User Review: Primus Gravity MF

Primus Gravity MF
Above: The current Gravity MF, which may differ slightly from the version reviewed.

Reviewed August 17, 2008 by Hugh Burton

Rating:
Price Paid: $121.99 $Ca

Bought this stove as my trusty Coleman Apex II's pump died and we were heading out right away. Used it in White gas mode.

PROS:
I like the low profile of the stove and the 4 legs. Very stable. It held a 3L MSR pot with no wobble.
Lighting is as advertised and works well.

Easy to use, Light weight. The metal pump assembly set at an angle,(my Coleman 's pump crapped out with a plastic disc behind the pump diaphram breaking), I like turning the pump and bottle over to burn off the fuel in the stove line.

Fittings to gas line and stove are A1.

CONS:
I really don't feel the stove really puts out the BTUs. (seat of the pants, I didn't measure boil times) Used at 4900' mostly in windy conditions. I felt I had to use the windscreen ever time regardless of wind.

Simmer is touchy. It only seems to burn out of one side of the burner(when trying to simmer) and it went out a lot.Big disappointment!

I don't really have a feel for fuel usage as we used it for 5 days using 1.5L for 3 people.

The stove came with a DVD but didn't show the MF just the Omni fuel or multi fuel. In the DVD they mention the jet (for omni), installed is for white gas. NOT SO for the MF!!!!! Why include a DVD with no MF video?
It came with the LP jet and I had to change it out after I read the instructions,watched the DVD, went to the website to double check and then took the burner apart to see which jet was OEM. This is Canada and I may be wrong but White gas seems to be the most prevalent fuel.the Dealer didn't tell me, (I will be talking to them) or didn't know to tell me.

The tool supplied to change out the jet and to clean it has a small flat screw driver end that is too small to undo the top screw on the burner to access the jet without messing the slot on the screw, WTF!!!

I have the Gravity MF but the website shows the Gravity II MF. Did I get the latest model or did we in NA get stuck with old stock? (the dealer had a lot of them)

2.5 stars as I don't think this stove is better than my old Apex II which is 10 yrs old.

If I could get to to simmer it would be a 3.5 star.

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