Jetboil sol / sol ti stove systems
Nothing is more motivating than hot food and drink on a cold day. While not the best choice for deep winter camping, cold weather shoulder-season camping is where I use this stove the most. I've tried this stove in temperatures down to -5F*, and think that it's performance is best suited for temperatures from around 10F* and above. Once it gets really cold, most canister stoves, this one included, struggle to maintain enough gas pressure to the jets.
I've used this stove while deep winter camping in Vermont, finishing off a PCT thru-hike in cold early winter conditions, during parts of my Vermont Long Trail end-to-end hike, and in most of my quick overnights taken near me.
LIKES: A very efficient stove, this unit maximizes fuel use, and makes boiling two cups of water a two minute activity. Light enough for most all trips, this stove excels at boiling, and thus is great for my freezer bag cooking method of rehydrating and cooking food on the trail. At a mere 10.5 (8.5 oz. for the Sol Ti) ounces it successfully boiled 2 cups of water, twice a day for 11 days without running out of fuel from the small 3.5oz. Jetboil fuel canister.
DISLIKES: This stove is SO efficient, that it is extremely hard to simmer or "cook" anything without burning it to the bottom of the pot. I find that for trips where plan on cooking a lot, I bring my MSR Titan pot and some other stove. Great for water boiling, not so great for stirring pasta.
SUMMARY: Of all the stoves I've tried and sold, I still have a Jetboil Sol. It is hard to not like a stove that is this efficient, compact and fairly lightweight, and reasonable priced. With over 500 miles of hiking with it under my belt, I don't plan on getting rid of it anytime soon. I've tried BOTH the SOL TI and the SOL models and found the performance to be exactly the same.
FYI: The SOL TI model (8.5 ounces) is simply LIGHTER than the SOL (10.5 ounces), but both use the same upgraded stove design. The SOL TI SHOULD ONLY BE USED TO BOIL WATER.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS STOVE CLICK HERE
I've used this stove while deep winter camping in Vermont, finishing off a PCT thru-hike in cold early winter conditions, during parts of my Vermont Long Trail end-to-end hike, and in most of my quick overnights taken near me.
LIKES: A very efficient stove, this unit maximizes fuel use, and makes boiling two cups of water a two minute activity. Light enough for most all trips, this stove excels at boiling, and thus is great for my freezer bag cooking method of rehydrating and cooking food on the trail. At a mere 10.5 (8.5 oz. for the Sol Ti) ounces it successfully boiled 2 cups of water, twice a day for 11 days without running out of fuel from the small 3.5oz. Jetboil fuel canister.
DISLIKES: This stove is SO efficient, that it is extremely hard to simmer or "cook" anything without burning it to the bottom of the pot. I find that for trips where plan on cooking a lot, I bring my MSR Titan pot and some other stove. Great for water boiling, not so great for stirring pasta.
SUMMARY: Of all the stoves I've tried and sold, I still have a Jetboil Sol. It is hard to not like a stove that is this efficient, compact and fairly lightweight, and reasonable priced. With over 500 miles of hiking with it under my belt, I don't plan on getting rid of it anytime soon. I've tried BOTH the SOL TI and the SOL models and found the performance to be exactly the same.
FYI: The SOL TI model (8.5 ounces) is simply LIGHTER than the SOL (10.5 ounces), but both use the same upgraded stove design. The SOL TI SHOULD ONLY BE USED TO BOIL WATER.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS STOVE CLICK HERE