I bought the stove, because the price was too good to pass it up. It performs at par with Micron, another excellent one by Primus. It gives off a pencil flame, rather than wide ones. The pencil flame is advantageous, when you are using a single cookset that is usually small in diameter. With other stoves that gives off a wide flame, you waste perhaps 40-50% of heat. The pencil flame concentrates its flame in the center of the pot, so that you do not lose efficiency, and your canister lasts longer. Micro is a little weak against cross winds, because it has no built-in windscreen. A strong gust will carry the flame away. It translates into longer boiling time for a liter of water--5 minutes plus! The Primus website advertizes that it is 10.000 btu rated, but actual stove carries a tag that says far less. If you are planning to buy it, check the tag for the btu, so that you won't get confused. I sent an email to the Primus service guy asking about it, but no reply so far, after many weeks. My guess is that Primus realized 10,000 btu rating was a little too hot for a small stove with such thin wire pot supports. I think it is at 6,200 btu range, and that is what the Micron is rated. I fired up both side by side, and the flame size was just about the same. Another one of Primus' stoves, Yellowstone Lite Trail, is rated at 10,000 btu, and that seems closer to the actual heat output. It is also made with heavy duty wire support, and it comes with a nice removeable windscreen. There is no comparison between 10,000 btu's and 6,200 btu's.

Customer Service

Never needed it.

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Micron, Yellowstone Techno Trail, Easy Fuel, etc.

This is the best stove ever if you want reliability and light weight. Many peoplke complain that acnisters don''t work well at altitude or when cold, well both are false. I''ve used my stove up to about 12,500ft and down to 10 degrees with the fuel kept in my bivy and ahve had no problems. For the weight and convience, it can''t be beat.

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MSR

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This has been an excelent stove for the price. I have used many times at different altitudes and temperatures. Have never had even one problem. Very light and compact.

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