10:47 a.m. on November 28, 2007 (EST)
Trailspace
Administrator
Joined: Mar 14, 2001
Posts: 438
Jetboil Backcountry Gourmet Contest
9:28 p.m. on November 29, 2007 (EST)
calamity
Ex-Member (Banned)
Joined: Nov 15, 2007
Posts: 141
Re: Jetboil Backcountry Gourmet Contest
My impression of Jetboil is that it's grossly oversold, given its severely limited and highly specialized application. Apparently, the MSR version, recently available, is a somewhat better product, but almost equally limited it its actual application.
10:26 a.m. on December 2, 2007 (EST)
f_klock
Senior Member
Joined: Jan 5, 2006
Posts: 281
Re: Jetboil Backcountry Gourmet Contest
Wasn't the MSR recalled for safety reasons?
2:54 p.m. on December 2, 2007 (EST)
Alicia
Editor in Chief
Joined: Mar 14, 2001
Posts: 492
Re: Jetboil Backcountry Gourmet Contest
No, the Reactor was never recalled. It got delayed during production for quite a bit though. Originally it was scheduled to be out in spring 2007. Then that date got pushed back because "a minority fell short of a particular worst-case combustion condition test, and produced higher than desired levels of Carbon Monoxide (CO)" during MSR's testing.
You can read the MSR release on that here:
http://www.trailspace.com/news/2007/06/29/msr-delays-reactor-stove-release.html
The Reactor finally shipped to stores at the end of August and is now (after months of hoopla and awards and talk) available.
