Cheers chaps, cbr6f i have veen reading a thread about the kovea spider, if you don't mind how long have it? any faults that have occurred? Does it bash through fuel? If it broke would you buy it again?
Must have had it for a couple of years i guess, been absolutely fault free in that time, stoves taken a real bashing in that time as well.
I'm using around 11g of fuel to bring 600ml to a rolling boil, that's inside my home without a windshield.
I slapped together a windshield out of thin aluminium sheet, that gives me slightly better fuel usage, but it's still no where near as efficient as my JB Sol Ti, i'm seeing about 8g per rolling boil of 600ml on the JB.
With the windshield or on a really still day you can simmer away to your hearts content, or you can blast away and boil 600ml in just under 4mins.
Downsides are.
Weight: 170g just the stove (no bag or igniter)
Size/shape: It's a odd size and shape folded up so it doesn't fit with a gas canister inside my smaller pots
On a day hike in decent weather then i tend to take my JB or a lighter canister stove (Fire-Maple FMS-300T).
Part of that is the weight, it's also the fact that i only take a small cup on those hikes so both the stove and a gas canisters doesn't fit inside.
If i'm on a multi or a trip where i see warm food is essential then it's the Kovea spider that comes with me every time.
Might sound odd knowing it's my favourite stove, but it's also the one i lend out.
I know from experience the JB is a temperamental beast and my lighter (weight) burners have tiny wire legs and like, the Kovea Spider just seems bomb proof, it's been lent out, used by the kids, knocked about, it even rolled down one of the crinkle crags last year inside a pot, nothing seems to dent it.
If i lost this one then i've order a new one first thing tomorrow morning.
If you need any more info or pics please let me know