User Review: Jetboil Personal Cooking System

Jetboil Personal Cooking System
Above: The current Personal Cooking System, which may differ slightly from the version reviewed.

Rating: rated 4 of 5 stars
Price Paid: $65

This little piece of cooking equipment was well worth the weight. During a week long backpacking/canoing trip to Canada with several other guys we ate a lot of freeze dried meals. The Jetboil would out boil the other guys' stoves and be ready to make another run before most of them ever even got the water very hot. The way it packs down into a very small and convenient package had a few more experienced campers who already owned stoves to take a closer look at the Jetboil system.

The efficiency is next to none, I was very wowed by the performance of the Jetboil even in windy conditions. I was also very happy to find that the stove worked with other types of fuels (even though the warning says not to). I also tasted nothing in the food as Aluminum goes, I was afraid I would get contamination at first, but I got nothing.

I found that the pan adapter is hard to use well without creating a hot spot in the middle of your pan. I have not used the Jetboil pan so that might work better. If you use a 220 ml can you wouldn't be able to pack it up the same but it will still work. It can become a little unstable when full (2 cups, don't do much more, it WILL boil over) and at a rolling boil. If you plan to make eggs over easy, bacon or pancakes, look into the pan or another system, if you're making lots of that freeze dried stuff (which can be quite good) you can't beat a Jetboil stove.

Where to Buy

Buy Online We found the Personal Cooking System at 10 online stores:

StoreProduct DescriptionPrice

Moosejaw
3 purchase options:
Personal Cooking System (Spring 2008)$89.95Buy Now
Personal Cooking System w/ Pot Support & Stabilizer (Spring 2008)$99.95Buy Now
Personal Cooking System w/ Companion Cup (Spring 2008)$124.95Buy Now

Backcountry.com
4 purchase options:
Personal Cooking System$80.96Buy Now
PCS Bundled w/ Coffee Press$89.96Buy Now
PCS w/ Java Kit$89.96Buy Now
PCS Bundled w/ Companion Cup$107.96Buy Now

Altrec Outdoors
5 purchase options:
Personal Cooking System$89.95Buy Now
Personal Cooking System with Coffee Press$99.95Buy Now
Personal Cooking System with Support and Stabilizer$99.95Buy Now
more Personal Cooking System choices from Altrec Outdoors

CampSaver.com
3 purchase options:
Jetboil PCS Stove - Camo$89.95Buy Now
Jetboil PCS Stove Java Kit$109.95Buy Now
Jetboil PCS Stove w/ Extra Cup$124.95Buy Now

REI
3 purchase options:
Personal Cooking System$89.00Buy Now
Backcountry Gourmet Cooking System$109.99Buy Now
Personal Cooking System with Extra Companion Cup$124.00Buy Now

RockCreek
2 purchase options:
JetBoil Personal Cook System$79.95Buy Now
Java Kit$99.95Buy Now

Powderfin.com
2 purchase options:
- Personal Cooking System (PCS) Java Kit$79.99Buy Now
- Personal Cooking System (PCS)$89.95Buy Now

EMS
2 purchase options:
PCS (Personal Cooking System)$89.95Buy Now
Java Kit Gift Bundle$109.95Buy Now

Gear for Adventure
2 purchase options:
Personal Cooking System (PCS)$89.00Buy Now
PCS with Java Kit$109.90Buy Now

US Outdoor Store
Personal Cooking Set$84.95Buy Now

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