Primus Eta Lite Stove System Review
There are few things as nice as a hot cup of coffee on the trail. This applies as much for backpackers as day hikers. It's wonderful to stop and whip up a hot drink. That said, it's not always particularly convenient. Small, backpacking stoves are often unstable, and utterly useless in the wind. Enter, the Primus Eta Lite. It's a canister stove system that comes with a burner, pot, cozy, and lid (that can be used as a terrible but [slightly serviceable] mug). If you know what a Jetboil is, the design is similar. The idea of a system stove is that it's both fast and stable, and extremely convenient and simple to use. The stove screws on to a isobutane canister, then screws on to the pot. It also comes with a canister stand, which lets you set the whole thing up on just about any surface. As a bonus, the angled vents help the Eta Lite to function quite well in the wind, which means you don't have to go without your coffee just because you're up on a ridgeline.