I just got a new stove

langston302

langston302

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i just got me a new stove....its a MSR Pocket Rocket...so far she is cool as hell...anyone have any opinons from the troops here on these type of tools??
 
Got one in september and have used it a couple of times. It works great for the size. It concentrates the heat in a small area when cooking so scrambling eggs and the like takes some attention to keep them from burning but that's common with the smaller backpack stoves.

Stephen
 
I just ordered a canister stove myself. I got schooled on those stoves a few weeks ago, and have been doing research ever since. I ordered a Markill Hot Shot to try the canister concept out. If it works well enough, I'll probably invest in a Jetboil system next year.

I've been doing more lightweight trips lately, and I don't do fancy cooking on those trips. A canister stove makes sense. Congrats on your stove. The Pocket Rocket came highly recommended to me, as well.
 
I have had one for about five years and it has held up great. Excellent little stove in just about all conditions.
I also like it because I can use just about any canister with it. That is a great feature!
 
well i feel real good about my 45 dollar purchase..and that was with 3 cans of fuel......just a side not about how long do those cans last???
 
we used to go through two cans cooking two meals a day on it for three people for about 5 days. Those stoves are one of the best canister models out there.
 
i've had my pocket rocket for about 5 or 6 years. i've used it all over the country and it works great. i think the highest elevation i've had it at was about 8000ft, but still worked fine. if the temp is around freezing, it's a good idea to warm the canister by tossing it in the bottom of your sleeping bag. on a recent trip in wyoming, with the temp at about 30f, i threw it in there with my clothes for the day for about 15 - 20 minutes, and that was enough. any colder than that and i would want liquid fuel, or would use my homemade stove and trioxane.

like said earlier, it does have a fairly concentrated burner, so you have to pay a bit more attention than with other stoves. that's the trade-off for such a light and compact package.
 
Depends on what size cans. Domanfp's estimate sounds pretty typical of mine in cool-cold weather using the shorter cans.
Actually you know what I was wrong throughout this thread in recounting my experience as I have a superfly not a pocket rocket.
Sorry!
 
I've also had a PR for sevearl years now. What Stephen said is true, this is a water boiling stove as the flame is very small in diameter and concentrated over a small area. Anything thicker than soup is a pain to try to cook. I recently bought a Primus Crux for the simple reason it has a larger diameter burner. All in all the PR is a great little stove if you work within its limitations.For short backpacking trips where cooking means boiling water the PR is hard to beat.

I haven't used mine much over 7,000 feet where I've used an MSR Whisperlight at nearly 12,000 feet. I would say if you are headed above 7,000' to make sure you have a backup stove if the PR doesn't work. BTW MSR has a good website.
 
IF: They are managed well.

In cold weather, if your butane stove doesn't want to put out much heat, it means that your cannister has gotten too cold. If you can warm it above freezing, it'll work fine.

The fuel inside needs to be "warm" enough to boil, so that a little vapor forms, along with the attendant pressure, to squirt out of the stove when you open the valve. Butane boils at 32degrees F, so if you set your cannister stove in a little pan of liquid water, it is guaranteed to boil the butane, which in turn means that your stove will function.

In a seriously cold camping trip, sleep with your cannister to keep it warm, so it will start in the morning. Also, place it on a little square of insulation (cardboard? mousepad? )to keep it off the cold ground. A U-shaped wind shield will keep the wind off what you are heating, and give much better fuel economy.

You can read here about the various stove fuels, or scroll down to your particular fuel, gas:

http://www.bushwalking.org.au/FAQ/FAQ_Stoves.htm


This guy knows what he is talking about.

My SnowPeak Gigapower is aproximately similar, and a delight.
 
I had mine for about 1 year. I used it alot heating meals or water for drinks when I can't have an open fire going during the summer months. I love the the little bugger because it small, light, easy to use, and efficient on fuel. I made this pad for it out of a square piece of cardboard and I wrapped it in tin foil in several layers. I place the stove on that just to keep the stove from tipping when you set it on snow covered ground. It also reflects the heat going down back up and heating the fuel canister a little bit. I trying to think of a wind screen of some sort to help and stay lite
 
MSR's are hard to beat. I have heard good things about the Pocket Rocket.

I have the SimmerLite, and it is a work horse. Few weeks back, my wife cooked this breakfast on it.

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StretchNM said:
I wish my wife could cook up a fine knife like that!
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Careful what you wish for. She also let grits overflow into the stove, and I have to take it apart and clean it this week. :D
 
Guyon said:
MSR's are hard to beat. I have heard good things about the Pocket Rocket.

I have the SimmerLite, and it is a work horse. Few weeks back, my wife cooked this breakfast on it.

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That looks sooo good right now...
 
I've used a pocket rocket for years. Great stove.
 
MSR stoves are just about bombproof. Hard to go wrong with any of their models. I have a whisperlite international that's about 11 years old, and it still works great to this day (well actually, last week). I can't count how many meals I've cooked on that little thing. You gotta love how these things sounds at full blast! :D

Maybe I'm too oldschool, but I still prefer the white gas models. I have a relatively small coleman butane/propane model, but it hardly ever gets used.
 
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