Jetboil Personal Cooking System
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Reviewed by 35 Trailspace users
Description
The Personal Cooking System is a compressed fuel canister stove made by Jetboil. It has an average rating of 4.5 stars (out of 5), based on 35 user reviews.
Here's what other sites are saying:
From Oregon Mountain Community:
"Jetboil is the first in a revolutionary new line of Personal Cooking Systems that offer a fast and simple solution to cooking in the outdoors. Whether you’re backpacking, climbing, skiing, snowshoeing, boating, hunting, fishing, adventure racing, or involved in rescue work, Jetboil is the best way to provide hot, satisfying nourishment on the go. Integrating burner and cookware, Jetboil’s design relies on a fast and efficient proprietary heat transfer system. Gone are the days of tippy stoves, clunky campware sets, and choking down gorp for days on end. This light, compact, and expandable system allows you to quickly adapt to the situation whether you’re going solo or with five of your friends. Advantages: All in one system allows you to heat, eat, and drink from same pot Easy to use piezoelectric lighter Adjustable flame control Exceptionally fast heating; boils a liter of water in under 90 seconds Fuel-Efficient Light and compact Specifications: Dimensions: 4.1" x 7.1" (104 mm x 180 mm) Volume: 32 oz. (1 liter) Weight: 15 oz (425 g)"
From CampSaver.com:
"Whether youre backpacking, climbing, skiing, snowshoeing, boating, hunting, fishing, adventure racing, or involved in rescue work, Jetboil is the best way to provide hot, satisfying nourishment on the go.Integrating burner and cookware, Jetboils design relies on a fast and efficient proprietary heat transfer system.Gone are the days of tippy stoves, clunky campware sets, and choking down gorp for days on end.This light, compact, and expandable system allows you to quickly adapt to the situation whether youre going solo or with five of your friends."
From Backcountry.com:
"The highly efficient, lightweight, and compact Jetboil Personal Cooking System has revolutionized the way people cook in the backcountry. Jetboil has won so many awards with this compact stove that you can't count them on your fingers. The Personal Cooking System creates up to 80% efficiency to boil a cup of water in 30 seconds with very little fuel consumption. Both the stove and the fuel bottle pack into the one-liter pot for easy storage. *Fuel not included."
From Altrec Outdoors:
"Redefining outdoor cooking with a super heat efficient, integrated configuration, the Jetboil Personal Cooking System (PCS) offers a simple, fast, efficient solution to cooking in the outdoors. Consider it a travel mug and campstove melded into one. The set-up goes like this: pull it out of your backpack (it stores as one unit inside the cooking cup), attach the fuel canister to the burner, snap the burner to the cooking cup, and press the piezo igniter for quick lighting. It's that simple. And it's fast too. The boil time for two cups of water is just two minutes. This translates to less fuel consumption, meaning less weight carried in the pack. The Jetboil PCS relies on a series of innovative features to produce such fast boil times. First, the burner is housed in a wind-protective shroud. Next, snugly attached immediately above, the FluxRing heat exchanger and cooking cup assembly gathers nearly 80% of the available heat, doubling the heat efficiency of standard backpack stoves. Additionally, the neoprene cozy sleeve holds in the heat around the cooking cup, giving it another nudge over the competition. The cooking cup works just like a travel mug. The snap-on lid offers a drink-through spout and drip-free pouring while the neoprene cozy eliminates the need for metal pot grabbers and is comfortable to hold while eating. The Jetboil PCS stormed onto the camping gear scene in 2004 when Backpacker magazine pinned one of their prestigious Editor's Choice Awards on it. They recognized the innovation and performance found in this camping stove, just like the continuously growing group of fans who rave about it. The cooking cup that comes standard with the Jetboil Personal Cooking System works best for feeding 1-2 people. Consider purchasing a Jetboil Companion Cup for each additional person or for group situations consider converting your stove with the purchase of a Jetboil 1.5 Liter Cooking Pot and Jetboil Pot Support and Stability Kit."
User Reviews
Personal Cooking System
Reviewed by jhbeckman, Nov 06, 2009
I have the Jetboil Personal Cooking System (PCS) and the Group Cooking System. They're essentially the same thing -- a PCS becomes a GCS with the addition of 1) stabilizing legs that fit under the canister; 2) a pot stabilizing device that fits on the burner; and 3) a 1."
Personal Cooking System
Reviewed by culchymuckty, Feb 26, 2009
Care required when packing to prevent damage to ignitor insulator, I cracked the ceramic tube allowing the spark to short out, I removed the ignitor and binned it and now use a separate lighter."
Personal Cooking System
Reviewed by Spiritwind, Dec 10, 2008
I have a bunch of stoves and use everything from alki, esbit, white gas and canisters. I probably never would have considered getting one of these until one morning a friend offered me a cup of coffee."
Personal Cooking System
Reviewed by Bo, Oct 07, 2008
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Reviewed by Ronin, Jun 19, 2008
The flaws I find in this unit are in its electronic igniter and the measuring cup that grasps and protects the heating coil."
Personal Cooking System (with pan, utensils, and coffee press)
Reviewed by mumphra, Jun 15, 2008
Personal Cooking System
Reviewed by AJ, Apr 20, 2008
The Coffee Press is an excellent addition although it is not the easiest thing to clean afterwards.
DON'T LEAVE HOME WITHOUT IT!!!"
Personal Cooking System
Reviewed by Seth A. Rogers, Feb 26, 2008
All the praise is due this little mother. Not only does it work as well as everyone says it does, but I totally loved the way that it packed down as well. It does so such that there is not any rattling even when the lid is placed on the unit with the burner and fuel inside."
Personal Cooking System
Reviewed by f_klock, Feb 09, 2008
Bottom line:
Go get one!"
Personal Cooking System
Reviewed by David Grimm, Jan 23, 2008
However, this product is perfect for the use it was intended."
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Reviewed by martinac, Oct 31, 2007
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Reviewed by TravMan, Oct 13, 2007
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Reviewed by Brett Bowers, Sep 05, 2007
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Reviewed by rfdude, Aug 26, 2007
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Reviewed by DtEW, Jul 16, 2007
Personal Cooking System
Reviewed by David Appleby, Jul 01, 2007
Lights first time and boils water in a couple of minutes."
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Reviewed by Chingas22, Apr 16, 2007
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Reviewed by tripp, Jan 30, 2007
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Reviewed by Will, Dec 13, 2006
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Reviewed by Stormen Norm, Dec 02, 2006
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Reviewed by joe grizzle, Oct 17, 2006
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Reviewed by JamesS, Oct 06, 2006
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Reviewed by CaptLemuel, Aug 19, 2006
The first time that I used Jetboil was the last time that I will ever use Jetboil, that is, that I will ever use Jetboil with the cozy-covered aluminum cup. I will now use Jetboil only with the pot stabilizer sold by the manufacturer."
Personal Cooking System
Reviewed by ubermick, Aug 17, 2006
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Reviewed by nomad, Jul 06, 2006
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Reviewed by Mike "CLOWN", Jun 18, 2006
Personal Cooking System
Reviewed by Prelucir, May 07, 2006
I love it. It is now my favorite way to prepare foods when I am hiking, backpacking (which I just started), motorcycling, and boating.
I have read several reviews that say it does not work well in above 12,000' in the cold."
Personal Cooking System
Reviewed by John Green, Mar 25, 2006
However I have hit a problem that has rendered the unit useless The JetBoil uses a burner from Primus that has a fabricy type disc in the middle of it."
Personal Cooking System
Reviewed by Paul Marx, Feb 17, 2006
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Reviewed by Paul, Jan 14, 2006
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Reviewed by jasperbr, Sep 15, 2005
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Reviewed by Charles Austin Miller, Oct 22, 2004
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Reviewed by Stacey, Sep 28, 2004
SERIOUSLY though, this thing gives you 2x the prof. in usage in fuel. That's awesome for those long tour hikes. Not to mention, it's an all-in-one. When you are done, you just pack it up inside itself, instead of trying to pack the pans, fuel, burner, and other gear hap-hazzardly around your bag."
Personal Cooking System
Reviewed by Yar, Aug 18, 2004
Personal Cooking System
Reviewed by Dan, Aug 07, 2004
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Where to Buy
Buy Online We found the Personal Cooking System at 12 online stores:
| Store | Product Description | Price |
 CampSaver.com 3 purchase options: | Jetboil Flash PCS Stove Java Kit | $79.96 | Buy Now |
| Jetboil PCS Stove | $79.96 | Buy Now | |
| Jetboil PCS Stove - Camo | $79.96 | Buy Now |
 Oregon Mountain Community | PCS Stove | $78.95 | Buy Now |
 Backcountry.com | Classic Personal Cooking System | $99.95 | Buy Now |
 Altrec Outdoors | Personal Cooking System | $99.95 | Buy Now |
 Moosejaw | Personal Cooking System | $99.95 | Buy Now |
 Teton Village Sports | Jetboil Personal Cooking System | $99.95 | Buy Now |
 Mountain Hideaway | Stove PCS | $99.95 | Buy Now |
 Tahoe Mountain Sports | Personal Cooking System with Pot Support | $109.95 | Buy Now |
 RockCreek | JetBoil Personal Cook System | $99.95 | Buy Now |
 Gear for Adventure | Personal Cooking System (PCS) | $89.00 | Buy Now |
 EMS | PCS (Personal Cooking System) | $99.95 | Buy Now |
 US Outdoor Store | Personal Cooking Set | $99.95 | Buy Now |
