I was looking for a stove that could handle skillet cooking as well and this review is *exactly* what I was looking for. I'll be scooping one of these up!!!
You also mentioned the weight being 2 grams with the 3 prong and 3 grams for the 4 prong. It's actually 87 grams or 3 ounces with the four-prong pot stand. So the 3 prong is actually 2 ounces/ or about 57 grams. I think that's what you meant to say. Instead of grams. Sorry for the critiquing and calling you out on that. But thanks again for the awesomely detailed video. Keep up the great work! You're doing excellent and are very much appreciated! Thank you!
Agreed! It seems that everybody is now buying stoves that they can go out into the wilderness and have the best and fastest boiled water! These stoves are inefficient for heating up a skillet because the heat is in one tiny spot. Perfect example of what happens when all the heat is in one spot.
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you so very much for reviewing this. I've seriously been considering buying this as it's fuel efficiency and its auto igniter. I believe the fuel works better in very cold conditions as well, unlike many others like the BRS stove etc. But don't quote me on that. I'm bummed to hear that its not the quietest stove 😒 as when backpacking and thru-hiking with other people, I wouldn't want the loudness to bother or irritate others around me just as you said. Crap! Excellent review though. I'm going to look into this more. Excellent video! Thanks again! Stay warm and stay safe out there. Hello to Miss Lila Lu!🐈
meh, i own a windmaster and at lower settings... the simmering range to medium, it's fairly silent actually. When you turn it full open it's a bit noisy but nowhere near brs/msr pocket rocket levels. Same with the trangia gas burner really. but the windmaster sits so close to the pot that even at lower settings it gets quite some heat to your cooking.
I'm a Japanese mountaineer and also use a SOTO Windmaster. I had no idea that there were users outside of Japan. I was torn between Purimus, MSR, and Soto, but chose Windmaster, which is made in Japan. I also own the P-153 made in Japan by Soto's Amicus and Japan's Purimus, but I prefer the Windmaster.😀
The Soto Windmaster leaks gas when the stove is stored (like in your pack or on a shelf). The two o-ring gaskets sealing the stove to the gas canister are sized for cans from Japan apparently. I’ve lost one Coleman 8 oz. can ($6 usd) and one 16 oz. MSR canister ($11 usd). After that I stopped using it. $65 + $17.. so mine cost $82 and still leaks. I also own a Primus, MSR Pocket Rocket, MSR Windburner, BSR-3000, an Evernew Ti DX Stove and my 50 year old SVEA 123. I have yet to measure the o-rings and experiment with larger sizes and I haven’t found a solution online. The 16 oz. MSR can was empty after one use and 2 or 3 days on the shelf.
