Review on 🔥 Carbon Jetboil Zip Camping Stove Cook System by Black Holstead

Overall I'm a Jetboil fan. I have a GCS (Group Cooking System, original cooker with 1.5 liter pot) and accompanying PCS mug. I bought this zip for my teenage son who, along with me, is an avid hiker, scout and entrepreneur, to have his own stove and mug. After studying it, I actually prefer to bake it. The Zip is a slightly stripped down and downsized version of the PCS with a slightly smaller bowl (0.8 liter instead of 1.0 liter) and the stove doesn't have a built in push button igniter. . It fits in a smaller package (fuel canister, stove and stabilizer fit in the bowl) and weighs slightly less than the larger models without auto-ignition. Having used both, I prefer a stove that takes a match to light. The compression ignition on my much older PCS still works, but like all mechanical push-button starting systems, it fails sooner or later. If that happens I'll probably buy a zip style oven to pack in my 1 liter PCS mug. This is by no means an ultralight stove, so hardcore ultralight campers should skip this article. But if you like to use isobutane stoves, you should like this model. It's small, generally lightweight, and eliminates the need for separate cooking utensils. And if you hike or cook alone, you don't need a plate or bowl either, just cook and eat straight from the cup! The only reason I gave four stars instead of five is because I found that the lid doesn't hold up very well when the device is fully boxed. If you package items as the manufacturer intended, the top of the fuel can lid will not allow the lid to be depressed all the way down. The solution to this problem is to just leave the gas cap at home (added bonus, reduces overall weight by about 0.1 ounces). They are easy to install, easy to use and they cook FAST with a pretty high fuel consumption. A can of gas was more than enough to cook breakfast and dinner, spend 5 days and 4 nights in the Smoky Mountains during Thanksgiving, and take a small weekend trip or two after that. Especially when the bulk of your backcountry cooking involves boiling water to rehydrate and reheat food and beverages. As a Scoutmaster, I recommend the Jetboil to any of my backpacking scouts who enjoy it. Because of the price, I don't recommend buying it for your very first backpacking trip. Not because of the device itself, but if you try something once and don't like it, it's quite a fraction of the change you can spend on devices you can only use once. Have you ever been mountaineering and decided you like it and want to continue? Choose one of those. If you grab a French Press Kit (or just boil water and use instant tea or tea bags), it's also a great tool for an adult Boy Scout who wants to have hot tea or coffee on those monthly days. Departure from the camp.