I bought the Heiro and it is ideal for motorcycle trips, I also bought the Jetboil base support and pot stand on which I used a Dremel to make a notch to fit the igniter post. Very happy with my purchase.
Glad you like yours. I will try and buy a pot stand and modify it like you did. I think that addition would make the stove pretty much perfect. Hope you are having a good weekend 👍
I’ve just bought the same kit as you, Jetboil seems to be nicer finished, but isn’t worth over double the price and as you say, ideal to carry on a motorcycle, light, compact and easy to use.
The Fire Maple Fixed Star cook systems pot stand fits the Heiro. Available on Amazon for 13 quid. No mods required. Won't fit in your pot for carrying tho.
Thanks Dominic, I was pleasantly surprised at how well it worked in the wind. It is a bit of a bargain too, so I hope it lasts. Hope you are enjoying your weekend 😊
Hi Ollie, I reckon there are so many stoves on the market now that you could probably have a RU-vid channel just devoted to stoves. Hope your weekend is going well 😊
Happy weekend John and I hope you will have some nice trips in the next days! Good review you have made here and it is fun to watch. I have used Jetboil a lot and there are some differences between the designs. It is not something I will use inside my Soulo, but when on trips where oats and freeze dried food is on the meny they are great. I do bring a pan for use with my Jetboil, so you are right about the lack of flexibility in the Heiro. And strangely enough I have never cooked food in the mountains the way you do it in this movie:-) All the best, Ant
Hi Ant, it's interesting that you don't use your JetBoil in the Soulo. I was wondering if the whole assembly might be a bit tall for cooking in a porch. I will probably try and get the jetboil pan support. I think it needs a notch cutting out if it to accommodate the piezo tube on the Heiro. Hope you are having a good weekend 👍
@@thecampingastronomer8554 I am a bit on the safe side and I find the jetboil a bit too tall and also a bit unstable for cooking inside the Soulo. So I use a primus that is lower and with a firm hand on it while boiling the water; more serious cooking I would not venture to try in that tent:) Good luck adjusting the pan support - it makes it possible to do some nice good cooking in the field!
I use mine 6 times everyday. Can't fault it. Definitely a bargain. I have jetboil too. Jet boil cup is a waste of space. Life adventure collapsible cup fits perfectly on the bottom of metal cup
I agree with that. It will be interesting to see how the stove does long term. I think that the Jetboil lasts years, so hopefully the oex one will also last a long time. Thanks very mu h for taking the time to watch and comment, I really appreciate it 👍
Hi Jon 👏… I’m appalling at geography: I never knew that Beachy Head was in the South Downs 😲🤭 I cook quite a bit in my car, but something as tall/top heavy as a jetboil would be knocked over in a nanosecond 🤣. Funnily enough I’ve just left Go Outdoors with a screw top gas canister…I’m glad the weather’s warming up, because I could buy the cheaper one that doesn’t have to work in sub zero temps. I went in to look at the OEX Big Bivvy… can’t complain at the price, but I wanted the dark green, not the blue/grey one… plus I don’t like bugs, so most likely not for me anyway 🤔
That bit of the South Downs is really popular, not least because of the pub there. On the bivvy bag front, I'd avoid them if you don't like bugs as there is nothing to stop them crawling in. That's one thing I am a bit wary of when I do one of my rare bivvy camps. It is nice when you wake up in the middle of the night and see a clear sky full of stars though. However, it nearly always rains when I go camping 🤣
@@thecampingastronomer8554 Yes, I probably won’t go for one… but at only £50, it’s tempting just to try 🤔, and also as a back-up bit of layering in Winter. I’ll wait for the sales 😊
@h.bsfaithfulservant4136 yes, the oex one for £50 is good value, and it packs up small. I am tempted to get it for winter, like you. It would be good for protecting a down sleeping bag from condensation.
Good Luck with your ultra run. I like the Wayfarer pouches and reckon that they taste nicer than the freeze dried meals. The only downside is that the Wayfarer meals have less calories typically, so you end up eating a bar of chocolate for pudding (or even better the Wayfarer Chocolate pudding). Hope you enjoy your stove 👍
One more question sorry, the gas bottle inside tbe cup, it doesn't damage the ignition does it, as it goes in ignition facing up doesnt it, so does the gas bottle sit flush over it not in contact with it yes
The cup and the heat exchanger part seem to be a single item on my version. To use a pan you would need an adaptor which fits over the flame head of the stove.
I have tried it with a frying pan, and technically you could do this. On my one, at least, the ignition tube is just low enough to not interfere with a pan. However, I don't know if this is just luck on my part, and on others it would interfere. The main issue with just putting the pan on as is though, is that the pan would sit just a few mm above the burner head, so I reckon that everything in the centre of the pan would get burned very quickly. A proper pan support would lift the pan away from the burner, giving much better heat distribution across the whole surface of the pan.
Hi David, I have found the simmer to work quite well. As regards putting a frying pan on it, I have had no success with this. It appears to unstable to me. I would also be interested to see if anybody has made this work.
The handles on the jetboil system, are absolute trash. If you use it more than once a day you will be really fed up real quick. If I'd choose, I would go for a system with built-in piezo, and wind protection like they all have nowadays, except jetboil. The MSR and Primus are good ones.
