User Review: Primus OmniFuel

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

Reviewed April 8, 2009 by east_stingray

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Price Paid: $90

This stove is everything it promises to be. I have not personally tried mine on any fuel other than white gas, but other reviews cover that area fairly well. The thing is built like a tank... you'll never break it (like I did with my Whisperlite).

I hear a lot of people complaining about the weight. This stove only weighs two ounces more than a Whisperlite. If that seems like a big difference to you, consider eating your food cold and carrying a 14oz heap of useless trash in your pack (ok, ok, so I exaggerate, but my Whisperlite DID fail on a trip, so it was dead weight after that).

I agree that this stove is heavy... I use a soda can stove for short trips when I can go with heating water only, but if you want to cook for real this is the stove to get.

Other reviewers are right... it sounds like a harrier taking off, but it's not much different than most white gas stoves I've been around, including MSR stoves.

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Buy Online We found the OmniFuel at 5 online stores:

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Backcountry.com 2 purchase options:	OmniFuel Stove	$116.00	Buy Now
Backcountry.com 2 purchase options:	OmniFuel Stove w/ ErgoPump & Fuel Bottle	$149.00	Buy Now

CampSaver.com 2 purchase options:	Primus Omni-Fuel Stove w/Windscreen	$130.46	Buy Now
CampSaver.com 2 purchase options:	Primus Omni-Fuel Stove w/Windscreen and Fuel Bott	$158.95	Buy Now