SOTO Amicus Cooker with or without Lighter

I already have a MSR pocket rocket 2, and although that is a great mini stove, this one has a few clear advantages.Firstly this stove does not hot spot like the MSR, this in turn means this stove is far better at actual cooking and therefore able to simmer.Boil time is pretty much the same as the MSR. I chose the one without ignition as piezo can be hit and miss on whether you get a good one or not, therefore one thing less to go wrong.Lastly being Japanese made the quality is far superior to Chinese made equivalents, and that comes from personal experience, the materials look like I will get many years of use.I highly recommend this mini stove, also must add it comes with a quality pouch so takes little space in your rucksack.

I spend a huge amount of time every year out camping in the wilds, mostly using gas to cook with on various quality stoves like Primus, MSR, Optimus. This Amicus stove was bought to replace an MSR pocket rocket, which didn't fit my new Primus pot very well. I've already spent 12 days cooking on it, and am very impressed. It's well made, simmers well, very wind-resistant, fuel efficient, burns butane with a decent size flame right down to neat freezing temps. It cools down quickly, and doesn't transmit heat to the can valve like many can top burners.

Great, lightweight, well engineered and burns well in wind. Weighs next to nothing.

The Soto Amicus is a very good gas burner. It functions great in windy conditions, and is very effective indeed. The four "arms" that support the cup, pot or frying pan, holds whatever you place on top of the burner securely. The arms create a completely flat surface, which makes it very easy to position the cook wear you are using.I have tested the burner, boiling half a liter of quite cold tap water in a 750 ml titanium cup. It took just under 5 minutes to reach a vigorous rolling boil. I have used the burner several times after the boil test, and it has performed flawlessly. It is small and light, and fits inside the 750 ml cup, together with a 100 gr. gas canister. It's makes for a small, but very effective cook set.The Soto Amicus is an excellent gas burner.

If anybody wonders why look at the YouTube Soto reviews where failure to ignite first time using the piezo igniter is a common theme. Even after the igniter had been replaced with a Soto supplied spare. I say trust your firesteel, Bic or Clipper.So i wanted a stove with a wind-resistant burner with no piezo. Good output and low simmer on a 200g half full canister. At the dimensions I like the extra support from four supports. This is a good buy though I would have liked a hard case over a bag.

I like the simplicity, efficiency and build quality of this stove. I avoid stoves with built ignitors as they always seem to fail. I've used it for both day walks in the Lake District and to melt snow at higher altitudes in the Italian Dolomites and it's been spot on. Works well without a wind shield, even better with.

Soto makes very good items for backpacking or camping,excellent light cooker.Boils water in no time! I would say it would lasts for years.

Perfect for taking out and hiking trips as the size is so small and takes up no space in a day pack. Works perfectly and boils a pot of water super rapidly.