SP GigaPower windscreen

[saimyoji]

Anyone use this? Seems heavy and clunky to me.

http://www.backcountrygear.com/catalog/accessdetail.cfm/SN1051

[SGT Rock]

I've not used that exact one, but one similar to it. They do increase fuel efficiency slightly and they nest with one of the Snow Peak pots - I think the 700 solo.

I made a similar one for the Coleman Exponent Ultralight stove, weighs less and works with the Evernew 0.9L other similar diameter pots.

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Even with that, I cannot say for sure that the amount of fuel savings equal out with the extra couple ounces it adds.

[SGT Rock]

Here is a link to what it looks like. If you want to, I am sure you can build something very much like it for a snowpeak

http://hikinghq.net/forum/showthread.php?t=1835&highlight=Coleman

[Lanthar Mandragoran]

Or chop up a Snowpeak Ti Bowl... Homemade Ti (Snowpeak) Windscreen (http://picasaweb.google.com/jdmitch/HomemadeTiSnowpeakWindscreen) ;)

[Kerosene]

I used the 2 oz. windscreen for my recent section hike. It does seem to help keep the flame stable, but I really didn't test it in any significant breeze (remarkably we had almost no wind through the White Mountains!).

I'm not convinced that it's worth the weight in any case.

[flatrocks]

I used it this year for 700 miles on the AT. It never really compared it to the stove without it, but it sure seemed like it made a big difference. There just isn't that much room for air to get through - like there is without it (when the entire flame is exposed from underneath). I was using a Ti pot that the windscreen, small fuel canister and stove fit into perfectly.

One nice thing as well - when I picked some ramps in TN, I was able to use the underside of the screen as a cutting board. Then the juice burned off when I cooked them, so I didn't have to clean the "cutting board."

[johnny quest]

I've not used that exact one, but one similar to it. They do increase fuel efficiency slightly and they nest with one of the Snow Peak pots - I think the 700 solo.



where did you read that, rock? i carry a 700cup and a gigapower but have not gotten the sp windscreen because i didnt see a convenient way to carry it. IF it does nest with the 700 i will change my mind.

[SGT Rock]

I saw that on the package and at SnowPeak's website.

[Kerosene]

The windscreen does not nest inside the Snow Peak 700 cup/pot as it is much too wide. I ended up placing it in a mesh bag underneath my 700 pot, with a 110g canister, aluminum foil, and GigaPower stove in the pot, held in place by the inverted 700 lid. I store the entire bag in my food bag.

[Lanthar Mandragoran]

The windscreen does not nest inside the Snow Peak 700 cup/pot as it is much too wide. I ended up placing it in a mesh bag underneath my 700 pot, with a 110g canister, aluminum foil, and GigaPower stove in the pot, held in place by the inverted 700 lid. I store the entire bag in my food bag.

That's what I always understood the 'nesting' to be... on the outside of the SP pots...

[johnny quest]

i cant find anything mentioned on the website about it nesting but i do see that the diameter of the windscreen is 4 and 5/8 inches. when i get home today i will measure my 700 and see if the cup will nest inside the windscreen. as an aside, there arent too many things im willing to nest inside my cup.

[johnny quest]

i decided to go ahead and get the sp windscreen and see what i thought of it. they didnt have it at rei in austin. (the boy genius that waited on me insisted that it didnt exist) so i ordered it off campmor. the 700 cup fits into it but i think its a stretch to say it "nests". after i post this i will put some pics i took on my gallery.

i would agree that you could do as well with a pie plate...except the pie plate wont hold up as well. but you can always eat more pie.

[jasonklass]

I have a SP gigapower and don't use a windscreen with it. I just find natural wind barriers or use things like my pack. With an alcohol stove, I always bring a windscreen but I'm not as concerned with it when I use butane.