[jeffro]

I've never been impressed with the Partner stoves.

You can buy better but you can't pay more!

 

[jeffro]

I'd imagine with these stoves the regulator is most of the BTU rating. So they probably figure out how many BTUs the other bits can safely handle and size the regulator for that.

 

[jeffro]

Butchered stoves by Slaughter has a nice ring to it.

 

[jeffro]

I keep thinking I want a Partner, then I keep thinking I don't. They're just so damned expensive - worth it or not that's a bunch of scratch for a camp stove. I run an Everest off a five pound tank (perfect size in my experience; small enough for trips and costs the same to refill as buying one green bomb) and it works great once I'm able to get the fuel flowing to the burners, which requires initially placing the stove on the ground and leaving it there until said flow materializes. Charlie, there are bulk tank adapter hoses that include the regulator. No more little arm, which I agree is very dumb.

I've got a Partner 2 burner break apart. I like it but I'm not sure it is worth the money (and I got it before the prices went up). It simmers really well and 10k BTU/burner is fine because I have a blaster. I also have an Everest 2 that is a little worse for the wear. I've had to take it apart a few times and the igniter is out of commission with a cracked ceramic insulator. The extra BTUs are nice but the thing is kinda big. I've got a Coleman sitting around that I keep meaning to build a new case/enclosure for like Ben is talking about. Someday. Thanks ADHD. Now that I write this down I realize I might have a stove problem. There's also my Woodland power, multiple Coleman white gas, backpacking stoves....