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Snow Peak Giga Power Windscreen

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Item # 668815

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Improve the efficiency of your Giga Power stove by attaching this custom-made windscreen to the stove's pot supports.

Reduce your fuel consumption and speed-up your average boiling time

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Item 668815

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Snow Peak Giga Power Windscreen Customer Reviews

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Snow Peak Giga Power Windscreen

4.0

(based on 24 reviews)

92%

of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

Pros

Functional (20)
Easy to use (17)
Compact (16)
Lightweight (12)

Cons

Heavy (4)

Best Uses

Backcountry camping (20)
Camping (7)
Day trip (7)
Survival (6)
Trips (6)

- Reviewer Profile:
- Avid adventurer (15), Casual/ recreational (7)
- What Is Your Gear Style:
- Survivalist / minimalist (16), Comfort driven (5)
- Was this a gift?:
- No (7)

Reviewed by 24 customers

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Feb

2013

5.0

Perfect Add on

By Inkwell

from Grand Junction, CO

About Me Casual/ Recreational

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Pros

Compact
Easy to Use
Functional
Lightweight

Cons

A Bit Hard To Get On

Best Uses

Any Time
Backcountry Camping
Day Trips

Comments about Snow Peak Giga Power Windscreen:

This product works well. In anything other than full on wind, the wind screen helps tremendously. It is very lightweight. Some people complain that it isn't Ti...really? It would be three times as much and only a few grams lighter. This wind screen is tops for the price. Very well made

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Jun

2012

5.0

Glad this product exists.

By Mosi

from San Diego, CA

About Me Casual/ Recreational

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Pros

Easy to Use
Functional

Cons

Bulky

Best Uses

Backcountry Camping

Comments about Snow Peak Giga Power Windscreen:

Yes, this product adds a little weight (2 ounces) and bulk (though it fits nicely on my MSR pot) to your pack. However, I find it improves fuel efficiency, makes the stove a little more stable, protects from wind, and is a useful little product. With this on my gigapower stove, I think I'm set for a long time.

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May

2012

4.0

Improves performance in wind

By Splitboard Graham

from Olympia, WA

About Me Avid Adventurer

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Pros

Compact
Easy To Set Up
Easy to Use
Functional
Lightweight

Cons

Best Uses

Backcountry Camping
Winter Camping

Comments about Snow Peak Giga Power Windscreen:

Just used this on a breezy, long weekend at the WA coast. It definitely improves stove efficiency, especially in windy and breezy conditions. It seems to improve efficiency even in the absence of wind, because it reflects more heat back up to the pot.

The only drawback was moving the tab to make room for the piezo igniter: it was a little tricky being so small and a little sharp, but I only had to do it once, so no big deal.

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Apr

2012

4.0

ignition with the wind screen

By BHW

from Cabot, VT

About Me Casual/ Recreational

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Pros

Functional

Cons

Best Uses

Backcountry Camping

Comments about Snow Peak Giga Power Windscreen:

The thing to remember while using the wind screen is to fully open the latch. If it is even partially closed (as in the shipped position) the ignition will not operate.

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Apr

2012

3.0

Looks great with one small problem

By J-the Backpacker

from Cookeville, Tn

About Me Casual/ Recreational

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Pros

Compact
Easy To Set Up
Easy to Use

Cons

Heavy

Best Uses

Backcountry Camping
Day Trips

Comments about Snow Peak Giga Power Windscreen:

I really like the idea of the windscreen and the lightness of the product. My only complaint when I hooked this up to my snow peak gigapower with the piezo the igniter keep striking the windscreen not the gas outlet not sure if I just got a bad one or what but was really hoping this would have word perfect for and item that should have come with the stove anyway

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Dec

2011

(0 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

2.0

longer boil times, heat, weight

By C is for Cookie

from Colorado, Idaho,

About Me Avid Adventurer

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Pros

Cons

Dissipates heat
Heavy

Best Uses

Comments about Snow Peak Giga Power Windscreen:

Bought this the other night and wanted to test it before I took it out on the trail. I have used the giga power with my own makeshift wind block but was hoping this would be more effective.

There is no doubt that this will keep the flame from blowing around BUT I noticed several characteristics:

1. I tested an indoor boil of 3 cups 60deg water on relatively low flame and WITH the screen it took 9mins, and WITHOUT the screen it took 7.5 mins. I know the flame was low, but I left it that way because the screen got so hot and it's radiant heat was such that I was unable to hold my finder at the base of the stove where it connects to the isopro can. I think it's a cost benefit analysis: I will have to test boil times with wind, but I think i may just stick to a makeshift wind block on the trail... unless I know i'm going to want to boil water on top of a 14er.

2. is a bit of a pain to put on and take off... and it's a bit heavy.

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May

2011

(2 of 8 customers found this review helpful)

2.0

Not Impressed

By Injunear_Derf

from North Carolina

About Me Casual/ Recreational

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Pros

Cons

Bulky
Difficult to Use

Best Uses

Comments about Snow Peak Giga Power Windscreen:

This comment is based on testing at home not in the field. I used a Snow Peak Trek900 cook-set.

It is a little awkward to get the screen onto the stove. That little window cover for the plain version was difficult to move and the rivet sticks up to scratch your pot when stowed. It is nice of Snow Peak to point out that obvious defect in the instructions. I had to remove it because it distorted the expansion of the screen when heated which nearly tipped my pot over. The design relies on the stove support prongs to hold it down. The center heats unevenly and expands unevenly (in a cone shape) and causes the pot to rise. Which improved after removing the window and rivet and opening up the slots for the support prongs.

The instructions mention that it is dangerous to use (may lose something in the Japanese translation). I found that when the fuel canister is nearing empty it gets too hot to touch both because the radiant heat from the red-hot screen and the time required to boil when the canister is near empty. Too hot to touch is my measure for preventing the fuel canister from becoming dangerously hot (rupture, explosion) and time to shut the stove down. With the wind screen on the stove I do not feel comfortable boiling for more than a few seconds. Do not use it with a pot larger than the screen.

The instructions also say it will discolor with use. I found that to be very correct as well as some heat related corrosion. The direct impingement of the flame on the screen causes high heat and fast corrosion.

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Mar

2010

(2 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

4.0

The pros outweigh the cons

By Deschutes

from Portland, OR

About Me Avid Adventurer

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Pros

Easy to Use
Functional

Cons

Best Uses

Backcountry Camping
Windy areas

Comments about Snow Peak Giga Power Windscreen:

If you own the Giga Power stove, you need this windscreen. Sure, it's a little heavier than I'd like, but at 2 ounces it's still pretty light (in fact, it's lighter than most store-bought windscreens I know). And if you camp in a windy area, you will more than make up for it with the weight of fuel you save! I am always amazed at how much this windscreen increases the efficiency of my stove. It makes the stove pretty much wind-proof, which is more than can be said about most canister stoves.

I don't always carry this windscreen, especially when I am hiking in areas where I know I'll find shelter from the breeze. But I carry it whenever I think it might encounter wind. The convenience more than makes up for the weight and slight bulkiness.

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Sep

2009

(1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

4.0

Works as Advertised.

By jeremyshapiro

from San Jose, CA

About Me Avid Adventurer

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Pros

Compact
Easy to Use
Functional
Lightweight

Cons

Best Uses

Backcountry Camping

Comments about Snow Peak Giga Power Windscreen:

Easy to pop into place, and even has a removable slot for the Piezo. It doesn't block all wind, but helps to keep a lot of the heat in and much of the wind out.

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Sep

2009

(24 of 24 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

A worthwhile investment

By Hikin-jimmy

from New England

About Me Casual Adventurer

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Pros

Compact
Easy to Use
Functional
Lightweight

Cons

Best Uses

Backcountry Camping

Comments about Snow Peak Giga Power Windscreen:

Bottom line: You've already got the Snow Peak Giga Power Stove, now get the Windscreen. With the Windscreen, fuel efficiency improvement is significant. Time to boil a pot of water is noticeably reduced, especially in a breeze or wind. The Windscreen slips on and off the four stove wires without a problem. I don't leave home without it.