Upgrade Wish List: Fire in the Bowl
Published in the January 2007 issue.
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Camping stoves, such as the MSR Reactor ($140), that screw onto a canister of gas tend to work best when the canister is full, the air is mild and the planets are aligned. The Reactor has a bundle of tricks to combat those shortcomings. But the head-turning innovations are the glowing metal foam that disperses the air/fuel mixture, and the pot that covers the burner and soaks up BTU through a heat exchanger. What’s bad? The hefty price, and the fact that you can't use your old pots. msrgear.comAdventures
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