Starchild
12-19-2012, 22:12
I just received a new Jetboil Sol Ti. The old one came in at 15.7 oz with a full canister, the new one came in at 16.4 oz, my take on that was :confused:
One complaint I have heard is that the cozy/handle on the old model was too flimsy and the handle basically useless - some have cut it off entirely, something I have considered as I don't feel the handle is needed.
The new redesign has 2 extra straps that support the handle making it useful, though I am still not sold on there necessity of the handle. The straps can be irreversibly removed by cutting them and most likely would restore the former weight. The cozy seems to be better fitting then the old one but that may be due solely to the additional 2 straps.
Another thing I have noticed is the statement 'For heating/boiling water ONLY' on it both in text and symbolic pictures. The old one indicated that full heat was for boiling water, while low heat could be used for other things (like soups and stews and snow melting). While I can still use low heat, I feel there is a issue with the bonding with the pot and the heat exchanger in this model, as that seemed to be the reason for my old one to need to be replaced. While making chili the heat exchanger separated from the bottom of the pot in a section, it appears like it got too hot as the chili was not able to dissipate heat as fast as water can, and even at lower heat levels it was enough to break the weld. On the instructions it appears this is due to the possibility that the Aluminum 'flux ring' (heat exchanger) may separate from the Ti pot (which is what happened to me) - this does not appear to affect the Al model.
One complaint I have heard is that the cozy/handle on the old model was too flimsy and the handle basically useless - some have cut it off entirely, something I have considered as I don't feel the handle is needed.
The new redesign has 2 extra straps that support the handle making it useful, though I am still not sold on there necessity of the handle. The straps can be irreversibly removed by cutting them and most likely would restore the former weight. The cozy seems to be better fitting then the old one but that may be due solely to the additional 2 straps.
Another thing I have noticed is the statement 'For heating/boiling water ONLY' on it both in text and symbolic pictures. The old one indicated that full heat was for boiling water, while low heat could be used for other things (like soups and stews and snow melting). While I can still use low heat, I feel there is a issue with the bonding with the pot and the heat exchanger in this model, as that seemed to be the reason for my old one to need to be replaced. While making chili the heat exchanger separated from the bottom of the pot in a section, it appears like it got too hot as the chili was not able to dissipate heat as fast as water can, and even at lower heat levels it was enough to break the weld. On the instructions it appears this is due to the possibility that the Aluminum 'flux ring' (heat exchanger) may separate from the Ti pot (which is what happened to me) - this does not appear to affect the Al model.