Originally Posted By tolerant1
I will be doing 6 days and 5 nights in Yosemite late August and was thinking of buying an additional stove (currently have a Primus Multi fuel heavy and old). There will be two of us and all we will be using the stove for is evening meals. Essentially boiling 32 oz water each night.

2 Questions:
1. Anyone have any bad experience with the Snow Peak Giga?
2. Anyone provide a rough approximation on how long the canisters last? My guess is I will need 2 maybe a 3rd just in case.

Thanks


I've used/owned a Giga for several years. Great little stove.

If I'm reading your post correctly and my math is right you want to boil 4 cups of water/night for 5 nights. Nothing more. In my experience just one new canister should do the job under normal conditions. And I'm talking the small 110g one, not the large size. By normal conditions I mean the water was not just above freezing and the wind was not horribly strong, and you have a lid on your pot, and you turn the stove off as soon as the water boils. If it makes you feel better take two small canisters or one big one, but you certainly won't need 3.

When the canister nears the end of its life the flame output will be reduced and it will take longer to achieve a boil. This is to be expected. The total amount of fuel needed to boil per cup remains the same.

If you're not trying to purify the water or actually cook anything a full boil is not usually necessary. You can prepare ramen or even pasta with very little fuel and no boil.

Regarding the piezo, mine has been faithful to me for several years. It won't work if the canister is new and the fuel flow is too high. It lights best with just a slight hiss. I still carry a lighter as a backup but I would do that with any stove.

Here is a review by a guy who claimed 16 days of cooking on one large canister. But YMMV.