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- Preheating loop/generator
- Wind-resistant burner shape
- Sturdy, positive lock on legs/potstand
- Good fuel bottle stand with positive valve lock
- Flexible fuel hose
- Easy to light
- Wide flame
- Fuel bottle pressure indicator (or, perhaps, "out-dicator")*
- Fuel valve has setting for clearing fuel line
- Quieter than my OmniFuel (without OmniDawg silencer)**
Con:- Idiosyncratic wide-mouth fuel bottles only
- Lots of pump strokes needed to bring fuel bottle to pressure
- Not as quiet as my OmniFuel with OmniDawg silencer
- Fuel bottle pump/valve assembly appears complex
- Stove/burner assembly appears difficult to disassemble and clean
Having an indicator to tell me when the fuel bottle is sufficiently pressurized is a great idea. But it took significantly more pump strokes to activate the indicator than I expected; more than are needed for either my OmniFuel or my old Coleman Exponent. I did not try the Soto Stormbreaker with canister fuel. I love that the stove doesn't need priming (just like my old Coleman Exponent doesn't) – but note that it does need to burn some extra fuel at start in order to warm up. In my opinion, the greatest thing about the Stormbreaker besides the concave burner head shape is the way the fuel line can be positively cleaned out during normal operation before shutting down. Just set the fuel valve to "Air", and the flow of fuel from the bottle is shut off, with only pressurized air from inside the bottle flowing through the fuel line. This cleans residual fuel from the line line before turning the stove off. My Primus OmniFuel can do something similar (by flipping the fuel bottle over), but the shape of the OmniFuel's fuel pump sometimes makes the fuel bottle lean to one side, causing me to question whether the fuel line is getting fully cleaned out. The action of the Soto Stormbreaker is hard to get wrong and inspires confidence. The last two "Con" points are my perception, which stems partly from operating the stove with liquid fuel and partly from the instructions. While the stove feels solid, it doesn't feel very field-maintainable to me. In summary: The combination of pumping, field maintainability, and dual-fuel rather than true multi-fuel make this Soto Stormbreaker into more of a ... (wait for it) ... Dealbreaker.* ____________________ *Reviewer assumes no liability for possible mental anguish caused by puns.**Things that are louder than an OmniFuel with no silencer include: jet aircraft, rocket launches, and volcanic eruptions.