I hope to get to use this mixed-breed stove setup on some bike tours once the world regains its axis. Now I'm not going to retire my beloved 45 year old Svea for winter use or my MSR WhisperLite for extreme cold, but I tried this the other day in Harriman State Park (NY) on a gorgeous but WINDY night and it worked very well. This will serve well on summer trips to the West where it's usually right around freezing in the morning. This was probably the last nice cool (mid 30's) night till fall.

From the stone countertop, the orange folding base from Jetboil is a fantastic way to spend $5.95. Makes this whole tower MUCH more stable and eliminates rocking on uneven surfaces.

Stove is an MSR Pocket Rocket 2. Tiny and hot. Aptly named as it's a bit loud but I'm used to the Svea. 10 out of 10.

Pot/cup Snow Peak 500 ml titanium. Very nice except the fluid ounce measuring graduations on the cup are off by 2 oz. The metric markings are accurate. Hopefully they corrected that. No biggie for me as I'm used to thinking metric from work, or just have to remember that 8oz indicated is really 6.

Wind screen made by Optimus, I think was around $10. Clamps onto top of fuel canister. It actually shields the tank from radiant heat so no danger of overheating and the associated excitement.

And I added a home brew windscreen extension made from aluminum flashing to shield the pot itself from wind and maybe add a bit of Jetboil effect. All the above fits conformally around the pot and takes up no additional room. Stove, canister and stand all fit inside the pot, very tidy.






Breakfast time



As I said, beautiful evening.