Alpine climbing stoves 2018

Should be noted that the windburner duo system cannot be run inverted as it doesn't have a preheat loop

Really good info in here so far! Seems like the MSR Windburner is a crowd favorite.  

Nick Sweeney wrote:

Really good info in here so far! Seems like the MSR Windburner is a crowd favorite.  

Yeah there isn’t a good incentive as the moment to buy the reactor when the wind burner takes the best of the Jetboil and reactor.  I still have my reactor and I think the one thing it can beat the wind burner is to use a larger pot on it.  If something happened to my reactor I don’t know if I would replace it.

Also, it can be a pain to light. There must be some engineering reason why they don't have a piezo igniter built in. I would recommend the piezo that MSR sells, it seems like the method that minimizes wind blowing out the flame before you can get the pot back on. 

Gabe B. wrote:

Also, it can be a pain to light. There must be some engineering reason why they don't have a piezo igniter built in. I would recommend the piezo that MSR sells, it seems like the method that minimizes wind blowing out the flame before you can get the pot back on. 

Piezo igniters break and become less and less reliable with altitude.

Of the non Windburner/Reactor/Jetboil types.....

I have a SOTO OD1R and really like it.  In cold temps it has one key feature: it is pressure regulated.

Another is that the stove is not connected to the pot so one can just dip the fuel canister in the hot water in the pot/mug to improve performance. No need for the bulk/weight of reheating rigs or a warm bath rig bowl.

That pressure regulation feature also makes it better to use in all applications.

Other likes: very small, very light, can be used with a Titanium mug and small canister for an ideal package, can be used with just about any pot/pan.

These are great for cooking/sautee on road rips with left over partial canisters when making group meals and you need an extra burner (or at home when the power is out).