Really, you lot tin privy occupation whatsoever stove or whatsoever pot amongst this system, swapping things out at will. Indeed, had you lot a stove that you lot truly liked, you lot could presumably exactly purchase the pot in addition to occupation your existing stove, but create banknote that the Eta Express stove is ideally suited in addition to tuned for the Eta Express pot.
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Simultaneous current of air testing using a "control" stove vs. the Primus Eta Express stove.
Note the 0.9 L Primus kettle on the Eta Express stove. One tin privy occupation whatsoever pot amongst the Primus Eta Express stove. |
Component weights If you lot brought along everything that comes inwards the box, you'd lead keep a total weight of 530 grams/18.7 oz, every bit shown inwards the starting fourth dimension tabular array below.
But I wouldn't convey everything. I'd in all likelihood go out the bowl at dwelling unless I were traveling amongst a partner. I'd also most probable go out the footling stove pouch at home, in addition to I'd for sure go out the useless windscreen at home. Leaving those items at home, your weight would live a far to a greater extent than reasonable 397 g/14.0 oz, every bit shown inwards the instant table.
397 g/14.0 oz compares reasonably good amongst other integrated canister stove systems.
| Everything Weights |
| Item | Grams | Ounces |
| Stuff Sack | 21 | 0.7 |
| Windscreen | 56 | 2.0 |
| Stove pouch | 25 | 0.9 |
| Lid | 60 | 2.1 |
| Foam | 2 | 0.1 |
| Bowl | 50 | 1.8 |
| Stove | 98 | 3.5 |
| Pot | 218 | 7.7 |
| Total (weighed) | 530 | 18.7 |
Minimum Weights |
| Item | Grams | Ounces |
| Stuff Sack | 21 | 0.7 |
| Lid | 60 | 2.1 |
| Stove | 98 | 3.5 |
| Pot | 218 | 7.7 |
| Total (weighed) | 397 | 14.0 |
Price MSRP for the entire (see total element list, above) Primus Eta Express stove organisation is $130. This compares favorably amongst a Windburner (MSRP $140) or a Mini-Mo (MSRP $140),
but the Primus Eta Express stove does non lead keep a regulated burner. A regulated burner tin privy give 1 a distinct payoff inwards mutual depression temperature atmospheric condition (see
Gas Stoves inwards Cold Weather – Regulator Valves in addition to Inverted Canisters for farther information). The Primus Eta Express stove does non lead keep this mutual depression temperature atmospheric condition advantage. It's a fight higher priced than country a Jetboil Flash (MSRP $100). I strongly prefer the to a greater extent than flexible (both inwards terms of cookware in addition to what you lot tin privy cook) Primus Eta Express stove system, but it remains to live seen whether the organisation volition live economically viable. I notice that REI was carrying the Primus Eta Express stove organisation lastly twelvemonth but that they are non this year. This may live an indicator that the Primus Eta Express stove organisation may non live selling well, but I speculate.
Analysis in addition to Conclusions Overall, I truly liked the system. Yeah, the windscreen is lousy, but overall, this is a truly dainty system. I flora the broad pot was much easier to ready inwards than a tall, skinny pot. The simmer command is excellent, in addition to I could create existent cooking. The non-stick coating is real good; a spider wouldn't live able to climb upward the sides of this pot. The pot is broad in addition to depression plenty that it tin privy live used every bit a frying pan. It wouldn't live an ideal frying pan, but it would live a reasonable compromise for backpacking, in addition to would live
outstanding compared to a tall, sparse pot (like a Jetboil). Eggs, fifty-fifty a unmarried pancake could live cooked herein. I'd prefer the Eta Express pot 10 to 1 over a tall Jetboil way pot for frying fish.
The existent payoff of this organisation to my heed is inwards its flexibility. One gets a real functional consummate kit, but 1 tin privy easily swap out pots or stoves every bit desired amongst no adapters or modifications needed.
The Primus Eta Express Stove System What's practiced almost it? - Very flexible #1 – occupation whatsoever pot or pan you lot like, no adapters, no modifications
- Very flexible #2 – the broad pot allows 1 to ready a multifariousness of foods, foods to a greater extent than complex than simply boiling water. The broad pot can double every bit something of a frying pan.
- Highly efficient – fast boils and good fuel economy
- Excellent non-stick coating
- Great pot stability
- Silicone coating on the pot handles
- Silicone band on pot lid
- Packs compactly
- Well protected, durable rut exchanger
What's non thence practiced almost it? - The windscreen is a joke
- The stove could live to a greater extent than compact in addition to is also heavy for its class
- The stove purse could live lighter
- Spark indicate on piezoelectric ignition sticks upward in addition to tin privy larn snagged
The Primus Eta Express Stove System: Highly recommended (except for the "windscreen")
I give thank you lot you for joining me,
HJ
Disclosures: The Primus Eta Express Stove System used inwards this review was provided to me at no accuse yesteryear Massdrop, a "group buy" site. I lead keep no fiscal stake inwards Massdrop, neither create I have whatsoever payments for my reviews from Massdrop (or anyone else for that matter). I lead keep received some gratuitous socks every bit a beta tester every bit good other stoves for other reviews. In addition, I lead keep made several purchases amongst my ain coin from Massdrop exactly every bit whatsoever other fellow member of the populace would do. I create non have whatsoever discounts or special pricing from Massdrop. The fact that Massdrop gave me an all expenses paid trip to Rio de Janeiro inwards their luxurious corporate jet of course of report had no influence whatsoever on my review (don't I wish?). I create hope perchance Massdrop volition purchase me a beer some day, but we'll exactly lead keep to run across almost that. In the hateful time, remainder assured that my stove reviews are independent in addition to every bit gratuitous of bias every bit I tin privy humanly brand them.
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| Simul-testing the Primus Eta Express stove against other stoves. |
Photos were shot in addition to testing was conducted at: - My identify of residence, primarily out doors
- Crystal Cove State Park
- Angeles National Forest
- Cleveland National Forest
- Thomas F. Reilly Wilderness Park
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