Primus MultiFuel

Great little stove - never let me down.

Excellent for cold weather use when petrol/paraffin is used.

Excellent for countries where gas canisters are expensive/hard to get hold of - we used regular petrol in Sweden with no problems.

Only niggle is the fuel jets. More modern stoves allow you to change fuels without changing jets, this does not.

Still a solid workhorse that will quite easily cook for groups (made curry for 7 on mine before!)

TIP: in cold weather using gas invert the cannister, that way the stove is fed liquid fuel that it then vaporises in the chamber.

I just used this on a 5 day backpacking trip and I used an MSR fuel canister. The stove worked very well overall. I like that it comes with a thin metal windscreen. It is fairly loud when it is turned up high and you are right next to it but if you walk 20 feet away it is not that much louder than other stoves.

I have had a little bit of trouble lighting it. Sometimes I will have my lighter lit and then I turn on the gas and it literally blows out the lighter flame instead of igniting. It is kind of stubborn and sometimes does that several times but it always eventually lit. When you first light it, you can't turn the flame down very low but after it has been on for several minutes, the flame is much more adjustable and you can get it down to a nice simmering level.

Remember that I've only used it with a canister and not with white gas or anything else. Finally, the bag that it comes in is is very durable and a great size to fit the stove and the windscreen.

I have had my multi-fuel for ten years. It has proven itself to be a perfect tool. I've had it hiking, canoeing, on daytrips and it's spent weeks on end in my motorcycle's saddlebag.

The only complaints I hear are about the noise. I kinda like it. I tell people it's a jet engine. I convinced a friend to buy one for his cross-Canada bicycle tour. He says that in performed flawlessly.

I have owned two Primus Multifuels for several years. They have never let me down, always worked very well in all conditions, high altitude, moist conditions and heavy winds.