I think the biggest market will be for people who are looking for a new stove. I don't see a mass wave of people replacing their old PR's.

I think the chief advantage will be compactness (although the increased durability will be nice). There are a lot of people who like to take a little mug type pot. This stove will be really nice for that application. There are a lot of little solo mug pots that a PR won't fit into but the PR II/MR should fit into quite nicely. It may well be that its compactness will be its main selling point.

Now, how does the PR II/MR's compactness compare to the competition? We shall see. I have a Soto Microregulator, a Snow Peak GS-100, and an Optimus Crux, all of which are in the same general class of stoves. I'm looking to borrow a Monatauk Gnat. Compactness may well be what makes or breaks the PR II/MR.

The PR II/MR is definitely the better of the two stoves from what I've seen so far.

HJ