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Specification | Description |
| Best use | Backpacking |
| Fuel type | Canister |
| Fuel | Isobutane-propane |
| Auto ignition | No |
| Burn time (max flame) | (100 g. canister) 32 min. 16 sec. |
| Average boil time | 4 min. 16 sec. |
| Water boiled per 100g fuel | 7.6 liters |
| Weight | 3.25 ounces |
| Dimensions | 3.6 x 2 x 1.8 inches |
| Cold weather use | Fair |
| Stove stability | Excellent |
| Pot stability | Fair |
| Ability to simmer | Unavailable |
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Comments about Snow Peak Giga Power Stove - Manual:
Great little stove, I used it while deployed in the mountains of Afghanistan. It worked every time. I beat the mess out of it and it is still going strong. No complaints.
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Comments about Snow Peak Giga Power Stove - Manual:
It's what I use for a light weight, up to a week long backpacking trip stove. And almost all high altitude Summer Sierra trips.
Good Part:
-Weighs nothing
-packs small
-superior range of temp. control
-a well thought out design with a very good execution
-quality material
-burns clean
-needs very little maintainance
-technical qualities are first rate
-reliable
Bad Part:
Not much is actually bad. Its virtue of being small is also one of its vices. The tiny burner head doesn't spread the flame out very far(at low flow), and so there is a tendency to burn food just above the burner head, in a little black circle in the bottom of your Trek 700 mug. So, just stir your food more often?
Also, it is wind sensitive, so you must use something to keep the wind off. But what stove isn't wind sensitive?
Just buy this thing. Your back will thank you.
It would take a huge advance in backpacking stoves to obsolete this thing.
Just do it.
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Comments about Snow Peak Giga Power Stove - Manual:
This stove folds down small and will fit in about any cookset. Boils water fast, good in cold, doesn't burn through fuel. I've used it in temps down to the 20's with no problems. On a 5 day backpacking trip in the Sierra's 3 of us used this stove and didn't even burn through one canister of fuel. Pair this up with the Mini-Solo cookset and you have one lightweight kitchen set the size of a Nalgene bottle.
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Comments about Snow Peak Giga Power Stove - Manual:
Look! This stove is too small to be for real. The stove and fuel fit into the Snow Peak titanium mug for the most compact and lightest package imaginable. I tend to use freeze dried food to reduce weight, so all I need is something to boil water and make morning coffee. I carry the stove, fuel, and spork inside the mug and that's my entire kit. If you're looking to prepare fresh gourmet meals, I couldn't say. I'm just too old to tote all of that weight, so for my purposes you can't beat it.
Stability requires the exercise of common sense. I don't take booze on my outings, so there is no problem.
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Comments about Snow Peak Giga Power Stove - Manual:
This is a great stove. It's simple to use, stable and strong. Best of all it folds into a very. compact package. My only complaint is that it is hard to control the temp when the fuel can is low, however this did not change my rating because this stove is otherwise very well done.
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Comments about Snow Peak Giga Power Stove - Manual:
The stove worked like a charm. no problems with heat control, held different size pans with ease and is the perfect sized stove for any occasion.
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Comments about Snow Peak Giga Power Stove - Manual:
For the same price as MSR's Pocket Rocket, this stove can't be beat. I decided against the piezo-equipped version because of reliability issues with the igniter and to save a few bucks, and I couldn't be happier. The GigaPower is really light, tiny, and powerful. Power output is adjustable from a low simmer to a roaring flame, and, so far, the stove doesn't seem to be fazed by wind. The four folding wire supports are sturdy and much more stable than those on the Pocket Rocket.
Cons: The stove does seem to have a relatively "narrow" flame. This isn't an issue with boiling water, but may be annoying for other uses such as cooking pancakes on a skillet.
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Comments about Snow Peak Giga Power Stove - Manual:
I have had this stove for about a year and i love it. I used to have the MSR Whisperlite, but it was bulky, heavy and required to much work to operate (what with priming and all that).
The SnowPeak stove is great. Small, lightweight, easy to use. The only negative i have discovered is that there's no windscreen. Anything more than a light breeze makes it nearly useless. In the past, i had to build a little screen out of whatever i had available. I just bought the windscreen and it appears that it will solve the wind problem perfectly.
I have several SnowPeak items and they are so well designed. I'm a fan.
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Comments about Snow Peak Giga Power Stove - Manual:
I use this stove at least 4 times a year. It has always been great. I mainly use it when I go backpacking. It boils 2 cups of water in like 1.5 minutes. Overall, great product.
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Comments about Snow Peak Giga Power Stove - Manual:
I have been using this stove for over ten years in the Colorado Rockies in temperatures from the low 80's down into the teens. It's only failed to fire up once and that was after it sat out all night in a thunderstorm. Even then, with a couple of shakes and a few wipes with my bandana it fired right up. With respect to the stability issues, I have found that to only be the case when you are using the smaller 110g canister and I have never had an issue when I was using the larger 220. I would also recommend getting the optional $10 windscreen which I have found improves the stove's already impressive efficiency and makes it more resistant to ridgeline gusts when you are brewing up some tea.
Bottom line: I bought this stove because I was looking for a more compact, lighter stove and I have never regretted the purchase for a second. In fact, the reason I came online tonight wasn't to replace my ten year old model but to buy one for my son.
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