MSR WindPro Stove

Advantages: Powerful, easy to use, good run time
Disadvantages: Can be unstable

.... Of course, unless you've forgotten to pay the gas board, you're unlikely to need this stove inside, so let's step forward a few months, which found me on a hill side on the Isle of Man during a howling gale. The initial problem here is that of stability. Manx hillsides don't have the same flatness as my coffee table and it took a few tries to get the stove stable enough to actually cook anything on it. This achieved, there were no other problems. Even with strong winds, the stove managed to stay lit. Occasionally the wind got strong enough to momentarily extinguish part of the flame, but those clever people at MSR have designed a neat little windshield that stops any more that a third of the flame blowing out at any one time. Within a few minutes, half a pint of water had reached a speedy boil. Going flat out like this, a small canister... Read review

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Advantages: Will burn well just about any fuel you can find to use, good at altitude.
Disadvantages: Not as good looking a stove as others in the series! Keep a spares kit.

...If you really do want the latest, most fancy, up to the minute backpacking stove then look at the rest of this great manufacturers range!!! There will most certainly be an MSR stove there just for someone just like you! If however, just like little old me, you really want a go anywhere and do just about anything stove, to backpack all around this world with, then PLEASE do look no further. Your journey for finding a perfect backpackers stove is over, and you have arrived at your requested detination, right on time!!! I own two of these excellent stoves, both bought from Field and Trek, if I recall correctly. I got my first of these when Chris Townsend reccomended them in Trail magazine, or was it TGO??? Being a bit of a CT fan I wanted the same stove that the old master backpacker had!! I was later often glad that I did have... Read review

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Advantages: lightweight, hot, cheap, simple
Disadvantages: gas pricey, not that stable,

...A petrol stove isn't really necessary for camping/moutaineering/bike touring/backpacking in the uk. The pocket rocket is cheaper to buy, lighter, more simple to use and the gas is widely available. However, petrol probably works out cheaper than gas, especially abroad. I really strongly advise that everyone who drives anywhere, gets a stove and a mug and small pot and a book of matches. Then, instead of spending £2 or more on a coffee in a horrible motorway service station, you can park up next to a beautiful river somewhere, or in some picturesque woodland, and put up a deck chair and brew up your own drink, and enjoy your rest. This is the ideal stove for taking on a bike tour, but for walking I would suggest not bothering with a stove at all, save the weight and eat cold food. I raced this stove against my kettle at home... Read review

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