Jetboil Helios Guide

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The Helios Guide is a compressed fuel canister stove made by Jetboil. It has an average rating of 4 stars (out of 5), based on 1 user review.

Manufacturer's Description:
The Helios’s liquid-injection butane fuel cooking system optimizes the convenience and safety of canister fuel while ensuring consistent high-output power throughout the life of the canister, with no loss of performance in the coldest of temperatures. Utilizing Jetboil’s patented FluxRing technology, the Helios’s 2.0-liter and 3.0-liter cooking vessels offer best-in-class efficiency and boil time performance.

A neoprene side cozy and top and bottom covers insulate the cooking vessel while protecting hands and surfaces when serving. Remote igniter position allows for easy and reliable lighting with windscreen and pot in place. Fuel stand supports and inverts butane canister in a variety of terrain and surfaces. All system components, including 100 g or 230 g butane fuel canisters, store securely inside 2-liter vessel, which nests inside 3-liter vessel for the Helios Guide.

Helios Weight: 28 oz (793 g)
Helios Guide Weight: 48 oz (1349 g)
Burner Output: 9,500 BTU/hr (at 20 C) or 2800 Watts
Boil Time (1 liter): 3.0 minutes
Efficiency (no wind): 72% +/-
MSRP: $199.95

Here's what other sites are saying:

From Backcountry.com:
"Whether you need to boil water on a solo trip or cook a backcountry meal for you and your four hiking partners, just bring along the Jetboil Helios Guide Cooking System. This unique stove uses liquid fuel to squeeze every last bit of efficiency from the system and provide three-minute boil times for a liter of water. Jetboil includes two- and three-liter pots with the Helios Guide Cooking System, so you have all the cookware you need to get everyone hydrated and put some food in their empty stomachs. Snap on the included windscreen use the Helios in gusts up to 10+ miles an hour. Jetboil also added a lid that doubles as a plate and triples as a Frisbee for a little after-dinner base camp game."

From Oregon Mountain Community:
"Incorporating the same FluxRing® technology that launched the award-winning, best-selling PCS, Jetboil has scaled up and combined the PCS' benefits with inverted butane canister injection to create the easiest to use, most efficient, high capacity system available for outdoor cooking. Helios lights quickly and reliably with the click of a button, heats consistently down to the last drop. Helios is an all-in-one cooking system that covers the gamut, from melting snow to prepping robust meals for you and your crew.Helios Package Comes With: 2L and 3L FluxRing Pot with neoprene cozy.Pot-supporting burner base.Push-button igniter assembly.Fuel can stabilizer.Snap-on windscreen.Lid and bottom cover that doubles as a plate (lid makes a good ‘flying disc’ for added fun around camp)"

From Moosejaw:
"Free Shipping. Jetboil Helios Guide Cooking System (Fall 2009) The Helios Guide Cooking System by Jetboil is an all-in-one cooking system that covers the gamut, from melting snow to prepping robust meals for you and your crew. Helios lights quickly and reliably with the click of a button. The system burns liquid fuel, so you can use every last drop in your canister and every boil is consistent. Clip on the windscreen for a steady burn in 10 + mph winds.Check out a video of Jetboil's PCS family of products Includes: 2 liter and 3 liter pots with neoprene cozy Pot-supporting burner base Push-button igniter assembly Fuel can stabilizer Snap-on windscreen Lid and bottom cover that doubles as a plate (lid makes a good 'flying disc' for added fun around camp) Specifications: Boil Time: 3 min for 1L at 68 F Average Efficiency: 72% (24 1L boils per 230g / 8 oz canister) Boil Time Consistency: 23 sequential 3-min 1L boils Useable Temperature Range: -10degF to 100degF (measured range) Volume: 2 liter and 3 liter pots included Dimensions: 5.1in. x 9.5in. diameter, packed (130 mm x 240 mm) Weight: 48 oz ( 1,349 g)"

From Altrec Outdoors:
"As a solo thru-hiker you loved the JetBoil PCS for its efficiency, ease of use and light weight. Now as the nominated Chef of the annual "Guys Backpacking Weekend" you turn to the JetBoil Helios Guide Cooking System. With the same fuel efficient heating system, the Helios Guide comes with both 2L and 3L pots, so at the end of a long day you can boil water in 3 minutes flat (1L) and get food into hungry stomachs. Pot lips double as plates and can be used as a disc during the friendly game of after dinner Frisbee around the campfire."

User Reviews

Helios Guide
Reviewed by Gearseller, Feb 24, 2009

"I have had the opportunity to use the Helios on a few trips now. While heavier than most cylinder, it is extremely useful for guiding groups of 3-6 people. I have used it for car camping in Joshua Tree, backpacking in the Green Mountains of Vermont, and, most recently, a winter training backpacking in the Adirondacks."

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