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    Curt Peterson
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    @curtpeterson

    Locale: Pacific Northwest

    Wondering if anyone has used a GSI Pinnacle stove in person. Looks to be the same weight as the Kovea Spider, but appears to pack up much smaller. I’m looking for a remote canister stove – size and weight are my priorities. It’s new, so I’m not finding any info on it. Here’s what it supposedly packs up to:

    #3402532
    Jim C
    BPL Member

    @jimothy

    Locale: Georgia, USA

    (Edited for brevity)

    I haven’t used the Pinnacle, but I do own the Spider, and it packs surprisingly compact, more compactly than my other remote canister stove (FMS-117t). Because all the support legs fold to one side (rather than inward, like the Pinnacle and FMS-117t), it folds flat and leaves more room in my pot for a fuel canister. While I like the weight of the FMS-117t, the Spider is much more packable. You may find the Spider has a similar advantage over the Pinnacle.

    An ideal stove might be a combination of the Spider and the Kovea Supalite/Snow Peak Litemax: a titanium remote canister stove with pot supports and legs that fold flat, and a preheat tube for winter use.

    #3402629
    James holden
    BPL Member

    @bearbreeder-2

    MEC sells it in canada .. if youre canuck simply order it and return it if it doesnt work out

    ;)

    #3431854
    Hikin’ Jim
    BPL Member

    @hikin_jim

    Locale: Orange County, CA, USA

    Yeah, I’m not sure that the GSI Pinnacle Four Season stove is going to be much more compact (if it is at all) given that the Spider really folds down well.

    One thing to note about the FMS 117t is that the the FMS 117t canNOT be used with the canister inverted.  The Spider can, and it looks like the GSI Pinnacle (the four season version) can too.  It has the “generator” (aka pre-heat loop) that is required if you want to use the canister upside down for cold weather.

    There are some photos of the Spider (if you’re interested) inside an MSR Titan Kettle on my blog:  http://adventuresinstoving.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-kovea-spider-kb-1109-remote.html

     

    HJ

    #3431874
    Curt Peterson
    BPL Member

    @curtpeterson

    Locale: Pacific Northwest

    Thanks, Jim. I got the Spider early in the summer. Used it as my primary stove at altitude and during my fall trips. Great little stove. It doesn’t pack perfect, and it seems a little slow, but I’m happy with it. I really like the stability. In particular, cooking anything that involves some moving around of the pot/pan (frying a fish for example) is a MUCH better experience than doing it on a small diameter sit-on-top.

    #3432606
    Hikin’ Jim
    BPL Member

    @hikin_jim

    Locale: Orange County, CA, USA

    Yeah, that’s one of the unchronicled benefits of remote canister stoves:  They’re way more stable when you’re flipping pancakes and the like.

    The other unsung benefit is that you use a full, 360 degree windscreen with impunity.  Since the fuel sits outside the windscreen, you don’t have to worry about the canister overheating.  I’ve seen guys who didn’t know what they were doing get canisters really scary hot.

    Hope the Spider works well for you.

    HJ

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