{"id":5851,"date":"2015-10-15T08:45:01","date_gmt":"2015-10-15T15:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/?p=5851"},"modified":"2018-11-11T21:50:50","modified_gmt":"2018-11-12T05:50:50","slug":"gear-review-msr-whisperlite-universal-backpacking-stove","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/hike\/gear-review-msr-whisperlite-universal-backpacking-stove","title":{"rendered":"Gear Review: MSR WhisperLite\u2122 Universal Backpacking Stove"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hilary and I\u00a0took the WhisperLite Universal stove on two trips this summer\u2014a 10-day bike tour in Norway, and a seven-day backpacking trip in Wyoming\u2019s Wind River Range<\/a>. I\u2019ve owned a WhisperLite International, an older model, for years and loved its reliability, but never enjoyed priming it or its inability to simmer.<\/p>\n

We picked out this stove for a couple of reasons: 1) stability\u2014it sits low to the ground, not on top of a fuel canister; and 2) it runs on almost any kind of fuel, making it ideal for worldwide travel.<\/p>\n

\"MSR<\/p>\n

This model comes with three self-cleaning shaker jets that enable it to run on white gas, isobutane canisters, kerosene or unleaded gasoline. We prefer to cook on isobutane canisters when we can, but in case we end up somewhere where they\u2019re not available, we can just switch out the shaker jet and buy the more commonly available white gas. That\u2019s a great benefit not just for foreign travel, but for bike touring and backpacking in more remote regions of the U.S.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve loved the WhisperLite Universal\u2019s ability to simmer on canister fuel as well as in liquid fuel mode. The stove comes with a plastic attachment that holds the isobutane canister upside-down, enabling it to deliver fuel more efficiently when the canister isn\u2019t full.<\/p>\n

The only concern I\u2019ve had in our 18 days of use so far is a sputtering noise that sometimes comes from the burner; however, this doesn\u2019t seem to affect the stove\u2019s performance. One downside is that adjusting the flame takes quite a while when the canister is flipped in the liquid fuel mode. Some users have said that the threads on the shaker jet can easily strip when screwing on the fuel canister, but we\u2019ve been very careful and haven\u2019t had an issue yet.<\/p>\n

\"MSR<\/p>\n

We haven\u2019t used the stove yet with white gas, so I can\u2019t speak on its performance in that respect. But so far I love the stove\u2019s new design, performance (boils a liter of water in just under 4 minutes) and reliability.<\/p>\n

Shop the\u00a0MSR WhisperLite Universal Backpacking Stove<\/a> at REI.com.<\/p>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hilary and I\u00a0took the WhisperLite Universal stove on two trips this summer\u2014a 10-day bike tour in Norway, and a seven-day backpacking trip in Wyoming\u2019s Wind River Range. I\u2019ve owned a WhisperLite International, an older model, for years and loved its reliability, but never enjoyed priming it or its inability to simmer. We picked out this […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5854,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[387],"tags":[434,277,8,138,149],"internal-tag":[515,1673],"class_list":["post-5851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hike","tag-backpacking-stoves","tag-gear-review","tag-hike","tag-united-states","tag-wyoming","internal-tag-brendan-leonard","internal-tag-pre-redirect-hike"],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/rei.com\/blog\/hike\/gear-review-msr-whisperlite-universal-backpacking-stove","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Gear Review: MSR WhisperLite\u2122 Universal Backpacking Stove","url":"http:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/hike\/gear-review-msr-whisperlite-universal-backpacking-stove","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/hike\/gear-review-msr-whisperlite-universal-backpacking-stove"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/10\/20150813-Wind-River-High-Route-3.jpg?resize=150%2C150","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/10\/20150813-Wind-River-High-Route-3.jpg?fit=1500%2C1000"},"articleSection":"Hike","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Angela Crampton"}],"creator":["Angela Crampton"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Uncommon Path \u2013 An REI Co-op Publication","logo":""},"keywords":["backpacking stoves","gear reviews","hike","united states","wyoming"],"dateCreated":"2015-10-15T15:45:01Z","datePublished":"2015-10-15T15:45:01Z","dateModified":"2018-11-12T05:50:50Z"},"rendered":"