MSR

PocketRocket 2 Mini Stove Kit

Light weight & fuel efficient

Familiarity:

I've used it several times

Great light weight cook system that's uses minimal fuel to boil water and cook a quick meal.

Great little compact stove.

I just finished making 15 pots of coffee on a long road trip and it worked perfectly and stowed in my kit without hardly noticing it. looking forward to more adventurous travels with it!

Just what I needed.

Just what I needed. Fast when I need it but slow also to simmer. Great package.

Very lightweight and compact. I

Very lightweight and compact. I use it on my hiking trips and I love the fact that everything fits into the put including the fuel canister.

Great little stove

I love boiling water for my French press. This stove is awesome.

Best stove MSR sells

The size, efficiency and weight of this stove is second to none. Im a bit frustrated with myself that I didn't buy one sooner. Highly recommend. I have the whisperlite international as well, pocket rocket is a much better stove for backpacking and canoe camping

Good stove, kit is a little lacking

The stove itself seems to work great. I just received it today and boiled a couple pots of water to test it out. A half liter of water went from out of the tap to a full rolling boil in about 2 1/2 minutes, and the stove wasn't even on high - the valve was open about 2/3. I dumped the water and tried it again with cold water out of the fridge. It also boiled in about 3 minutes. However I have 3 minor gripes. First, during that 2nd test the insulating ring around the top of the pot softened and slid down the pot and off the bottom, onto the flame where it caught fire. It's not a big deal because the ring is too hot to hold onto when the pot is taken off the flame anyway unless you're wearing gloves. I'll just toss the insulator and use the pot without it. Second, the handle is kind of chintzy. It's a little short to provide good leverage to grab the pot, and heats up rapidly when you do grab it. And third, while the description says the pot holds .75 liter and the bowl 16 oz, those numbers are with both containers filled right up to the brim, which would be a spillage problem. 0.5 liter and 12 oz are more realistic figures. For my use none of these are serious problems, and the stove and kit will serve their intended purpose fine for me. Oh, and just FYI, the little Jetboil orange plastic fuel canister stabilizer, doesn't fit. At least not with the canisters I bought (Coleman 8 oz). If you want a stabilizer, it's probably better to get the more expensive MSR adjustable one.

gtreat stove

Good little stove. I burnt the plastic bowl that comes with the kit. Can i get a replacement?

Great stove kit for ultralight jaunts, but needs some tweaks

The stove kit is exactly what I was looking for but could use a couple tweaks to make it more functional and useful. I mainly bought for the small light weight pot and bowl, thinking maybe I could get my old pocket rocket to fit in there with a small canister. It is just slightly too narrow to fit a canister and an old pocket rocket stove, so if you’re thinking about being compact just go ahead and get the full kit (the pot can be purchased on its own if you don’t care about fitting a stove in or need a bowl). Pros: - lightweight, like perfectly light weight. The pot is super light, and the stove is even lighter than older versions. - ultra compact. Now I can comfortably fit a stove in my 38L pack for quick and light backcountry jaunts in the summer. - perfect simmer control - right amount of water for 1 meal/1 hot beverage. - can fit a small canister/stove in the pot perfectly Cons: - super big complaint: no built in handle/ability to keep it shut when packed. On older stoves, the handle would flip forward to keep your pot closed and prevent the top from opening and spilling all contents into pack. This one has a stand alone pot holder instead and does not stay closed on its own. I doubt the 1-2 ounces of weight required to add it would really matter and it would fix the problem. Like how hard is it to add? Also the pot holder is just another loose item to lose. To solve I put rubber bands around the pot, but I shouldn’t have to. - if compact and everything Is nested (stove/holder/canister in pot), it’s going to rattle and be super annoying. It’s always been a problem, not really a MSR problem though. I put paper towels in to fix. - bowl should be a different color. I’ve heard dozens of complaints about people burning the bowl. I’ve yet to do that, but I also wrote on the side to take it off with a marker. Seems like a simple thing that could prevent foggy morning people from burning the bowl. - bowl could use a lid to make a more insulated cup. Then again, not super important and keeps the weight down, so super low complaint. I have a coffee cup I’ll use and leave the bowl behind if I’m that adamant about a hot beverage. - last, the size. Barely getting much water out of this, but, you kind of know that getting in. So that’s also not really a problem.

Great stove kit without extra headache

Really good stove kit. Small pot but fits everything I need inside it, even a small gas canister. It is a bit loud but I don’t mind it. Like it! Boils water crazy fast