widget,

I too use a canister stove (pocket rocket) for warm weather and day hikes. The original XGK and the EX I replaced it with were for winter and for places where white gas was not common or easy to carry (I spent many years working in Alaska and Canada where Avgas or jet fuel was the only fuel I could count on).

My primary use of the two will still be that kind of situation.

The best,

Jerry