Backpacking Stoves

I've been considering getting a backpacking stove for a while but with the possibility of a float trip coming up the urge is getting greater.

Do any of you have/use these light weight cookers?  I'd be interested it your reviews.

Here's a like to a few on the market.  http://nextadventure.net/camping-and-hiking/camping-stoves-and-cookware/

I have the MSR Dragonfly and love it.  Packs pretty small and can be used simmer a small light pan all the way up to deep frying in a bigger pan.  Can run on many fuels, not just white gas.

Use it under my 9" Bemco Backpacker Oven and can make a mean pizza on the float trip. 
Gets the oven up to 500 F in minutes. 

Pair this stove up with a cheap DIY alcohol stove, and you can make anything. 

The DIY alcohol stove I use is just for quickly boiling 2 cups of water in my GSI Halulite Kettle for coffee, cocoa, soaking Ramen noodles, and to rehydrate freeze dried meals.

I have the older model of the Priums micron and love it.  It's perfect for 1 person on a backpacking trip.  I have been eyeballing the Jetboils for a couple of years.  They're super effient and don't require as much of a windbreak.

-Spot-

I've used a Jet Boil for 3 years now and I love it.  Super fast, light weight and compact.

As an admitted stove dork (I think I have 8+) my two favorites are the MSR whisperlite international for multi-fuel and I lo e my jet boil for fast and easy. I keep one n in the trunk of both of our cars just in case.

Here are thoughts on the stoves I own.
MSR pocket rocket: It is small, cheap and light, but is really only good if you are cooking for 1 person because the burner area is small and larger pots are easy to knock off. 
Jet boil: I  use this one for most of my backpacking because I am lazy.  It is small and compact, but is really only good for boiling water to add to instant meals.
MRS Whisperlite international:  My all time favorite stove.  I use is mostly with white gas but I have burned regular unleaded gas with it.  It is not affected by cold, like the canister stoves and is stable enough and has a big enough burner to cook meals for multiple people.  It requires a bit more maintenance than the other stoves, especially when burning unleaded gas, but it is easily field serviceable, just make sure you do not crush the pump (not very easy to do). 

+1 for Jet Boil

Lightweight, easy to use, and boils water super fast.  It all compacts inside itself which keeps things from getting lost inside my giant Gregory backpack.  If you want to cook with pot and pans you can get the adapter to use them with it.

I think I may be sort of old school, but I have been using a SVEA gas stove since the early 70's and I don't think you can beat it.  I used it to cook all my meals while hitching around the country and it is pretty bulletproof.  I could usually use it for about a week on a quart of gas. 

I'll throw in another vote for jet boil.  I can cook dinners and morning tea for a week, and warm up my shower water while elk hunting -with one small can of fuel lasting 5 days

Spent two summers on the Pacific Crest trail recently, and both years I used a Jet Boil cook pot modified to fit an MSR Pocket Rocket stove. Super light, super fast. As long as you don't need to mail fuel canisters for resupply, this is a great way to go.

In the past, I've used the MSR Whisperlite and Dragonfly. Both great stoves. I'd still choose either of these for snowy conditions, as the butane canisters tend to freeze up.

~db

Pocket rocket!

Nothing new to add, but I love my MSR pocket rocket and my buddy swears by his JetBoil. Both have their advantages, both work great.

+1 on the MSR Whisperlite.  I've been using the same unit for over 20 years now.

-Allen

+1 Jet boil and a can of Sterno for back-up.  I love the Jet Boil with a Stroganoff Mt. House.
-Scott

+1 on the whisperlites, those are some reliable stoves. I was attemping to light my whisperlite this summer after landing on Shi Shi beach but grime/sand got into the needle vave. After a few good shakes to loosen the crud, the jet cleaned itself out. Self-cleaning stoves are sweet! Been using mine for around a decade and I think it will last a few more decades!