I love how he says lets have a test, then it looks like a ef5 tornado hahahahaha - so good, this is real testing

Petracam got you a new subscriber from jump from a retired Army K9 handler.

Great video. I like the real life testing of your stoves.

Interesting real world test. I agree with the idea that that it doesn’t matter to me how fast water boils. I’m more impressed by how well that it simmers and cooks over all. If I can, I avoid freeze dried food. I prefer the wind burner over the reactor.

Great to see the commitment Shamus you showed to getting some footage, even in wild weather! 👍🏼

Intenso y reflexivo Shamu.... gracias por compartir tus experiencias por aquí. Un abrazo desde Madrid!! 🙋🏻‍♂️👍

Great video. Made me even more sure of my own choice 👍🏻 I pondered quite a bit over which stove to get, the Jetboil or the MSR Reactor. In the end, I went for the Reactor. And I’m very happy I did. I now have both the 1.7 and the 1.0 liter pot. And, depending on if I’m alone or with someone else, just boiling water, or need to melt snow, I’ll choose the appropriate size pot. I have used the Reactor in winter, in temperatures below -10 deg. C, in summer, and up in the mountains where it’s usually quite windy, and it has never let me down. The Reactor works like a charm. And, also considering the Reactor as a piece of safety equipment for keeping myself warm in a precarious situation, I don’t have a problem with the weight or the price. The Reactor is a bombproof piece of kit, and it boils water faster than anything else I’ve ever used. To me this video says it all. If I only have a small amount of gas left in the canister, would I prefer a stove that boils water as fast as possible, or would I prefer to wait several minutes more for that water to boil. In other tests I’ve seen, because of the Reactor’s efficiency, it also uses less gas than the Jetboil, which in my mind is a huge positive. So ok, it might be on the heavier and bulkier side, but it seems to out perform the Jetboil by quite a bit. I think the MSR Reactor is great, and there is a reason why a lot of mountaineers use this stove high up in the mountains. It works. All the best from Norway 🇳🇴

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Great to see the MSR reactor stove system in action. Great bit of kit !

Not only much quicker the MSR Reactor but also think of the Gas in grams lost using the Jetboil. Clearly there is a most definite winner here!

Brave man going out in them conditions, liked the experiment and outcome makes sense👍

That was the best review yet👍👍🏆

Great and thorough review - perfectly clearly explained, cute dog, nice tech details, no unnecessary junky intros - just nice setting of test conditions and we are off! Thanks for this Shamus! Restored some of my faith towards reviews on YT : )

Impartial and informative, par for the course from you Shamus. From what is now becoming a great eclectic mix of camping and Dartmoor related videos. Thank for all your effort and keep them coming, it really is much appreciated 👍

Spot on Séamus , when out on the trail , time becomes somewhat irrelevant for me ! How long it takes to boil water is nonsensical imo . I know Santa is bringing a bit of Jetboil goodie’s 😂 Great video again. Atb Tony . Slán tamaill 🇮🇪🇮🇪

Lazy Saturday morning watching everything on your channel. By far the best explanatory vids I’ve seen. Super stuff Seamus and you have hit on a unique way of presenting. 👍 🐕

Enjoyed this video too. Professional presentation and fluent narrative. So refreshing not to hear "and yeah" every other word and the absence of coughing and sniffing very welcome. These things grate as you get older!

Thank you, great video!

Awesome comparison! Love the way you present your material. We are currently shopping for a stove and was just at REI a few days ago. Glad we waited to make a purchase. Your product presentation is always very helpful Thnks a bunch!

Another cracking video Shamus. I’ve been hiking and camping for decades but I always learn something from you. Your a great teacher and speaker. I love watching your videos. Keep up the good work it’s really appreciated.

First class review Shamus thank you for posting.

I enjoyed this a great deal. Thank you for making the effort to upload. 👍😁

great video thank you ,I am learning to use my old trangia 27 with a new trangia gas burner , your motavating me i have time as i have retired

Great test, i always like to test my gear in real life conditions. I own a Reactor and my son owns a jetboil. Used in anger on the Glyders during beast from the east I had boiled water and eaten my food before the jetboil had brought its water to boil. As you say its all or nothing with the reactor and the 1 ltr version Ive got still performs amazingly well 8 years on.Great video thanks ,Pete

This was an interesting, entertaining, fun and educational video to look at. Thanks for the hard work and the many clips. You composed well.

Great field test, thank you.

Great video Shamus as always, that msr reactor is a beast of a boiling machine 👍😃

Another great vid. Great to see them in the real situations. I was down around the Lee moor area Saturday. Was so much fun 😁

What a glutton for punishment 😂 Thanks Shamus for all your time and effort to bring us gems like this, you have my greatest admiration and in such trying conditions. I have a couple of jetboils which are my go-to stoves in really bad weather, if we had the chance of snow lasting longer than a week, here in Dorset anyway, the MSR would definitely be a winter contender. Once again many thanks, kind regards from Clive in deepest Dorset 👍

Another enjoyable video cheers mate

Great to see a stove tested in real conditions. Love the impartial nature of your test. I have both the Jetboil and it’s MSR equivalent. My eldest raves over the MSR but I frequently gravitate towards the Jetboil.

Good field test. Thank you.

Keeping it real. This is the type of content that I like. Practical. Ohh and it is reassuring that the weather is similar to Glasgow .Ian

Hi Shamus and Petra.. Right from your opening shot I know the video is going to be great. Hooked into it from the first 10 seconds... You are totally right about the boil time, gas efficiency comparisons under lab conditions but its just nice to know that you have the power (melting snow etc) when you need it. The reality for me is in winter being out in harsh conditions and we all have a few gas canisters nearly empty so its the price you pay in space, weight and costs to have something that really works when its under pressure...

Thank you for your video and the fact that you show it being used outside. So I have been looking to get a compact stove, at the moment I have the Optimus Nova which with the fuel bottle is not very compact and boils .5 Ltr of water at home in 1:13 mins however I have not tested it in windy conditions. But I think that after your test I am quite happy to get the 1 Ltr MSR Reactor.

Aha I've been wondering about that stove of yours. Very interesting video again, thanks Shamus.

We bought the APG version of jetboil, over £60 from Amazon and it has been so efficient that we wanted another to heat our food pouches whilst making a brew with the first so, i hunted the net and found it just over £30 direct from manufacturer. It arrived 3 days ago and its great to have the two! Happy hikers/campers! 😁 loving that expensive one but our APG's boil 520 ml in 1.5 minutes! Not shabby huh?

Another great video. I have an old jet boil going strong after quite a few years so probably won't change anytime soon as it also simmers but wow that msr is super fast!

A recent viewer to your channel. Great unbiased information. When I used to go camping solo, not to wild, I used a Trangia meths storm cooker. Worked very well, but hat was 1986. The new stuff is great. I now use a wood burning cooker, onLy good if twigs are available of course. Great videos. All the best from New Zealand....

Cheers Shamus... now I want a MSR reactor! 😂 Thanks for putting out content still in this lockdown, really appreciate it 🤟🏼

Tickles me your sense of humour 😁 Another great video buddy 👍 Waiting for the next one .......

That is impresive. I'd pay a few quid more to be able to regulate the heat and simmer the water for boil in the bags!

With all products these days it’s sometimes hard to distinguish between what’s a marketing gimmick and what really is more efficient. If you are continually on the move and time is of the essence then gas stoves make sense. But for me personally, like you say, I am the one hanging around with no rush waiting for his meths to boil his brew. 👍

Thanks Shamus. You’ve just confirmed my reasoning for always making sure I take a pretty full gas canister with me on my wildcamps and now winter weather conditions are with us again I normally take an extra ‘small’ can as a ‘just in case’ supply. But I still love my Jetboil Summo! 😂ATVB Graham

another great video unbiased practical and informative gem. I have admired the reactor on other channels (Tom heaney) is a fan of it and his use and this video have helped me choose between reactor and jet boil. Reactor it is 😎

Enjoyed that Shamus. 👍

Great real life review 👍🏻 Good Girl Onwards and Upwards. 🙏🏻💪🏻

Enjoyed this thank you, I have an Alpkit stove similar to the jet boil which I find really good for my needs. Its a great timer too, in autumn I'll turn it on, get in the river and when its boiling I generally know it's time to get out and make hot chocolate 😁

The performance of the MSR was certainly impressive.

Interesting Shamus. Thanks 🙂

A great comparison, well worth a watch, great vlog and enjoying the content very much.

Love this, there's nothing quite like a real world test 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽 I think most people all know the channels you're talking about, there's some real prolific ones out there, 101 water boil tests in their garage workshop and yet they seem to never step outside into nature yet seem to obsess about there favourite triangia being 3 seconds quicker than the next model to boil two cups of water 🤦🏻‍♂️🤷‍♂️

I had a jet boil and changed it for the Soto Windmaster. Its a lot smaller and fits in my favourite Titian kettle lovely 😬 Thanks for sharing Shamus - very interesting video. ATB Mike StayCornish😬

Hi Shamus, yet another very informative video. I was surprised on how well the other stove performed with low pressure. I have the Jetboil Minimo and when the gas canister is low there is a marked lack of performance from the stove Hope you don’t mind but I’ve given your channel a shout in my latest video. Thanks again for sharing the knowledge 😊👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Interesting content, it is nice to see a very real world test as opposed to the more common potentially biased reviews that seem to be commonplace.

Good video thank you

You talk a lot of sense Sir, you are both articulate and realistic. Assume while you are new on the Tube, you are far from new to this game? Brilliant channel and the Doggo is magnificent. Love those matching black triangles on the “Petra cam”. The ears are Marvellous ATB🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧

Hi Shamus, just been trying to deicide what to buy myself, finished up getting optimus vega so I can cook more. Another good video keep up the good work

Great vid as use! I have a primus eta cooking pot I can say they are the bomb !

I look forward to seeing your results later on. 👍🏻

Great review. Not worried at all about boil times. Not only that it’s very expensive

Nice one shamus a cracking test in harsh conditions atvb jimmy 😎😎

Right on

Msr stove reactor is best !! I like that !!

Great video shamus. I am hooked. My old socks have a new lease of life as canisters covers. Would like to know witch lighter you used.

I can only concur with Petra's closing comments....woof woof! :-) Another belter; I use the 1ltr version of the MSR and can confirm, it's absolutely flawless if all you want to do is bring water to boiling point very quickly. Possibly less useful for long-distance multi-day hikes that might include a requirement to simmer.....but then the same can be said of the rock-solid Trangia system which, you also mention Shamus (a system possibly worthy of a video in its own right??). Much enjoyed, thanks as ever.

Great

hi shamus great video just out of interest what gloves do you use in this video and are they waterproof?

Great vlog once again, I’ll stick with my Brs I think, not worried about boil times. Atb

Very interesting video, I have a few gas canisters with very little gas in and always nervous about taking them out and running out. Your dedication is admirable Shamus. The gloves ur wearing are the sort I was thinking of getting - what are they ?

MSR looks a great bit of kit, but too big, heavy and expensive for me, but have to admire the performance. I'm happy with a more leisurely boil, always things to do or watch whilst the water heats. Thanks for posting bud.

Good to see a more ‘real world’ test. I’ve never been a great fan of gas canister stoves, mainly because of the performance issues you highlight and the fact that you’re constantly buying new canisters, which ultimately have to be disposed of.

Great review of the stoves in field conditions! By chance, did you weigh the after weight of each canister? I’m assuming the jetboil used more fuel over more time, but am not certain. Maybe something like 10 grams of fuel to boil 1/2 litre with the reactor and 15 grams of fuel for the same result with the jetboil?

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nothing beats msr reactor

Enyjoyed your video as usual Shamus😀 That MSR looks like a great piece of kit n could be my next stove. I’ve a Jetboil mini-mo which I think is brilliant but haven’t used it in conditions as windy as that and only takes around 2 minutes to boil water or one of my dehydrated meals I made. It’s also got a regulator so I can cook a nice steak when I take my girlfriend. How stable is that MSR, it looks like it could just blow over? Looks excellent though 😀👍

I was wondering if that Jetboil model was equipped with a microregulator? The newer models have that to make better use of the rest of the gas in the cannister…

The MSR is pretty damn impressive especially under those conditions (so was your efforts to do the test!) A remote version would be bit more secure though, personally not that keen on stoves on top of a gas canister.

I'm curious what results have been in direct 70 mph gusts

Great video Shamus 👍 That msr stove is really nice but out of my price range I'm afraid. I get great satisfaction in using home made alcahole stoves...but not in that weather 😂 Catch you later buddy 👍

Hi Shaun, I use a MSR Pocket Rocket deluxe paired with Optimus Terra Weekend HE which is a heat exchanger system. I can boil a mug of water in under a minute and complete with a full MSR gas bottle weighs in at 900gms complete which isn’t too bad. I know you can go lighter with Titanium pots but you loose the heat exchanger which we both know makes all the difference with better efficiency on the hill or in high winds

i just bought msr reactor, tested it for 5 overnights, I love it and hate it, i have a question what about this inner gas pressure control thing, as i read one guys comment it works only for lowering the pressure in hot conditions so it wouldn't overheat, and it has nothing to do with cold weather, i myself struggled it to work on 1/5 gas left in cold weather, my vango stove performed better and sucked the gas till the end, this thing I'm afraid to overtighten the seal, to get this last gas, it's already biting on black bottom magnesium part, I'm thinking about refunding it, because i feel tricked about this inner presure regulator for cold weather, or is it just my bad unit ?

1/2 a 230g (or a 1/3 of a 450g) might be feasible but at what point do you say - I won't chance it, I'll just take a new canister ?

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What were the gloves you were using in this video Shamus?

Great experiment, I love our jet boil, but fascinated to see the real world comparison with the mighty MSR. Is there a reason why the small gas canisters aren’t refillable? Big kiss to the wonderful Petra, that last slurp was so loud, lol! 💕

I would like to know how much gas it takes to cook a few different meals so I know how many cannisters I'd need to take out as im a newbie...ie..1.reheating a meal cooked from home. 2. Cooking a meal from scratch 3. Bacon sandwich etc Cheers

JetBoil very sluggish at altitude above 3,500metres like watching paint dry, Reactor just performs, also Reactor in a general cold environment down to -10 degrees Celsius performs but below that it struggles, also great in the wind for a gas stove just to boil water cannot beat.

which jetboil model is that?

I really wanted to like the Jetboil, don’t get me wrong it’s a good bit of kit in certain circumstances but it just never found a permanent place in my pack. Just make sure you don’t leave a gas canister in the cup when it’s wet otherwise you get rust stains on the bottom.

how come in April 2021, we haven't seen any of your videos? What's up, are you ok?

Interesting and great test, I really like the reactor and have looked at it many times but the price tag definitely put me off., I'm a JetBoil fan. Plus mine has camo neoprene so obviously superior ... ha ha ... ummmm

Not bothered about boil times myself either but it's easy to see why someone would buy that MSR stove if they are into serious mountaineering.

I use a pocket rocket stove and am quite happy with 4 minutes boil time as I think a jetboil is out of my price range

Weird time to post matey but hey ho 2020

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Jet boils have such small burner heads. Msr and soto are miles better