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JetBoil Fuel


nmonteith

3-Feb-2011
1:35:24 PM

My one and only experience of a JetBoil was failure. Bought it in the arvo, drove to Main Range, walked up to Blue Lake, cooked 1.5 meals and the fuel was all gone. It struggled massively in the cold. I even tried the trick of heating up water and putting the canister in the hot water - but it took so long to heat the original water - and then it went cold very quickly. It was bloody freezing. Maybe -10'C or colder? The coldest I've ever been in Australia. T I didn't have fuel for melting snow or making porridge for breakfast. The next time I tried using it (in the USA) it didn't work at all. I then bought an MSR Simmerlite which has functioned perfectly ever since.


IdratherbeclimbingM9

3-Feb-2011
3:27:00 PM

What's that? They make lightweight camping stoves now?

On 3/02/2011 One Day Hero wrote:
>.......but honestly, who wants to be cooking outside in -10degrees? Just lie in your sleeping bag and have chocolate for dinner!
>

I agree, along with an alcohol chaser for desert!

mik

3-Feb-2011
4:00:04 PM

hi ODH, it seems you have a serious crusade on about the great gas canister conspiracy.

I guess you have given me a new reason to stick with the brand. It seems to upset insecure and opinionated ppl. It also has a nice colour on the can, gold or red!

You can get a $9 windshield that makes it perform like the jetboil/reactor/etc. And if you have any friends on trips you can share the stove and use your own billy.

all the best ODH, take it easy on the aggressive comments.

One Day Hero

3-Feb-2011
11:20:50 PM

On 3/02/2011 mik wrote:
>hi ODH, it seems you have a serious crusade on about the great gas canister
>conspiracy.
>
It's not so much a crusade, more of a personal interest

I'm thinking of a career change and marketing has been on my mind. It seems marketing is essentially smart people extracting money from stupid people in exchange for a few lies.........I'm happy to lie, I don't mind banging on about subjects of which I know nothing, I have no conscience......its a job I could do well.

What would be good though, is to get inside the head of some marketing suckers, to know a bit more about how the job gets done. So, if you wouldn't mind..........what did the snowpeak marketing people tell you which has convinced you to spend double? It seems like they must be pretty sharp.

>I guess you have given me a new reason to stick with the brand. It seems
>to upset insecure and opinionated ppl. It also has a nice colour on the
>can, gold or red!
>
That's amazing, its actually worth money to you? People do the wierdest things

One Day Hero

3-Feb-2011
11:58:32 PM

Regarding the Jetboil..............I don't reckon they're that much lighter/fuel efficient/cheaper/blah blah blah. They do have one major selling point though, you just leave the thing assembled on the back seat of your car or in the top of your pack. Forget geeking about boiling times, try comparing the faffing and assembly time!

I don't own a jetboil cause I have a stove already and hate owning excess kit, but I went on a trip with my mate Chris-the-aid-climber and got a direct comparison. He was pretty much drinking his tea as I was lighting my stove, every time. No big deal on a cragging trip (where you have 8 spare hrs to use up every day).....but if I were spending any serious time in a portaledge/rainy tent/climbing stupid big hills where you have to melt snow/partaking in speed-brewing oneupmanship..........I'd go with the jetboil for sure.

The main innovation of the things is bolting the stove, canister, pot, lid, cup and lighter together........so you don't have to locate and assemble all the bits for each brew-up. That, and being able to nurse the thing on your lap as it brews, without fear of scorching your ballsack.

One Day Hero

4-Feb-2011
12:12:00 AM

On 3/02/2011 nmonteith wrote:
>cooked 1.5 meals and the fuel
>was all gone. It struggled massively in the cold. I even tried the trick
>of heating up water and putting the canister in the hot water - but it
>took so long to heat the original water - and then it went cold very quickly.
>It was bloody freezing. Maybe -10'C or colder? The coldest I've ever been
>in Australia.

Sounds like the textbook example of evaporating all the propane from the cannister, and being left with a useless tin of stubbornly-liquid isobutane. Shoulda stuck the cannister down your pants as the thing was brewing..............or gone to Nowra that w/e instead of Blue Lake!

rightarmbad

4-Feb-2011
12:22:12 AM

I bought a jetboil, best thing I ever did.

I also scored another jetboil group cooking kit for $105.
Anaconda made a mistake on their advertising and when I went to the checkout to pay, I pointed out the picture of what I was holding in my hand and the price, it was also one of those 40% off nights, so all up I got the cheapest jetboil group cooking kit ever sold in OZ.

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