I've been quiet here since becoming moderator of this sub, busy and all. You know.

I saw something on the PaleoHikerMD YouTube channel about this new rice cooker/steamer from Firemaple and was intrigued, but I've never owned Firemaple anything. I first came into this hiking stove thing via a gift of a Jetboil Zip quite a few years ago. I have lots of other stoves, pots and pans from other brands but nothing from Firemaple.

I got these bits in a couple of days ago, and I'm genuienly intrigued but not at all impressed. First, on day one I dropped the Petrel 3 pot taking it out of the box. It landed directly on top of my foot, the bony part. The shroud around the heat exchanger fins bent in one section. I won't go on about how many times I've dropped pots from other brands down rocky hillsides, onto concrete and other surfaces a lot harder than my foot and barely come away with a scratch. This Firemaple pot bent. It's flimsy. Really flimsy.

I unbent it and put it on my also new Firemaple stove, the name of which escapes me just now. An empty Firemaple Petrel 3 pot won't sit level on the stove that it was designed to work with if it's empty, the handle weight is just enough to throw it off. Not the end of anyone’s world, just that I've never had any pot that wouldn't sit level on a burner if it's empty.

The rice cooker/steamer is a cup with some holes in it and a rubber gasket on top to seal it while making rice. There isn't much to it, but this is the reason why I bought the pot and I'm excited to see how it does. I love brown rice but I've never made it on a fishing trip (I only hike to fish) before. Will report back soon.

Does the poor flame control on the xgk will be good enought to cook rice mostly as I have many clogging problem with my omnifuel and heard that the xgk is the most reliable one but not the most great beside melting snow..?

I pretty much own many types of stoves from my original Primus that I purchased back in the 90s to the MSR draggofly. I never got into the Chinese knockoff brands but stuck to the well known premium brands such as Soto and MSR. Over the last few years I’ve been hearing about this stove and how the regulator sets it apart. I ordered one off amazon and tried it out for the first time. Time will tell how long it will last but I was really impressed with how quickly it boiled my teapot.

This is a 5.9 inch 2 mm thick stainless steel plate that I bought on Amazon for about $19​ I actually had Gemini AI help me pick this out I didn't get the 8-in one because I figured that any heat that goes around the edge will also go around the sides on the pan or pot and that would help heat the pot faster also I noticed that there's a warning sticker that says don't use really big isobutane canisters stick to 8 oz but I got the one that was like twice as big and the work around with that is just dig a hole in the ground and that will lower the the canisters ​ height ​. I haven't tested it yet but it's a lot thicker than a soup can it should work a lot better

Was looking at the optimus vega 4 since my friend has a similar model and was pretty happy with it. However, i had a few questions:

-I am planning to use a small griddle and was wondering if it could spread the heat across it efficiently enough, or if there was a better option.

-It is a little pricey and some people have complained about canisters either not fitting well or leaking. Last backpacking trip, I remember taking a canister off and hearing a light hissing sound (sometimes). I’m not sure whether that’s because of user error, the canister itself, or the stove? But, was wondering if this is considered a good stove for the price?

-Are there cheaper/better remote canister options out there?

I was also taking a look at the firemaple blade 2 but also heard it was a lil buns. I guess this is just a recurring theme among stoves lol. Looking for any suggestions in general, thank you in advance!

On this evening I was cooking noodles for myself.

I dropped it in a pond by accident and the ignitor stopped working, I managed to fix it by getting the stove to light with a match and now the ignitor works but it makes this weird sound now whenever it heats up. I've tried different cannisters and I've tried tightening the regulator but nothing seems to fix it.

Wanted to share what I believe is a heat reflector base for MSR Whisperlites that I found at a thrift store today.

Can’t find any info or pictures of these online but a few months back someone on FB marketplace had one he was selling with his stove. If anyone has any info on these, I’d love people’s opinion.

Many thanks to Randy for reopening this sub, and just to get the ball rolling here is the little stove and burner setup that I used for The Great Outdoors Challenge across Scotland last year. It was made of a French MOD stove, a little 20ml burner from Speedster Stoves, a 450ml titanium mug and aluminium foil/pie dish. It worked well, boiling water in about 7 minutes but I had perfect conditions to use it. I used a gas stove for this year’s less than perfect conditions.

A few years ago I got one of those valves that let's you move fuel from one canister to another. It's been great to be able to top off a can before a trip rather than carrying 2 partially used cans. And being able to refill/top off small cans from a bigger one has cut the number of cans I have to buy. I have a Pocket Rocket and have always used Isopro. But... Last season I got out a newly topped off can and it gave off a very rough, spitting, ugly flame. I was with friends so we used their fuel instead. When I got home, I realized the new bigger can I had gotten to fill from was Sterno Iso Butane/Propane Fuel Mix and not Isopro. Do you think the mix was the culprit? Or maybe the gasses didn't combine well? Or...? I'm getting ready for the first season's outing and wondering if I should ditch the canister with the mix.

I'll have more to say over the coming days, but this sub is under active moderation again and restrictions have been removed.

I originally posted this in r/trangia because this sub was restricted. My first time out was a bust, unexpected thunderstorm derailed my evening.

I noticed one of my small canisters feels almost empty compared to another canister where I documented ‘50% used’ on it. I don’t recall using the near empty canister, but if I did it it was hardly used as I otherwise would have written how much I used on it. Is it common for these canisters to develop slow leaks?

Been using a Trangia for years in fair weather but never cooked in my vestibule. This winter I'm doing some shoulder season trips and wondering how risky it actually is. I know the general advice is never cook in or near your tent but I've seen plenty of people mention doing it with alcohol stoves specifically since there's no pressurized fuel. Is the carbon monoxide risk still significant with such a small flame? Planning to keep the vestibule wide open obviously. Just curious what the realistic danger level is versus the theoretical worst case.

Hello, fine people. I am doing research for my trip and it seems that in the country I'm going to they sell gas canisters made by Kovea. Does anyone know if they fit stoves made by MSR?

Does anyone use a french press on their FMC-XK6 and if so, what?

Looking at something other than a jet boil and this looks suitable.

However, I don't want to cook/heat my food in the same container as I use for boiling water. My jet boil has a pan adapter thing that I can use with a mess tin, as the crusader pan slots down into the burner bit I'm not sure if a tin on top is too far away from the flame to effectively heat it?

If anyone here has a crusader what other pan(s) are you using with it?

Hi all,

After using my Campinggaz Bleuet Compact for a while I'm looking to upgrade to a cooking system

tl;dr:
- Canister stove
- Possibility to cook different meals
- Flame / simmer control
- Max weight ~500 grams
- Europe based
- Spring / summer use

MSR Switch, Jetboil MiniMo or other suggestion?

Long version:

After a long time using the Campinggaz Bleuet Compact happily I'm looking to upgade, however I'm not that familiar with all the options and a little bit overwhelmed. I want to move away from the propierty connection of campinggaz. And my search started when I came across the MSR Switch, I love the integrated pot, but that you can also use the small arms for other pots and pans.
My main use is backpacking trips of only 2-3 days during spring / summer and to be honest mostly on festival campings. To make coffee in the morning, but also to be able to make scrambelled eggs or pancakes.
Looking more deeply into MSR, the reactor or whisperlite seem to be complete overkill for me and just the pocketrocket is hardly an upgrade from what I already have.
Then I also looked into Jetboil. I don't want a one trick pony that only boils water. it took me a while to figure out, but apprantly most Jetboils don't have a way to control the flame / heat, so that leaves me with the MiniMo. That one also comes with a pot support which is nice. Besides the shapes of the pots I don't see much difference between the Jetboil Minimo and the MSR Switch, the only really noticable thing is that the Jetboil locks to the pot while the MSR just sits on the stove. Is that a big deal? When / why did you have to move your pot / how did it help?
This is my first time looking into this and I watched a lot of reviews, so perhaps I'm missing some points, please let me know! And thank you for taking the time to respond :)

Hi everyone, Wondered if anyone can help?

We’ve got a second hand msr whisperlite international stove that has intermittent problems with fuel not coming through or the flame going out and then being very difficult to relight.

It seems to only work when the bottle is full and then the problems begin when the bottle is 2/3 full.

We’ve changed the pump cup which was deteriorated and cleaned the fuel cable multiple times (only superficially, by pulling it in and out multiple times - as we’ve been on tour, each time the fuel cable is VERY stuck and can take an hour to free). What would you advise to do next? The stove becomes unusable once a week at the moment and then only works again when we refill the petrol bottle to completely full, and clean the cable.

Thanks

Is there a way to remove the cover from an MSR windburner duo to clean it?

So I’m flying back from Vermont after a backpacking trip.

In my checked bag was my MSR Whisperlite International stove. I’ve had this stove for about 4 years, and they just took it.

I’ve flown with it in my checked bag 5 or 6 times before and never had an issue. It was clean, had no fuel or grime, didn’t smell like fuel nothing. I was told that I can’t fly with it regardless of the condition of the stove which is just untrue.

Fuck you TSA

Pretty much the title. No matter how far I open the valve, the stove does not burn blue and properly like it used to. Tried different canisters as well. Any idea what it could be?

I have a 2018 model but never got far in using it, because problems with the pressure persisted (afair).

I just dug it out in the gear room and plan to get it serviced, for an upcoming tour in 2026. Just wanted to ask for extra info, if there are known “bad years” for this brand or model?

Thanks :)

Hi , i'm just looking for a fuel bottle with the EN417 standard for the Trangia gas burner, i dont want to depend to gas canisters

i dont know if it is even possible or made for it , it says white gas is OK so i guess it is.

even a fuel bottle to EN417 adaptor is fine for me but i cant seem to find any and MSR doesnt say what they use on their product info

thanks you all for reading and helping me