Soto windmaster review and comparison 

Ever have any issues with the igniter?

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Anyone know what the warranty is for the Soto Windmaster please ? :)

Hi! it's a great little burner!

Awesome to hear, thank you! I think they are getting better :)

yes.. there are too many comparison videos where the show stop watches, indoor controlled areas and other crap.. drives me nuts. Who uses a stove at home in their garage? sure for fun is one thing, but I want real world use. The Windmaster is simply an amazing piece of engineering.

You like the MSR Reactor and MSR Windburner better? Why so? (About to pull the trigger on the SOTO...)

@@chrisrioux unless you modify a pot stand for the Windburner you will be limited in what pots/pans you can use. Also, simmering, certainly with the Reactor, could be very difficult to do.

I believe that's a Vargo Bot. Titanium screw-top pot. Good idea in theory, but less so in practice.

Good choice. I just found this on a quick Google search: "Soto Windmaster is %29 more efficient than MSR Pocket Rocket Deluxe for fuel consumption"

@@chrisrioux I found that article & have bookmarked it for future reference. I did, in fact, buy the Soto & have used in to heat numerous freeze-dried meals & water for coffee. Now it's my turn to return the favor. I came up with the idea of making a Koozie around my 750ml Toaks cup. It works like a champ. After water is boiling I take it off the stove, pour in my Freeze-Dried meal, wait 10 minutes for it to re-hydrate. I'm a slow eater & I'm able to enjoy the entire meal HOT-HOT right down to the last sporkfull. Incidentally, I use a fold-up spork, no need for a long handled spork. You won't believe how much heat is retained with the Reflectix Koozie. I prefer Peak Refuel meals, however, there is so much food in each pouch I open the pouch at home & weigh out equal portions of the Freeze Dried meal into 2 separate 1 qt FREEZER ziplock baggie; packs up in less space & I'm able to consume the smaller portions of food.

@@azclaimjumper Awesome, thanks for the tips!

Basil Instinct well, one of the reasons I chose the jetboil and pocket rocket is because they both have micro regulators for better cold weather performance. I basically wanted as good a comparison as possible with all things being equal.

The micro regulator does nothing when the valve is already fully opened.

on the other hand, if the other stoves can't get to a boil, that argument is invalid ofcourse :)

I had done this in the recording but got rid of it along with a few other metrics as the video was too long. It was fairly obvious from the video that the Soto was far more efficient in real world conditions as the flame and heat production wasn’t being wasted. Which was why I got rid of it. Same with time to boil, not a very interesting or relevant metic in this particular example. The mar would have wasted half a can of butane before getting near boil - just because of the wind. Otherwise in controlled conditions, no wind, indoor environment, the jetboil is the fastest and most efficient

How does that work out? from what I understand the soto is highly effective because it sits so close to the pan.. the jetboil pots usually have that metal thing on the bottom that pushes the pot surface further away from the burner

@@Backpackinglightse First bought the pot separately, many moons ago, initially to be used with BRS stove, see pic here: rutalocura.com/images/IMG_7720.JPG The TI foil ring, covers the pot "fins", to allow the Jetboil to rest on the stove pot supports

@@Backpackinglightse In order to get the Soto Windmaster to fit inside this setup, I easily and quickly dremeled a tiny bit (1/8"?) from the end of the 3 Soto pot supports, surprisingly this still seems to work structurally and allows the stove to just barely fit inside the Jetboil Sol TI pot and then rest directly on the fins, as shown in the previous pic

@@Backpackinglightse Probably less wind resistant, since the pot fins have openings that allow wind to pass thru, so one day would like to take a next step, in finding some additional wind protection, something like a small 1" wide TI foil would provide, bearing in mind to not to overheat canister or the rings, but I run my stove on low anyways

@@Backpackinglightse May not be the lightest setup, but combines two of my favorite pieces of kit, so that I can use them together 🙂

Does the micro regulator really do anything when the valve is already fully open?

The windmaster for sure, the amicus has a little lip but the arms are really high like the MSR. The combo of the windmaster’s lip and the low legs are great in the wind. I’d spend the extra bit and get the windmaster everytime compared to the amicus

@@that_which_is_not I decided to keep both lol.

@@captainsnob9339 haha also an option! Happy camping ✌️