Light Up: MSR Whisperlite Internationale 

Thanks for sharing

Wow. That got out of hand fast!😅. Thats a cool little stove. I've been eyeing one of those for a while. Thanks for sharing.

WOW! Glad THAT didn't happen in your hotel room!! Haha! I absolutely LOVE how you edited that. Glad you're ok and no serious damage save some hair on your arm. I went back and forth between the Whisperlite Internationale and the Optimus Nova years ago and went with the Nova because it had a metal pump. The Nova doesn't whisper, though. It's got and impingement burner like the bell burners on the Coleman 530 and the other military stoves, but bigger and sounds like a jet engine, which isn't it's best feature. It has no generator per se. The whole burner assembly is a heat exchanger to vaporize the fuel. Both are great stoves. Pros and cons for each. I like the whisperlite because you can hear while your cooking...... The Nova is fast with instant adjustment down to a low simmer. I believe it's heavier than the WL too. I never actually used a WL personally, though I was around them when they were in use. I'm wondering if the locking bail not going on right was a red flag that the wrong stove was connected. That's a real question, as I truly don't know. Now you have to be on the lookout for ending up in a Darwin awards video. Haha! Anyway, good job hanging in there. Nothing focuses the attention like a sudden unexpected ball of fire! Imagine if that was in a nylon tent! Good lesson/reinforcement in safety. Keep up the great work.

I have a bunch of coleman stuff but this stove is one of my favorites - the only problem they had over the years were the pumps - the new pumps seem to have fixed the problems they had with breakage over time. Their warranty is excellent. They are loud but their is a aftermarket piece that quiets them down a lot. Burn on.