Snow Peak GigaPower Stove Auto Ignition

I've had this stove for a year now and love it. It’s very light and compact and supports pots well with its fold out support arms. I prefer this stove over the MSR pocket rocket because this has a larger burner that distributes the flame onto a wider area under the pot. The pocket rocket just shoots a flame straight up which can cause you to burn food easily if you’re not always stirring. This one boils water faster too. The auto ignition is a nice feature but not a necessity if you carry a lighter or matches. You don’t have to use just gigapower fuel canisters. Canisters for similar stoves like the msr pocket rocket or jetboil work fine as well. I use the msr ones just because they happen to be cheaper at a store near my house. If you buy this stove, do yourself a favor and buy the windscreen that snow peak makes to go with it which is sold on this website, just search "gigapower windscreen". It’s sold on this site and is relatively inexpensive. Its designed specifically for this stove and sits on the stove right beneath the burner and above the adjuster. Please don’t use regular windscreens that encompass the entire unit, they'll trap and reflect heat back at the fuel canister causing it to heat up which is a BAD thing. Overall and excellent stove for one to two people but if you’re in a larger group or prefer not to use canisters, I’d suggest the MSR whisperlite or simmerlite.

I haven't been able to get out for more then a few hours a day so there's been no chance, so far, to really give this fine stove a thorough abusing in the wilds. However, everyday on the mountain out back it has served rather well for making afternoon tea and a boil in bag meal or two. This thing is the fastest stove I've tried yet, boiling water before I even have the chance to start my stopwatch. It feels like it takes somewhere around 3 minutes to boil 3 cups O' Natures Finest Runoff, which is somewhere in the mid 40's up on the mountain, when you can find it, I do live in the Southwest you know.

There's really nothing to it. Not much fiddling at all. All you have to do is screw the stove onto a canister, making sure the valve is closed at first, open the valve a touch and spark the piezo igniter and 3-4 minutes later you got yourself some nice boiling water for tea or a ziplock gourmet. So this little wonder does it's job well. Of course it needs to be thoroughly tested to gain that much coveted 5th star rating, but so far it looks like it just might be able to.

This little stove is fantastic, I got it because it's small and light for white water kayak trips and backpacking, in really cold weather I'd still rely on my white gas stove, but for most other situations this is great and so much easier and faster. It works great, is durable, and is very simple. Some people have lost the plastic button on the piezo lighter or had trouble with it lighting. I have been fine. With a light breeze (under 5 kts) at sea level, it boiled a 2 liter pot of water with a lid in 15 mins. Simmer worked great for prepping quesedillas as well. It says not to use a windscreen for fear of throwing too much heat onto the fuel tank. I use an MSR foil screen carefully, and not tight to the stove so heat can escape. I'd like to see a workable wind screen or heat reflector. Foil would be fine. Good solid little stove.

I love this little stove. It is small, light, and easy to use. I generaly use mine to only boil water, and think it would be dificult to use for actual cooking due to the fact that the stove tends to adjust the fuel up on its own. To simmer with it you have to constantly keep adjusting the stove down, but it can be done if you keep and eye on it. I use the wind screen with mine and find it to work well in mild wind, but it needs more protection in high winds. The wind screen is also helpful as a heat reflector so you don't lose all the heat from below the pot. The stove is good on fuel consumption, and requires little to no maintanance. I would recomend it to anyone.

I’ve been using this stove since early summer 2005. After using other stoves of the same price range, such as the MSR SuperFly, I realized that this little guy is the best canister stove I’ve used; throwing out up to 10,000 BTU of power - more than most canister stoves out there - and being able to fit into my pocket. How could you go wrong? I have gone threw about three canisters of fuel this summer over a course of 12 trips (each trip approx 2-3 days) so I must say the fuel consumption is low which is great! With all the signs pointing toward the SnowPeak GigaPower, you would have to be mental not to go with this "Best Buy".

This stove is so cool. I bought the non-titanium model, but I don't feel the need to count ounces sooo that little extra does not bother me. The auto-start on this thing is the coolest, you never need matches, just click the lil auto start thing and off she goes. I bought my stove, tank of gas, and pots, for all under the price of just a reg white gas stove. This thing simmers so much better then the white gas stoves that I have used in the past. The stove is also very small, about the size of one of those tall shot glasses. This is the best stove that I have ever used.

I used this stove for a couple years, and only now am I getting around to writing a review. The stove itself is well designed and with a 110g fuel canister burns for about 45 minutes. The only complaint I have is that while a cool feature, the Auto Ignition broke after about 6 months of use, just like everyone told me it would. I just removed it with a screwdriver (takes 10 seconds) and think I like it even better without it. Except for the Auto Ignition, I have never had an issue.

Very light and super easy to use for stove novices (like myself). Very good heat output also. Note that Snowpeak says to use only their canisters, but I haven’t found any good reason for this. Only main drawback is that a large pot would be somewhat unsteady. Also, like all canister stoves, fuel is rather pricey. (Titanium model is only 3/4 oz lighter yet costs $34 more.)

Stove works great. I've read reviews that say you have to use Sno Peak gas canisters..not so. I've used several different brands. I would recommend getting the wind screen which really works great. As for the auto igniter.. it will break eventually so just take it off and go with a match.

Stove burned powerfully when needed, but with attention it only sipped at its fuel. It’s incredibly light and packs down very small. I would recommend getting the stove, fuel canister, and cookset as they all nest together very well. Would need a wind screen on windy days, but what little stove wouldn't?