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JetBoil Fuel 29-Jan-2011 At 10:10:39 PM Paul

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>Bascially there doesn't seem to be any reliable data on how much more
>efficient are these systems are compared to non HE systems. I spent a long
>time online trying to find this but came up with nothing - only a vague
>"50% increase in efficiency" statement that could just be myth. There were
>lots of people wanking on about boil time, but who gives a rats arse about
>whether you have your soup in 2.2 or 2.8 minutes? Any of you ever tried
>a head to head comparison with non HE systems for fuel use?

In my experiences nothing beats MSR shellite stoves for weight of fuel used, although the weight of the stove is heavier.

My home made hanging stove (made from an old primus one) used to boil a litre in about 12 minutes in its original form, after the modifications to turn it into a hanging stove there was less heat lost out the sides and boil time for 1 litre went down to 5 minutes which is close to a jet boil.

On a week long trip I don't think that there was more than about 5 minutes in burn times between my primus hanging stove and a jet boil when both using identical kovea fuel canisters. If both stoves let the fuel come out at the max rate which the canister will allow (an asumption) then burn time on max heat will be about the same, which makes boil time a usefull comparison for measuring heat and efficency.