User Review: Jetboil Personal Cooking System

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

Reviewed August 17, 2006 by ubermick

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Price Paid: $79

This took the place of my beloved MSR Whisperlite Internationale. It was getting old, needed cleaning far too much, and it was starting to get a little dangerous, so I sniffed around for something new. This won't be an extensive review - others here have covered those bases. But I did want to agree with them and say that the Jetboil system is a gem - it does everything it says on the tin.

Lightning quick to boil water, and with the pot support it makes a nice stove (particularly if you invest in the $49 Jetboil 1.5l pot, which has a flux ring similar to the cup's.) I'm a caffeine fiend, so I love the fact that I was able to grab a coffee press for perfect java every morning on the trail too! When you're done with it, I love the fact that everything stores within itself, making morning cleanup a snap.

All in all, this is the stove I'd recommend for anyone who's comfy with a canister stove. If you're a liquid gas fan, though, you still can't go wrong with the MSR!

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