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Snow Peak Giga Power Windscreen

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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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Snow Peak Giga Power Windscreen Customer Reviews

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by PowerReviews

Snow Peak Giga Power Windscreen

3.9

(based on 19 reviews)

89%

of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

Pros

Functional (16)
Compact (13)
Easy to use (13)
Lightweight (10)

Cons

Heavy (3)

Best Uses

Backcountry camping (15)
Camping (7)
Survival (6)
Trips (6)
Day trip (5)

- Reviewer Profile:
- Avid adventurer (14), Casual/ recreational (3)
- What Is Your Gear Style:
- Survivalist / minimalist (14), Comfort driven (3)

Reviewed by 19 customers

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Sep

2009

(15 of 15 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.

Apr

2009

(10 of 10 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

GO GO GIGA POWER

By Sean B

from Nashville, TN

About Me Avid Adventurer

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Pros

Compact
Easy to Use
Functional
Lightweight

Cons

Best Uses

Backcountry Camping
Day Trips
River
Survival

Comments about Snow Peak Giga Power Windscreen:

This windscreen is almost perfect. Not only does it do a good job blocking the wind, but it acts as a heat reflector. I use the Snow Peak Trek 700 Pot with mine. The wind screen has a larger diameter than the pot wich allowed me to make a minor modification to the windscreen. I took a 1.5" aluminum strip and raised the walls of the windscreen up the side of the pot. This makes the windscreen totaly windproof, and even more efficient. I think it added 1/4 of an ounce, and it fits perfectly around the fuel can in the pot for storage. I read some other reviews that say it is too heavy, and that the windscreen may even way twice as much as the stove. That is bull, the windscreen weighs 2 ounces, and the lightest stove they make is the 2.5 ounce titanium without the igniter. Anyway if 2 ounces makes your trip uncomfertable then you better stay at home. My kit includes the Trek 700 Pot, Giga Power Stove manual(Stainless Steal), Giga Power Windscreen w/aluminum side wall, and a REI folding Ti Spork. With a full canister of fuel, and the mesh stuff sack it weighs 17.5 ounces. It is just over a pound, but it is alot lighter than the Jetboil I replaced (22.5 ounces w/full canister) and much smaller aswell. You don't have to have a windscreen, but if you have ever had to use a canister stove in high winds without one you know why you would want one.

Nov

2007

(4 of 4 customers found this review helpful)

4.0

A Must-Have

By Bigger Al

from Auburn, CA

About Me Casual/ Recreational

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Pros

Compact
Easy to Use
Functional
Lightweight

Cons

Best Uses

Backcountry Camping
Campgrounds
Day Trips
River
Survival
Trips
Winter Camping

Comments about Snow Peak Giga Power Windscreen:

I am amazed at how much this device improves the efficiency of my Giga Power stove. It makes cooking in moderate breezes much easier, and it gives a measure of protection to the fuel supply as well. It's money well spent.

Jun

2009

(3 of 3 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

Buy it, and take it ALWAYS!

By Infinura

from Orem, UT

About Me Avid Adventurer

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Pros

Compact
Easy to Use
Functional
Lightweight

Cons

Best Uses

Comments about Snow Peak Giga Power Windscreen:

If you have the Giga Power Stove, then make sure you buy this windscreen. It's saved my life a couple times because it works flawlessly in even very high wind. The entire flame is protected and it cuts cooking time in half if even a small breeze is noticeable. Believe me, a must-have for this stove- you won't be disappointed.

Jan

2009

(3 of 3 customers found this review helpful)

4.0

nyc

By TheObserver

from New Jersey

About Me Avid Adventurer

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Pros

Compact
Easy to Use
Functional
Lightweight

Cons

Best Uses

Backcountry Camping
Campgrounds
Day Trips
River
Survival
Trips
Winter Camping

Comments about Snow Peak Giga Power Windscreen:

I have used this screen for over a year now.

I am very confused at the complaints.
Too heavy? Its 2 oz, the lightest/most compact screen out on the market.

Too difficult to put on? It takes me about 5 seconds to put on. And once on its stable.

This screen and the titanium stove is what made the Snow Peak my favorite.

Another great thing is the design. Its helps shield the flame from the canister, which traditional windscreendo not do. Traditional screens can not be used with canister stoves because it heats up the fuel.

So why didn't I give it 5 stars?
Because the edges are not folder back. Its not sharp, but I do carry it in a ziplock bag just in case.

Jul

2008

(3 of 9 customers found this review helpful)

4.0

Has to be steel I think...

By All Other Names Taken

from Anchorage, AK

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Cons

Best Uses

Comments about Snow Peak Giga Power Windscreen:

Titanium can't sustain high temps for long periods e.g. Ti cookware. Supposed to use moderate heat. I would imagine this piece is likely to get just as hot as the supports it rests on. Mine turns red. Those prongs are steel right?

Sep

2007

(3 of 3 customers found this review helpful)

4.0

A Must-Have accessory

By hootgibber

from Virginia

About Me Avid Adventurer

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Pros

Compact
Easy to Use
Functional
Lightweight

Cons

Takes finess to install

Best Uses

Backcountry Camping
Survival

Comments about Snow Peak Giga Power Windscreen:

This little gem improves the overall efficiency if your giga peak stove. Add this component to your mess kit and reap the rewards in directed, wind-protected heating. Overall efficiency improvements are really impressive.

Jul

2008

(2 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

Good accessorie

By Dthesub

from Winder, GA

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Pros

Compact
Easy to Use
Functional
Lightweight

Cons

Best Uses

Backcountry Camping
Backpacking
Trips
Winter Camping

Comments about Snow Peak Giga Power Windscreen:

I bought this as an extra to cut down on on my fule consumption and it works well. I have used it for years, it does not add weight to my pack and is easy to carry.

Apr

2008

(2 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

4.0

every stove needs a windscreen

By J. Bullfrog

from Arlington, TX

About Me Casual/ Recreational

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Pros

Functional

Cons

Best Uses

Backcountry Camping
Campgrounds

Comments about Snow Peak Giga Power Windscreen:

A stove needs wind protection. I used a homemade one. Worked, cost nothing, and weighed nothing, but delicate.

I replaced it with this one. Assembly is easier with this factory made one, but I still have to take my gloves off.

I don't worry about the weight. A titanium windscreen might save an 1oz. but the money could cut more weight elsewhere. For real "gram weenie" days I can heat noodles in a mug on my 11g alcohol stove. When I want to cook, the giga power and windscreen work well.

May

2011

(1 of 2 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.