Great review, now if MSR made it out of titanium alloy, was priced below a Primus Omnifuel and had a compatible connection to work with a Primus Pump/Bottle (not the same old plastic MSR one) then I might consider getting one.
Actually, the
Whisperlite Universal (WLU) has everything you've listed (except the titanium). It's lighter, quieter, cheaper, and it does indeed work with an Omnifuel pump. In fact, it should work with any fuel pump with a male 7/16" UNEF threaded connector (the type found on standard threaded canisters such as those from MSR, Primus, Jetboil, etc.)
I took out my
Omnifuel and the WLU earlier this evening. I pulled the pump from the Omni, hooked it up to the canister attachment of the WLU, and off I went. I actually got the best simmer (using white gasoline) on this arrangement that I've seen on any Whisperlite since the shaker jet was introduced. For whatever reason, the
pre-shaker jet Whisperlite was a better simmering stove, but the WLU comes darned close. Running the WLU on liquid fuel with the MSR canister adapter was really sweet. The MSR canister adapter turns
very smoothly. I could pretty easily dial in that flame, within the limits of the stove. On kerosene, the stove doesn't simmer worth beans.
How does it compare with the Omnifuel? It certainly seems to be a quieter stove overall.
Definitely quieter. A
lot quieter.
Photos to follow,
HJ
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