Durston X-Mid 1P vs Kovea Spider Stove

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.

Above all other features having the ability to invert the canister when fuel vapor is to low to cook with (temp. and or fuel level) allows me to use it in colder conditions then normal and get maximum use from my can. The only caveat is that you should allow a few minutes of urn to heat the metal fuel feed before inverting to prevent / minimize flare-ups. But once you adjust flow it works perfect

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...

One of the stoves that I found that seems to fit the bill is this the Cove A a spider Korean-made stove and this little stuff sack folds up fairly sma...

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

Suggestions: bring some foil to use as a base, and consider adding a windscreen of some kind. One could ditch the carry sack and lighter to drop some weight, but the quality is outstanding.

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!

One of the things that's really nice about this stove and this type of stone is that it really concentrates the heat right on the pot. I Think that re...

Obviously a Hilleberg tent would perform better in a storm, but for its intended use, the X-mid is the best designed tent on the market. Condensation is a non-issue with the tent because of the steep angled walls. Moisture that builds up will just run down the wall and drip off the edges.

Much sturdier. The Vega is gorgeous, low and stable, superior in every way and worth the extra money, even if you're willing to play quality control roulette with Kovea.

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...

This is a great stove for the money. I bought it because I had read that Kovea was the manufacturer for some famous brand stoves so you could get the same high quality at a lower price by buying direct.

- company is at least based in America, Canada or another western country. I don't want to reward the Chinese companies that steal the designs of others.

I love this stove, try it with the Back Packer Oven or just a stand alone stove. Close to the ground more stability then a stove perched atop a canister.