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I recently picked up one of the last Gigapower Titanium stoves in the pipeline, and I coupled it with a Snow Peak Mini-Solo Ti cook set. The Ti Gigapower stoves were discontinued because of the LiteMax last year, but one nice thing about the Gigapowers are the accessories available--i.e. the windscreen and the Piezo auto-lighter. I bought the Piezo auto-start separately and simply added it onto the stove. Here's the set-up that I tested today outside in the wind.
Kit all packed up.
Opened up.
The view inside. I have my canister wrapped in a handkerchief to avoid rattling, and the hanky also can double as a cleaning rag, pot holder, etc.
One thing I did not like about the Mini-Solo lid was the lack of a notch to keep the handle upright. I recently added one with some careful Dremeling. I might still need to make it just a little bit larger, but it works pretty well as is.
Here's the unit all set up and cooking with gas. The only canister stand/stabilizer (tripod) I've found that will fit these smaller canisters is made by Jetboil as part of its pot support and stabilizer kit. However, I discovered you can order the stabilizer separately through Jetboil's online parts store. I like it because the smaller canisters offer less stability than their larger counterparts and because the relatively slender cook pot makes center-of-gravity a bit higher on this set-up.
The auto-lighter fires the stove right up, and the "windscreen" (really more of a deflector) does help control the flame and keep it directed toward the pot bottom. I do wish, however, that Snow Peak made a titanium version as the stainless steel windscreen is one of the heaviest parts of this kit. I've seen where some folks have taken the Snow Peak titanium bowl and fabricated a lighter windscreen like this one: http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/vbg/showimage.php?i=42599
Kit all packed up.
Opened up.
The view inside. I have my canister wrapped in a handkerchief to avoid rattling, and the hanky also can double as a cleaning rag, pot holder, etc.
One thing I did not like about the Mini-Solo lid was the lack of a notch to keep the handle upright. I recently added one with some careful Dremeling. I might still need to make it just a little bit larger, but it works pretty well as is.
Here's the unit all set up and cooking with gas. The only canister stand/stabilizer (tripod) I've found that will fit these smaller canisters is made by Jetboil as part of its pot support and stabilizer kit. However, I discovered you can order the stabilizer separately through Jetboil's online parts store. I like it because the smaller canisters offer less stability than their larger counterparts and because the relatively slender cook pot makes center-of-gravity a bit higher on this set-up.
The auto-lighter fires the stove right up, and the "windscreen" (really more of a deflector) does help control the flame and keep it directed toward the pot bottom. I do wish, however, that Snow Peak made a titanium version as the stainless steel windscreen is one of the heaviest parts of this kit. I've seen where some folks have taken the Snow Peak titanium bowl and fabricated a lighter windscreen like this one: http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/vbg/showimage.php?i=42599
