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Old 02-05-08, 10:18 PM
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markf
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I've got a SnowPeak GigaPower, which is quite similar. It's great for flying somewhere for the start of a tour, partly because it's so compact and partly because there's no fuel tank to make airport security people nervous. the downside is that the canisters can be tough to find, although screw-on canisters are becoming more widely available. If you're willing to experiment a little, Coleman, MSR, JetBoil and SnowPeak all make canisters that more or less interchange, which makes it a little easier to find canisters.

I still like my Whisperlite Internationale and, for cold weather or questionable fuel, my MSR X-GK. They both work better in the cold than any gas canister stove, and both will run on white gas or auto fuel. The X-GK will run on just about anything liquid and is easier to overhaul in the field, which is nice sometimes. The X-GK is one noisy little beast, though.
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