Durston X-Mid 1P vs Fire Maple Blade 2

The next gen X-Mid 1P is also a lot more spacious than the Hornet 1, and more stormworthy with a full coverage fly (extends to the ground) rather than a high cut one, so basically with the X-Mid you get a shelter that is more spacious, durable, featured, and stormworthy for about the same weight because it uses trekking poles.

it has all the features that all 4 season remotes have but its only 135ish gr vs the 180ish gr on the vega.

Then take a second and just make sure that it looks good. What do you have that you can go ahead and insert the first pole? You can insert it either t...

But the cons being? you know, because there's more material, they're obviously a little bit bigger. You know I've got a pocket rocket too, which is a ...

First the good. This is light and small. OK - it is a few ounces more than the claimed 1.7 lbs but very close

My favorite for the weight is the Fire Maple Blade 2, which is the lightest remote canister stove on the market at 4.5oz. Remote canister stoves have a couple distinct advantages over canister-mounted stoves:.

I am able to compensate with these huge vestibules to give you an idea of how I fit into this I'm about 6 foot, even so, laying back and centering mys...

Everybody compares this to the BRS-3000T so I'll start there. At first glance they look extremely similar and the BRS is a few grams lighter coming in just under an ounce. The Fire Maple is actually the original and if you pay attention to the pictures you'll notices some brass and steel parts in there. That accounts for the weight difference and also the quality difference between the two stoves

I'm considering hiking the AT in the spring and would like to avoid having a perpetually damp quilt, at least as much as possible. Appreciate the feedback!

Most importantly for me this stove allows very fine attenuation of the flame. That allows me to simmer in pot. If you are rehydrating meals the full flame boils water very quickly. The stove is rated at 9500 BTU

No issues, it was even a little bit saggy and i still had no issues whatsoever. The only thing that happened was that one of the poles um kind of coll...

The price isn't terrible but for this brand and with a need for redesign, it should be closer to $50.