I like the convenience of the Jetboil; it's worth half a pound. I can make oatmeal in the little cup, and have a pot of tea (without burning my lips on the pot) for breakfast. I can boil up water, dump in my freeze dried meal, and have hot, not just warm, food for supper. (This summer, I may experiment with boiling a pot of water, adding it to my freeze-dried meal in the bag, and boiling up another pot for evening tea while the meal rehydrates. No pot to clean; not sure how hot the food will stay, though. May get a padded stuff sack or insulated water bottle carrier to use as a cozy.)

Of course, for all the ranting about the good new days, I do have to blushingly admit that my winter (white gas) stove is Svea 123. My son got my original 1970s model; a Scout who developed into a long-term hiking buddy got the one that replaced that one; I'm using the third one. I love that stove.