MSR Superfly Review

"I bought this stove about a year ago. It is a bad design. The arms that the pot rests on is screwed into the top of the stove and because it is a stove and it gets hot the screw and arms are messed up and are unstable it is also a little hard to turn the arms into open position because the heat destroyed the way it was attached. It did do an awesome job of heating and but the autostarter also messed up and does not work anymore"

"I had this for two years and it is a good lightweight butane canister stove. It boils water quick and is very fuel efficient. I have the auto igniter model and it works most of the time, if not the first time.

If you're going above 12000 ft or going to very cold weather region, keep in mind that butane canister stove does not work very well. But for most backpacking uses, it's fine. But this applies to all butane canister models not just Superfly. Only downside I can think of is the storage. Because it doesn't fold up (the wings folds up but that's it), it doesn't store very well in a backpack. If you have a 1L plus pot, it will fit in there but that means you have a butane canister that will have go elsewhere (I usually put my butane canister in the pot)."

"If versatility and clean-burning are requirements, this is a super unit. I've made a hanging windscreen, and while the entire stove and cookset are a bit bulky, it's smaller than comparable units. For a stove which will work in all conditions including hanging in a tent in rotten weather, it's great."

"I've been reasonably satisfied with this stove because of it's convenience.

When I pack it, I put it inside an aluminum pot or surround it with a plastic bowl to protect it, because it does not fold very small.

However, when using a wind screen with the stove, the added heat melted and destroyed the plastic parts of the piezo ignitor."

"I have been very satisfied with this stove over the past ~5 years I've used it. It's simple to set up and use, lightweight, small, has superb flame control from gentle simmer to rolling boil, and boils quickly (when adequately sheltered from wind). The only negatives I've found are the lack of windscreen (performance suffers in wind, but you can make your own of rocks, pads, etc.) and not igniting in cold weather (less than 30 degrees F). However, I understand no canister fuels work (cannot be lit) in cold weather. I light with matches; I do not own and have not tried the piezoigniter, as a friend of mine found his (different make and model) to be unreliable, especially at high elevation. Compared to the finicky, drippy, complicated old liquid gas stoves I used to pray would work (and not flame up) each time I assembled them, this little work horse is a dream."