Cooking systems

imported
#1

I’m thinking about buying a Jetboil Group Cooking System or the Personal Cooking System.Does anyone use either one of these,if so are ya satisfied with it.

southernman

#2

hey gimme back my bullets… if you’re southern, you’ll forego the “cooking system” and buy a 2L open country aluminum pot and cook on the fire. Only using fuel for pyrotechnics…

Now back to the whiskey…

btw i did own a jetboil and after a few hundred miles decided to take my manhood back…so unless it’s 40 below… flame on…

whiskeytango

#3

The ignition assembly fails on a regular basis. The cooking pot has a plastic cover that goes over the heat sink on the bottom of the pan that hikers leave on by accident and burn up
I took my back and went back MSR stove. Don’t waste you money

jay

#4

Jetboil is the best and the fastest at getting you boiling water than any other stove out there. However, the best thing to do is leave it at home and go stoveless. I sent mine home at Harpers Ferry and did not miss it the rest of the way. Those hot meals in towns will taste so much better.
NedtheFed

Ned

#5

I have used mine for the past 3 years with no issues.I believe my "old"primus and alum.pot weighed the same,both use canisters.If your gonna through hike you can save a few oz.with a pepsi can type.just another southern boy spouting off…back to my whiskey(George Dickel),I plan to take the JB on a section hike 70 plus miles this March.

atmako

#6

I used an alcohol stove until I got to Hanover, NH where I bought the jetboil. I love it and it was so much quicker boiling my water. Before I got it it seemed like everyone else was through eating before I even got my water boiling. You do have to get used to how much cooking time you have left in the canister so that you don’t run out.

Sleeveless

#7

We bought one and hiked the Grand Canyon with it… It was amazing! Great purchase. We will be taking it on the Colorado Trail later this year. Boils extremely fast, very efficient, very light.

iHike

#8

Thanks all for the feedback.i used a pocket when i thru-hiked the A.T. in 04.Just want to try something new.

southernman04

#9

We used the Jet Boil Group Cooking System for four months on the AT last year and I have mixed feelings about it. I liked being able to keep the heat under our meals to thoroughly rehydrate them. I learned early that you have to lift the pot off the stove from time to time to prevent burning the food in the middle of the pot even at the low flame setting. The food cooked much better than when I used my Pepsi alcohol stove because I could keep the heat going longer.

I had a few issues with fuel along the AT. It is readily available along the trail but you have to buy what is available. Some stores sell MSR or Primus or Jet Boil fuels and they all work with this stove. I preferred the Jet Boil brand because it has more butane in the mixture and seems to work better in the cold and at altitude. I had one issue of leaving my fuel canister at the first shelter in the Smokey’s, no comments necessary IT WAS A DUMB MOVE, and fortunately was bailed out by a fellow hiker who had an extra canister. I also had my fuel canister freeze and I couldn’t warm water one morning, sleep with your fuel in your sleeping bag in winter.

All in all the stove works great if you are cooking for more than one person.

Old Goat