Durston X-Mid 1P vs MSR PocketRocket 2 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.

I just picked up mine today, I love it great size, great flame control, and great pot support. Great buy you will not be disappointed.

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...

I Bought the Pocket Rocket - I Had this stove which was given to me by my dear old friend. Michelle Oh back in the summer of 2016. I'm not entirely su...

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

They do not support themselves upright and placing a pot is tricky without them falling until the pot is in place. Any incline and the pots weight will cause the stands to fall. The stands weight distribution with the angle they are at are poorly designed. If the stands were able to be tightened further without stripping the threads, this wouldn't be an issue until heavy use

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...

Oh yeah! Now today we have the new Pocket Rocket - which is replacing the original Pocket Rocket and also it is replacing the micro rocket essentially...

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!

After 75 seconds, I had a rolling boil. the lightweight design and the smart carrying case are a nice perk for backpacking. Many similar products provide you with a small bag, which does nothing to protect the stove in your pack. The pot supports fold out to accept a container of decent diameter size

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.

.. its never fun to boil water when your stove wants to rock back and forth! MSR please come out with a better design

- 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.

Then the water finally hit 212°. My Conclusions: Winner: 1/4 turn: the point where the flame starts to "roar", audiably, seems the sweet spot. Enough heat to actually boil water, and the efficiency is much better (0.055935 GpS) than at more opened valve settings (