Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Extremely pleased with this little guy... esp for under $10. My baseline for reference (and I suspect yours too) is the ubiquitous MSR pocket rocket which I have used for years with good success. For reference, see the pix comparing both. For the etekcity, I really like how all of the feet slide out of the way. You do have to be sure to positively lock them in place and flip out the feet but it's a nice feature. Wasn't sold on the ignition. Like the concept but between the way it is attached and the bulk it adds I'd just as soon skip it. But I won't lie, it was nice not to have to use a match for once. On the flame itself, the Pocket Rocket burns much cleaner and hotter. But, that's not to say this guy does a bad job. As other reviewers have noticed, the flame is pretty concentrated b/c of this unit's smaller diffuser so it will leave a scorch mark. On the other hand, for $10 (vs the MSR's $35-65 depending on model and price) this is a freakin' steal. Quite frankly if I get one trip out of it (14 days) I will consider it one of the best things Ive ever bought. Not to mention that it packs away in a case about 1/2 the size of the PR. Last but not least it seemed that the metal was more "bendable" in this unit then in the MSR. At first I thought that was a negative (from a durability standpoint) but quickly realized that I actually like this feature as it allows me to do some minor tweaking to the feet to allow the pot to sit rock solid on it. All in all I thought the pot sat better on this 4 prong unit then on the 3 prong PR. So far, happy.