Hi All

I am looking for a new cooking system as my cooker has now broken. I am looking at the Jetboil Minimo and the MSR Windburner cooking pots. The Minimo looks good with metal handles, piezo ignition and can be adjusted to simmer but may not perform in windy conditions. However the Windburner will perform in windy conditions but does not have piezo ignition so has to be separated to light and cannot simmer. I would be grateful for advice from Challengers who use these pots. I now mainly boil water for a brew along the way and dehydrated meals.

Thanks

Bernie Roberts

Hi Bernie,

I have the Minimo, it's a great cooker and never had. A problem with it in the wind. The regulator also means it performs better in lower temperatures.

I'm sticking with a alcohol burner for the TGO though.

Regrads

Rich

Get Meths....
A Tokes or Alpkit Pot
And one of Norman's Stoves.

All you need on a challenge.

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Hi Bernie,

The question you have to ask yourself is what do you want to do with the stove on the Challenge. I use the MSR and it is a great water boiler but that is all it does. It's the ideal stove for me on the Challenge because all I want to do is make hot drinks and rehydrate meals. A meths stove is lighter but it takes longer and I don't have the patience. I know it's a virtue but I'm not virtuous.

Ian C.

I use a stove for the exact same reasons as Ian, I too have no patience and I cannot bear the smell of meths. I cannot vouch for the Minimo itself, but I adore my Jetboil Flash for it's simplicity, reliability and functionality. It does what it says on the tin and suits me and my needs perfectly, I can see no reason why the Minimo would not be as good.

If you want to go the Jetboil-type gas stove route have a look at: https://www.alpkit.com/products/brukit-jackal

Otherwise Stormin' Norman's stoves are the dog's doo-dahs: very lightweight, very simple, very reliable. Oh, and cheap.

Norralot not to like really.