The Etapower pots are very efficient and will generally bring water to the boil about 30-40% quicker with the potential to save around the same amount of fuel over a conventional pot. The 1 Litre pot will take a full sized 220 gram gas cartridge and with an Optimus Crux folding stove will weigh in around a total of 760 grams. A weight comparison can be made with a Jet Boil PCS with the same 220gm cartridge.

Etapower Frypan 73 - gms
Optimus Crux stove including neoprene storage sack 118 gms
Etapower 1 litre pot including stuff sac - 229 gms

Total = 758 grams

Jet Boil PCS - 425 gms
220 gram cartridge (MSR) - 338 gms

Total = 763 grams

So there is very little in it for weight between the two. Efficiency will be very similar boiling around 18-20 litres of water for both system using a 220 gram cartridge.

Advantages for the Etapower Pot 1 Ltr over the Jet Boil PCS is that a full 220gm cartridge cannot be stored in a Jet Boil PSC and that the Etapower pot has also a very good non stick coating and frying an egg or some sausages is pretty tricky in a Jet Boil as it doesn't have a separate fry pan. You can also use the Etapower pot with a whole series of other stove as well including alcohol and cold weather use liquid stoves (again with the same improvement in boil times and efficiency). The Etapower pot is also slightly quicker than the Jetboil PCS.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jsa11_2k5To

The price of the Etapower pot seems to be much higher today compared to when I purchased one a few years ago for around $30-35 rather than the $50 they are asking for now. So the Etapower pot is expensive but it does give you the same or better performance than the Jetboil (which it self has excellent performance) but without some of disadvantages of a 'integrated system' stove. The slightly lighter Jetboil Flash still retails at around $99 just to put things into perspective. The MSR Reactor retails for $160.


The Etapower pot will allow further days in the field. Assuming you have a single 220 gms catridge and are using 40 grms per day (using a conventional pot) this would give you 5.5 days use. The Etapower pot should give around 30% fuel saving (minimum) so fuel consumption per day would fall to around 28 gms, which would last around 7.8 days use. Therefore typically this would allow another 2-3 days extra use from the single 220 gram cartridge using the Etapower pot. Using a larger 500gms cartrige this would allow an extra 5-6 days extra use.