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Compatibility: 100g/230g/450g Butane/Propane gas canisters conforming to EN417 standard. It may be hazardous to attempt to fit other gas container types
Also, be careful when using alcohol stoves because their fuel burns clean blue and can be very hard to see. Always make sure your stove has fully burned out before handling it or attempting to re-fuel. Never use an alcohol stove in a fire ban area. A small amount of spilled fuel can easily ignite dry brush. Unless you are looking at a more top-of-the-line option and cost is no issue, the BRS 3000T is really impossible to beat for the money. And if you specifically want an ultralight isobutane canister stove, the BRS-3000T is impossible to beat at any price. On this, the Soto Amicus, Soto's third entry of this type into the US market, I think they've finally gotten it right. One does rotate the support into place, but on the Amicus, one does not have to find the "sweet spot" on the pot support to get it to rotate. One simply pushes it up into place in one smooth, effortless motion, and, once in place, they're not going anywhere. One has to push up and then push out, against the spring loading, to retract the pot support. It's easy to retract the pot support, but it's unlikely to happen on its own. The other thing to watch out for with the BRS-3000T is the length of the pot supports. At only 2-inches in diameter, you need to be thoughtful about what cookware you choose to use. You won’t want to use anything too heavy, but you also want to make sure that your cookware is stable enough so when the water boils, the pot doesn’t become unstable and tip. The integrated pot that comes with the Primus Lite+ and Jetboil Zip have smaller volumes, which prevented us from testing them with a full liter. We tested the boiling time of the Lite+ using only 0.5 liters of water (making its time seem faster than it would have been otherwise) and the Zip with 0.75 liters.Not entirely understand why the Windburner was not included in the comparison - it's a bit less pricey and more comparable to the other tested stoves (integrated pot cozy, less of a water-boiling only machine, slightly more efficient), while having the same "impervious to gale force winds" burner like the Reactor :) Soto's engineering and build quality is beyond reproach, but that doesn't mean that they've always read the market perfectly. Their first upright canister stove available in the United States, the Micro Regulator, was a good stove and was met with wide acceptance, but there were those who found the pot supports"fiddly"(they had to be first moved to a particular spot on their arms and then rotated into place) and didn't like that sometimes the pot supports would flop down when there was no pot on when the stove was moved. Not only could I visually observe that the Amicus' flame was far less affected, I could run the Amicus at a far lower setting. As low as I could turn down the flame, the Amicus never blew out. Not so with the open burner Crux. I was doing a simmer test with the Crux, the flame was steady and had been running for some time, but when a gust of wind came through, the Crux blew out, and I had to re-light the stove.
What's an upright canister stove? Please see my recent blog post: What is a Remote Canister Stove?which describes the two major types of canister gas stoves (upright and remote) and lists the advantages and disadvantages of each. It's worth knowing the difference. But if you head out in the winter, you’ll probably use your stove to melt snow and boil a lot of water. You need to be able to rely on it when the mercury drops. The MSR Reactor is a great stove for this purpose. In addition, isobutane canisters are more efficient than Esbit and alcohol, and they’re very easy to find in outdoor stores and online. For a wood-burning stove, the BioLite also has an impressive boil time at a little over 4.5 minutes. This change of mind return policy is in addition to, and does not affect your rights under the Australian Consumer Law including any rights you may have in respect of faulty items.Even with a massive pre-heat from the spirit cup of the Trangia adapter I would not use pure paraffin. The picture below shows the way the flame had deteriorated.
An inbuilt piezo ignition is handy, though in my experience this one can take several tries to spark - and I'd never leave home without the insurance of a spare ligher in any case. The burner section is not free standing, so has to be connected to a canister to stand upright. Note: The above numbers are intended to be illustrative. I chose 25 g per day because 25 is easy to work with when you have a four day trip and canisters are between 100 g and 110 g in capacity. They arereasonable numbers, but they are not not actual observations. See Calculating the Fuel Needed for a Trip for how to calculate gas consumption for a tripand for how I got the quantity 25 g. So yes, the BRS is an ultralight canister stove with the nearest competitor, the OLICAMP Ion Micro Titanium Stove, being nearly double the weight! From my personal experience so far, I think it is plenty durable. I’ve had it along on many sea kayaking trips and beach campouts and it’s held up very well with no signs of rust or corrosion, and no problems with clogging up.
My "baseline" stove was the Optimus Crux. Both the Crux and the Amicus are rated at 10,200 BTU's. In still air, they both boil water in about the same time; there's no significant difference in boil time between the two. We’ve heard reports of problems with the fuel connector threads stripping, but we haven’t experienced a problem in more than a year of testing.
Always bring matches to light your stove in case of emergency. Yes, even if your stove has a piezo igniter. Igniters can fail, lighters can break, and there’s nothing sadder than a cold meal because you can’t get a flame. These stoves connect to refillable fuel bottles. They are generally filled with white gas, but you can also use other fuels, including kerosene and gasoline. This is ideal if traveling overseas. This stove type can be slightly more complicated to use (in other words, it requires maintenance), but it performs well in cold conditions. However, on my scale, the Amicus with ignition weighs 2.8 oz/78 g. For comparative purposes, I'll list the weights of several stoves in the same class. For reference, I'll also list the weights of the other two upright Soto canister stoves even those are higher end stoves and are not in the same class. These weights were all measured in grams by me on my scale. Weights per the manufacturer may differ.Now, does this mean that you can cook in gale force winds with the Amicus? Uh, no. If you want that kind of windproofness, you've got to go with something like the MSR Windburneror the MSR Reactor. How did I establish that Soto's claims of superior wind handling are true? By running simultaneous test after test after test. In conclusion, as I reflect on the Soto Amicus, I find that there isn't much that I dislike about it except that perhaps it could be a bit lighter. It's a nice stove that's head and shoulders above the other stoves in its class. Always read the instructions. (Yes, even if you are familiar with camp stoves.) The instructions will tell you how to prime your stove, and might even have tips on cleaning and repair.
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