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Weighing 2.1 ounces, the Kovea Supalite Titanium Stove is compact, light, and powerful. This top-mount canister stove features a 4 minute boiling time for 1 liter of water Read More
Fans0ngKovea is a hidden gem here in the states. I have their Spider remote canister stove and it is awesome. I have also learned that they make some stoves/components for MSR and other major brands. Kovea is top shelf, buy with confidence.
At $40 after shipping, I think I'd rather wait for the the Snowpeak LiteMax to go on sale if you must have this style stove. It's a higher btu stove, and I think it's lighter.
You can pick up a Soto Amicus for less than this. It'll be about 1/2 oz heavier, but it should be MUCH better in a breeze.
HikingDawgShipping this anywhere in the States should only cost $3.09 max with USPS First Class so most of the shipping fee is just hidden cost to balance out the sale price.
chugger
Jul 12, 2019
HikingDawgEspecially considering the Soto Amicus I just bought from here shipped for $2.75.
As @ay-ay-ron said: " ... the shipping fee is just hidden cost to balance out the sale price."
Maybe Drop got a better deal on the Soto and was able to offer lower shipping.
And not so good a deal on the Kovea, so they charged higher shipping to make up for it.
Just guessing.
The 7600 BTU on this is much lower than some other similar stoves (which are over 10,000). Is this a problem? Does it mean it takes longer to boil water?
BTU ratings by companies vary also, depending on how long they test for in terms of whether they do 15 min testing and multiply that by 4 or 30 min testing and multiply it by 2 will change the BTU.
Also depending on the type of gas used in testing also will change BTU. Be careful of BTU ratings as they can be changed based on a lot of variables.
Please understand that Kovea has low BTU ratings because they test with just Butane and not Iso Butane canisters, this is done so that an accurate measurement will be made. Since all the different gas canisters on the market do not have an equal amount of Propane and Iso Butane mix, you can get different results.
There was mention of the SnowPeak Lite Max, its the same stove as this as Kovea manufactures the Lite Max.
Great little burner, I got the titanium version while traveling in Australia some 12 years ago. Mine has a problem with the top screw unwinding because of heat expansion.
ttran946Honestly I'm bound by what the stores near me sell, as shipping in fuel as a hazmat is often double the price of the canister themselves. That said I see MSR and Jetboil most often, on occasion SnowPeak and IIRC there's no subnstantial difference between them.
Great stove. I've been using it off and on for a couple of years now. No problems, lightweight, quick boil times. I just use it for boiling water so I can't speak to simmering but the flame seems stable and adjusts well.