User Review: Snow Peak GigaPower Stove, Manual

Snow Peak GigaPower Stove, Manual
Above: The current GigaPower Stove, Manual, which may differ slightly from the version reviewed.

Reviewed January 20, 2005 by Josh

Rating:
Price Paid: $38

I got this stove about 18 months ago and have gone through about 15 small canisters for fuel (so I have used it a lot). The GigaPower has done extremely well when it's just me and another person, but it seems to take a little while longer to heat up my bigger meals. I guess that is understandable considering its size and weight.

As for performance in the wind, it does ok if you use a small wind sheild similar to the ones that come with MSR stoves. I cooked a meal at the top of MT Holmes in Yellowstone in pretty high winds and with the wind screen the cooking time was only increased by a small margin.

My only complaint about the stove is the fragileness of the pot holders. They seem to bend and stay out of shape if you are not carefull when opening and also storing the stove.

I would definitely recommend this stove to anyone who wants a light well performing stove that is not too hard on their equipment.