JetBoil vs Primus Eta Express

comparison test of boil times with cold water and both stoves on full power

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[russj1975]

oh and just another point here. I posted this video three years ago - my mindset has changed somewhat since then. These days I can see no sense in the obsession with how fast a stove boils water. We use these stoves in the outdoors, where we have purposely gone to relax - whats the hurry? Just light the damn stove and enjoy!

[russj1975]

the great thing about the primus is that its flexible. Yes you are paying for the pan / heat shield combination primarily, but since it uses a standard design burner you can use it with any other pan, so if you want to go ultra lightweight one weekend you could take the burner and gas but take an msr titanium kettle instead of the primus pot set, and the eta windsheild, 100gram cartridge and the burner all fit inside the msr titan

[AkosiMRswabe]

Jetboil flame is not blue. Means it's defective and cannot ne compare to a new stove with blue flame. Blue is the hottest flame fyi.

[russj1975]

@AkosiMRswabe look at the flame before the pot goes on - its blue, the orange glow is the igniter and gauze glowing red hot. I can assure you its not defective.

[russj1975]

Just for the record, the jetboil and primus stoves are just a few of the stoves i might choose for any paticular trip. To be honest, my favourite stove is a trangia which is probably the best camp stove ever created.  Fast it isnt, but a joy to use? Absolutely. Jetboil is a water boiler, the primus a little bit more flexible, but you cant really "cook" on either of them.

[lilricky2515]

Definately something wrong here, first the flame should not be bright yellow, that indicates either a non-iso butane canister or one that is on its last legs. Second, there is no reason why it would take over 3 minutes to boil. There are several videos here that prove the Jetboil boils around 2 minutes. Something is wrong with your Jetboil.

[russj1975]

@lilricky2515 if you look closely before i put the pot on the jetboil you will see that the flame is blue, not yellow. The yellow/orange you can see is the gauze on the burner glowing. I'm assuming you own a jetboil and already know that.

[russj1975]

@kittykatkevin I could do that, and put the lid on the primus too, which would mean the primus would still win this test. In fact, in the field (where it counts) where you always boil with a lid to save fuel, the jetboil with the lid on is still slower to boil the same amount of water as the primus without a lid (primus pot has a wider base). At the end of the day in a camp situation, boiling water in less that 3 minutes is not really that critical! This test is purely an observation

[russj1975]

@uncoolkid2 Both stoves were on and the pots went on at the same time as the video shows? both had new cartidges which i swapped over and repeated the burn test, burn times were about the same as here. Its not meant to be a scientific test, just a comparison. Jetboil is my favourite, but experience in the field echos what is shown here, the primus is faster.

[sousaville]

hi the test is interesting and we own about 10 commercially bought stoves not to mention our own builds..we have 2 sols and a flash,in the Jetboil genre,and i see the flame on the jet boil is blue but it looks lower than what we get on ours...i notice this video is a few years old so maybe the older jetboils werent as good as the newer ones..but something looks off on the performance of that jetboils flame pattern...not sure what.could be they making them better now..the primus looks strong. ty

[iUbookz]

The jetboil can use a frying pan with the adapter stand. Fuel consumption factor for longer hikes: The jetboil stoves btu is 4500 and 6200(the zip and sumo?) the primus eta is 8900 btu. The other factors are: the jetboil come with the canister stand, the primus is priced less but no stand and pot neoprene wrap but easier to use with a frying pan, except for the bigger sumo, 250 grm canisters will not nest in the jetboils only the 100 gram will fit which cost about the same as the larger 250

[rmstudio]

That last comment was no disrespect to the video poster of the video. Glad he proved a good point the Jetboil is a slight slower "But big deal" the sad part is you spend 90 bucks more to be a bit slower and be locked into a Jetboil pot. You cant use a fry pan or big pot and if you do make one work "there is no heat exchanger" boil times go down etc.. Save your money. Buying the latest gear out is generally for the suckers that keep the neon colored companies pinching your wallet.

[rmstudio]

Seriously all this is nonsense.. If you going to choose to spend 90 dollars more just so you can

"BOIL" water 30 or 45 seconds faster you seriously have no business hiking or camping if thats your objective.. Pathetic.. Its like comparing saving a whole once off a tent with a shiny new color on it and spending another whole 100 dollars to own one. Thats a whole 100 bucks to bring a friend on the trip with you. Seriously most that compare stupid details like this are weekend warriors.

[ggod408]

Great review! Personally, I like my MSR Dragonfly because of the many types of fuels I'm able to use, but these little stoves sure do serve a good purpose.