MSR Pocket Rocket 2 Portable Stove

Your browser does not support HTML5 video.  This is brilliant. Perfect for hiking if you want to keep the weight down. Really fierce flame. Boils water really quick and works well in wind.

Brilliant little stove. Very compact and very lightweight. There are plenty of cheaper Chinese copies available on Ebay but I'd rather pay a few quid extra for MSR's reliability and performance. Folds down into next to nothing and you can fit the stove, a BIC lighter and a couple of teabags or Oxo cubes into the little box that comes with it.Good heat output and very fast. I did a test with 500ml of water and a fresh gas canister, boiled in about 90s (indoors with no wind). I'd maybe add a cheap folding windshield as obviously the flame is a bit more vulnerable outdoors. And no piezo ignition which is a big plus! They always break after a few months so you need to carry a backup lighter anyway. The stove lights with just the spark from a BIC.I bought it as a cheaper alternative to a Jetboil and very happy with it. I combined it with a Stanley pot. I can fit the stove, a cup, gas and a few brew making supplies in the whole thing. Came to about 50 quid so half the price of a Jetboil.The only criticism I have is that it is very loud but that might just be because I've been using Trangias for the last couple of years. Figuring out how to fold/unfold it is a bit of a puzzle as well but that's minor. All in all, a great bit of kit and really good value as MSR is a decent brand.

I still have my old Pocket rocket and it's going well but showing a little wear here and there. I also have the micro rocket, but ironically it's heavier than the pocket rocket when both are in their cases. This PR2 though seems to have the best elements of both earlier versions and retains its robust build quality while providing support for a wider range of cook pots, and shaving several grams off the weight. The new case design fits easily into most mugs and pots I use outdoors. The flame is incredibly powerful, and the burner does make quite a noise, but is very adjustable to allow low simmers etc. Excellent quality for the price.

This boils water faster than a fast thing! I bought this for my ride outs on my motorcycle, this fits in my Stanley cookset and with a canister of gas, my Nalgene canteen, takes up no space at all, and means I can have a brew anywhere, instead of always stopping at cafes I get to sit in the best scenic locations.If I lost it would I buy it again?.....You bet I would!

Quality and performance are great, as you would expect from MSR.There are lighter stoves in the market but they are not as durable and windproof.The new design, however, folds in two places. It's great for the product's packability but if you move pot sideways when cooking the foldable part stove on which the pot is placed on can move sideways(sometimes, if the pot if full), like when it is folded.I would still have bought it if I knew this but I have to be a little more conscious when I am using it.

This thing packs a punch! It can burn porridge in under 2 minutes.To adjust it to less burn porridge temperature is quite a challenge, you have to do it in small taps for fear of turning the gas off completely but once you get used to this its fine.I bought this because it fits nicely in my GSI soloist pot with a gas cannister. It folds up nice and small, a bit fiddly to fold and unfold but no stiffness after use.It sounds like a rocket! If you use this on a campsite people will stare.I like it. Sturdy peice of kit. Easy to thread on and off a canister without gas wastage.

Bought this after recommendation from thetrailhunter as I trust all his recommendations. It’s twice the price of cheap one and has no piezo ignition but with things like this you don’t want something too cheap as the piezo would break anyway, just take a flint striker with you instead! It is super powerful, I had it only on a low burn, at about then2 o’clock position on the dial) and it boiled 500ml slower at 5 minutes though only used 1g per minute so my maths says that with a 240g gas bottle I could get 4 hours of burn time! If you want to boil faster then turn it up to a roar (tho maybe not while everyone is asleep) then turn it upside down and watch it zoom to the space station :)

Very fast! Got it going, turned around for a min and then heard the lid of my pot clanking about as the water was boiling like crazy.Kind of tricky to unfold the pot supports but not really hard. All the hinges are solid. Not as noisy as some youtube videos suggest. The supplied plastic box fits inside a 95mm cup, but is a big waste of space, wrap it in a cloth and then put it in :)Just watch out that you need to open the valve a little to fold the handle thingy around and you'll need to close it before screwing it on.