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MSR SuperFly Stove

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Compact and easy to operate, SuperFly's wide burner head heats your pot evenly.

Ultra-lightweight and compact, weighing in at a mere five-ounces
Easy to operate--no priming, pre-heating or pressurizing is necessary--simply turn it on, light and start cooking!
Stove goes from your pack to a hard rolling boil in no time; in just a few minutes you can be relaxing with a hot cup of tea
Heat can be adjusted from a steady simmer to a full boil, allowing a complete range of cooking options
Control valve is easy to operate, even when you're wearing gloves
Compatible with most self-sealing canister fuel, fuel canister sold separately
Weight includes stove, not the canister

Specifications based on testing with MSR IsoPro Fuel Canister 170g. SuperFly also comes in a convenient, no-matches model with a Piezo igniter.

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Made in USA.

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MSR SuperFly Stove Customer Reviews

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MSR SuperFly Stove

4.4

(based on 41 reviews)

95%

of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

Pros

Easy to light (39)
Lightweight (37)
Great temperature control (32)
Good power output (31)
Compact (22)

Cons

Unstable (14)
Slightly unstable (3)

Best Uses

Backpacking (39)
Hiking (26)
Car camping (18)
High altitude (8)

- Reviewer Profile:
- Avid adventurer (26), Casual/ recreational (16)
- What Is Your Gear Style:
- Survivalist / minimalist (18), Comfort driven (8)
- Was this a gift?:
- No (11)

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May

2013

3.0

Not bad, but better stoves are available

By Backpacker Dan

from Pacific Northwest

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Pros

Easy to Light
Great temperature control

Cons

Bulky
Unstable

Best Uses

Backpacking

Comments about MSR SuperFly Stove:

This is a reasonably well made stove. It's easy to light, control the temperature, and the wide burner worked great for cooking pancakes. Unfortunately, the stove was precariously high and larger pots were unstable. Also, the pot supports tended to warp a little over time and were difficult to open and close. If I was planning to do a lot of simmering or cooking in pans, then I'd get something that sits lower to the ground. Otherwise, there are better designs out there for just boiling water.

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May

2013

4.0

Great stove

By hungrysquirrel

from Portland

About Me Casual/ Recreational

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Pros

Compact
Easy To Clean
Easy to Light
Great temperature control
Lightweight
Powerful
Stable

Cons

Best Uses

Backpacking
Car Camping
Hiking

Comments about MSR SuperFly Stove:

This is my first stove. So far I have used it on a three-day outting in Central Oregon. It worked great! Easy to light with a solid temp control. I was using it with a 1 quart GSI pot and it was totally stable. I never once worried about it. Didn't quite boil a quart of water in the advertised time, but who's counting?

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Feb

2013

4.0

Replaces my white gas stoves

By Teton Carl

from Jackson Hole, Wyo.

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Pros

Blow Tourch And Simmer
Instant Start Stop

Cons

Need To Stabilize

Best Uses

Light Weight Backpacking

Comments about MSR SuperFly Stove:

The SuperFly will have water boiling before a whitegas stove gets done priming! Not really, but almost. I got tired of liquid gas stoves flairing up and wasting fuel while waiting for them to prime. If you put your pot on too soon, to capture some of the flame, it blackenes the pot. Almost burnt my vestibule down a couple of times. The SuperFly lights instantly without any runaway flames and has water boiling before you are ready for it.

I use the MSR Heat Exchanger slid half way down on either the 1.5 or 2 liter stainles steel pots. It keeps the pot from sliding off, captures the heat and channeles it up along the side of the pot. It also acts as an effective wind screen and keeps the heat from blowing away.

You have the best of two worlds. In blow torch mode with the heat exchanger you will set land speed records. In simmer mode you can relax and take your time. The wider distribution of the flame won't burn the food just in the center of the pot.

There is no fuel odor or spilling of the fuel. The stove and canister are light weight, small and can fit in spaces of your pack that would otherwise be void.

This stove eliminates the un-groovy characteristics of a liquid fuel stove. It will start and stop instantly. No long periods of a slow low burn as the last of the liquid fuel is used up. It will go right into simmer mode without a time delay or having to reduce the pressure in a fuel bottle. There is no pump or hose to bottle connections to go haywire.

This stove works and adjusts right now. It is clean, light, dependable and without many parts that can fail or have to be maintained.

I almost always use the MSR Universal Canister Stand. Fast hot water isn't any good if you knock the stove over!

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May

2012

5.0

Works as Expected

By cacahootie

from Tempe, AZ

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Pros

Compact
Easy to Light
Great temperature control
Lightweight
Powerful

Cons

Unstable

Best Uses

Backpacking
Car Camping
Coffee
Hiking

Comments about MSR SuperFly Stove:

Great stove for above-freezing temperatures. Below freezing you need a liquid stove - that's just physics. Canisters last surprisingly long, boils water quickly, resists wind.

I've never had the stove blow out (if you can get the lighter to stay lit this stove will work, without a wind screen).

The stove is somewhat unstable simply as a result of the diameter of the propane cylinder. You need to spend effort to make sure it is seated nicely before you start to use it. Again, it goes with the territory and isn't a disadvantage.

I use this backpacking, car camping and even just for coffee on road trips. Great stove!

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Dec

2011

5.0

MSR superfly is too fly.

By Gia the Mammal

from Atlanta, GA

About Me Casual/ Recreational

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Pros

Compact
Easy To Clean
Easy to Light
Great temperature control
Lightweight
Powerful

Cons

Unstable

Best Uses

Backpacking

Comments about MSR SuperFly Stove:

Overall a great investment if you are thinking about making meals on the spot. The Superfly weighs nothing, and is compact enough to take up very little space. MSR gave it a nice wider burner than the pocket rocket which is very nice. You can simmer with this stove or blast it on high output to get a boil in no time. Very easy to use. No malfunctions and I have used it too many times. Made in USA as well? Must get.
For the price you can't beat it.
I find that it works exceptionally well with snow peaks personal cook 1 cookset.

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Sep

2011

5.0

SuperDuperFly

By SoCal Outsider

from California

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Pros

Compact
Easy to Light
Great temperature control
Lightweight
Powerful
Stable

Cons

Best Uses

Backpacking
Hiking

Comments about MSR SuperFly Stove:

I have used the SuperFly for years and love this stove. It is perfect for backpacking and is light enough to take on hiking trips for the possible bad situation. It cooks quickly at higher elevations and cools quickly for storage. Temperature control is easy as is the lighting. Perfect for the avid backpacker.

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Sep

2011

5.0

Good stove for gaggle of campers

By bakerthrive

from Coeur D' Alene, ID

About Me Casual/ Recreational

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Pros

Easy to Light
Great temperature control
Powerful

Cons

Bulky

Best Uses

Backpacking
Car Camping
Hiking

Comments about MSR SuperFly Stove:

This is a great little stove for hiking and backpacking with a larger group. I researched a lot of stoves and finally settled on this one. The reason for it is I was leading my entire family and friends on a backpacking trip to glacier. (7 people in all)I needed a stove that could handle larger groups. It turned out perfect. The stove could boil a liter of water in about 5 minutes and did great in warming up everybody's mountain meals.

I also cooked fish with it. I had a backpacking frying pan and the dream of cooking back country fish in glacier. This stove did not disappoint.

The only con I would say is that it is a little bulky. It barely fits in my gsr pinnacle cook set and i can't fit the fuel canister in there like its supposed to. That being said, if you want something for solo, get something smaller. But if you need something that can handle a larger group and even larger fish, this stove is for you.

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Jul

2011

5.0

Awesome stove

By bigindiancheif

from West Texas

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Pros

Compact
Easy To Clean
Easy to Light
Great temperature control
Lightweight
Powerful
Stable

Cons

Best Uses

Backpacking
High Altitude

Comments about MSR SuperFly Stove:

This is a great stove! It folds up really tight and has its own carrying case. Worked great!! Was a really good buy!!

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Jun

2011

5.0

Awesome Stove, Just Great.

By cacahootie

from Tempe, AZ

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Pros

Compact
Easy to Light
Great temperature control
Lightweight
Powerful
Stable
Wind resistant

Cons

Best Uses

Backpacking
Car Camping
Coffee and Tea
High Altitude
Hiking

Comments about MSR SuperFly Stove:

It's as stable as you could expect it to be... I use it predominantly with a backpacking cooking set that is sized appropriately for it, and I spend a moment to find stable ground.

I must say, it is very wind resistant. If you can get it lighted with a bic, it will stay lit from my experience. This was in windy conditions on mountain-sides and such.

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Mar

2011

(13 of 13 customers found this review helpful)

4.0

This or Pocket Rocket?

By Glenn

from Southwestern Ohio

About Me Casual/ Recreational

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Pros

Compact
Easy to Light
Great temperature control
Lightweight
Stable

Cons

Best Uses

Backpacking
Car Camping
Hiking

Comments about MSR SuperFly Stove:

Overall, the Superfly is a pretty run-of-the-mill canister stove, and does not perform significantly better or worse than similar stoves from other makers. This stove has just about the same cooking power, ease of us, and fuel efficiency as the MSR Pocket Rocket; it also weighs a couple of ounces more and is more expensive. So, why choose this instead of the Pocket Rocket (PR)?

The Superfly differs from the PR in two details; how you intend to use it will help you choose between the stoves. The Superfly's burner spreads the flame over a wider pattern; the PR's flame is pretty well concentrated into a small diameter. The Superfly has 4 pretty sturdy pot supports; the PR has 3 that are long and don't seem to be quite as sturdy a gauge.

If you're using small pots, up to a quart capacity, to boil small quantities of water (or cook single servings of food), the PR will be your choice. (My solo kitchen is a PR and an MSR Titan Kettle.) However, if you're using larger pots to boil large quantities of water or prepare large quantities of food - a typical group situation - you'll want to go with the Superfly. It's flame pattern will spread the flame over the entire bottom of larger pots (but will allow the flame to go up the side of small pots), and is less likely to scorch food in the center of the pot while leaving food on the outside uncooked. Also, the weight of a filled 1.5 or 2 quart pot will tend to deform the PR's supports; with only 3 supports, larger pots also tend to become less stable and more likely to tip over. The Superfly's fourth support, and the better strength of its supports, reduces the chances of tipping or deforming to very low levels.

However, since you will normally be using larger-diameter pots with the Superfly, I'd also recommend using the MSR Universal Canister Stand with the stove, which increases the overall stability of the stove/pot setup immensely. (My small-group kitchen is a Superfly, Universal Canister Stand, and MSR Titan 2 Pot cook set.)

This is a good, solid performer at a reasonable price, and really shines for cooking when pots larger than a quart are being used.