MSR WindBurner Personal Windproof Camping and Backpacking Stove System

As an avid hunter who regularly spends time off-grid and deep in the backcountry, I can’t say enough good things about my MSR stove. Whether I’m spiking out in the high country during elk season or posted up at a base camp, this stove has become an essential part of my kit. It’s compact, lightweight, and incredibly efficient—everything you need when every ounce in your pack counts. I primarily use the MSR stove for boiling water quickly, whether it's for Mountain House freeze-dried meals, coffee in the early morning, or rehydrating other field-ready foods. It boils water fast, even in cold or windy conditions, which is a lifesaver when you're tired, cold, and just want a hot meal at the end of a long day of glassing and hiking. The flame control is great too—if you want to simmer or cook something beyond just boiling, it’s capable of that as well. Fuel efficiency is excellent. I’ve gotten multiple multi-day hunts out of a single canister without issue. The stove ignites easily, even at higher elevations, and the build quality is solid—MSR has a reputation for durability, and this stove lives up to it. In short, if you’re a hunter who ventures into remote terrain, this stove is a no-brainer. It’s reliable, field-tested, and makes the difference between a cold night and a warm, satisfying meal. It’s not just gear—it’s peace of mind in the backcountry. Highly recommended.

Seriously, $130 for this in 2025 is an incredible deal for this level of build quality and functionality. And USA made with a lifetime warranty to boot?! AND they actually have customer support?! AND you can actually get parts for it?! Get! Out! SOME THINGS: 1. It is strictly a boiler. Yeah, MSR offers some larger pots and pans to squeeze you for more money, but the stove is designed to boil, not to fry bacon and definitely not to simmer. Compatible cookware or no, the design of the stove itself precludes it's ability to do those things well and if that's what you're looking for this is not the stove for you. 2. It has like three settings: Full Blast, Almost Full Blast, and Off. It does not run on a low setting and the burner is so quiet that if you turn it below Almost Full Blast it may well go out and you won't even know it. 3. It's not hard to light, but you need the right tool to light it with. A little piezo igniter doesn't work. You need either an actual flame or something that drops sparks into the burner head, like a fire steel or cigarette lighter. A built in igniter wouldn't work well and would also be an explosion hazard if a person tried to light it that way with the pot on, which is why it doesn't have one. 4. READ THE INSTRUCTIONS! The burner has a thermal breaker that shuts it down and renders it nonfunctional in the extremely unlikely event that it overheats. You can reset it in the field, but only if you know how to. 5. Only put the lid on while the cup is on the bottom by holding the pot by the handle, else the pressure will jam the pot too far into the cup and it'll be extremely difficult to get it back off. 6. If packed according to the instructions it will rattle. What I do instead is put the included cleaning pad in the bottom, then drop the stove in upright, then the can stabilizer with the little hooks that hold the can facing up, then put the gas can in upright. It doesn't rattle like this and it doesn't hurt anything, but the top won't fit down completely. It almost does and it's still tight enough that you can turn it upside down and shake it very hard and it stays on, though. REMARKS: Completely awesome backpacking stove if all you need is a boiler. In the wind is where it shines, and no other stove save the MSR Reactor even comes close to it's boil times, but out of the wind it's really no better than any other similarly designed stove. Regarding the size and shape, I prefer it over something shorter and fatter for a couple reasons. First, because I think it packs better. Second, because I use a chair and the extra height makes it more convenient. I suppose you could call it heavy, but I don't care about that. As I write this, the cost of this thing is $144 + an additional 10% off coupon, bringing the total to $129 and some change, and this for the updated model. Some other retailer might match this price, but you cannot beat it and it's worth every penny IF you want a boiler. If you want to cook, do yourself a humongous favor and buy something else with a more open burner design and finer flame adjustability. Seriously, even one of those little $10 BRS three prong stoves will work better.

The MSR Windburner cook system IMHO is one of the best designed cook systems to come out of MSR. I have used MSR stoves since the late 70’s and my original MSR stove works as well today as it did when I pulled it out of the box, MSR makes good products. The Windburner has changed the way that I cook while backpacking, no more fiddling with windscreens and carefully balancing the pot in an unstable surface. All components of the cook system are contained in or on the pot, one simple package. Assembly of the components again simple and efficient. The speed that this stove brings the water to a boil is amazing and very fuel efficient. I dehydrate and assemble all of my backpack meals to work with this system. I use the meathods for dehydrating meals that are in the Recipes for Adventure cookbook. The prepared meals and cook times described by Chef Mcallister work perfectly with the Windburner cook system. I have found no real need to use an additional cozy with the MSR pot, seems the standard MSR cozy / insulation sleeve with lid works without the need of an additional cozy. I dump my meal into the pot with two cups of water and secure the lid, let the meal soak for five minutes, fire up the stove and bring the water to a boil which takes around two minutes and let the contents boil for one minute then turn off stove and wait 10 to 15 min and a perfectly cooked meal is done. Total burn time approximately three to four minutes. When I pack with another person we carry a spare 1LT pot, we set up both pots at the same time letting the meal soak. When the first pot has boiled for the required one minute we switch out the pots and bring the second one up to boil which only adds another three minutes to the cook time for both of us. No need for her to carry another burner but she can easily carry another fuel canister in her pot. Sometimes we will use one pot to cook both meals and one pot to make coffee or tea. The ability to use the Windburner fry pan adds another level of ability to the system, we will often take the frypan to cook some more traditional meals with a small weight penalty, since one of us is only carrying a pot and no burner we can take the fry pan in place of the burner. Yes the Windburner is less fuel efficient than the Jetboil but that’s only if there is no wind. Add some wind and you have much less fuel efficiency and you are back to finding a place to stash the cook system to block the wind.

Excellent stove system! I am a longtime MSR user (late 90s) and have several MSR stove systems, including the MSR Dragonfly Stove and MSR PocketRocket Stove . Like those two stove systems, the Windburner exudes the legendary MSR quality. The Windburner is a great personal stove system for several reasons. First, it is self-contained and easily packs in a bag. This is one of the reasons JetBoil has been popular over the years. Second, it is very quiet. The Dragonfly is notoriously loud. The PocketRocket is also loud, although much quieter than the Dragonfly. The Windburner, however could be accurately named the Whisperburner. It truly is a quiet, enjoyable stove to be around. Third, and perhaps most importantly, is that it performs incredibly in the elements due to its radiant burner design. Of course, you can manage other stove systems and try to find shelter from the wind. Using a windscreen is appropriate on remote stoves like the Dragonfly, but dangerous is canister stoves. With the Windburner, one never has to concern himself with the wind. Finally, the Windburner appears to be very fuel efficient, which is expected given its design. In my tests, with a 7-8 mph wind, I can consistently bring 1/2 liter of water to a rolling boil in just over two minutes. A cup of water comes to a rolling boil in approximately 90 seconds. A potential con is that there is no integrated piezo lighter. This is not detrimental, in my opinion, as piezo lighters are notoriously finicky. Plus, I always have a Light My Fire Original Swedish FireSteel Army 12,000 Strike Fire Starter , Bic lighter, matches, or some combination of all three when I am in the back country. In my usage, an integrated ignition source is unnecessary. The only other con is that the lid is difficult to remove when you have just finished boiling water. It has a short pull tab that is difficult to grab and puts your fingers directly in the path of the hot steam. I attached a short piece of dummy cord to provide some extra clearance. This shortcoming, however, is not enough to detract from a five-star rating. In sum, different style stoves serve different purposes. My Dragonfly is great for multiple-person use and actual cooking, while the PocketRocket has been great for boiling water for freeze-dried meals and hot drinks. The Windburner, however, has replaced the PocketRocket in my line-up in that role and is darn near perfect.

Amazingly well made. PROS: 1). Quality. This product is well made 2). Boils FAST. the best of any of my methods (pocket rocket, wood, esbit, etc) 3). Weather resistant. The ONLY method that performs well in heavy winds and cold temperatures. (Better than jetboil). If you’re going somewhere in the elements, take this over anything else 4). Pretty good on fuel consumption CONS: 1) burner doesn’t have a piezo lighter built in, so you always need a fire source to light it. 2). The handle is weird because it’s shaped in such a way that it’s awkward to hold the pot. Not a huge deal, but if you get it, you’ll understand 3). A bit of a one-trick pony in that what it does well, it does GREAT. But if I wanted to fry anything on it, I have to purchase a wind burner specific pan, etc., which I am unable to use for anything except the wind burner because of the locking base. So it forces me to purchase accessories that are only good for the wind burner. People have suggested purchasing an adapter which might work. But right now in my car is a wind burner fry pan that is useless on a camp fire, so I’d rather have one fry pan I can use on any heating method I happen to have

This stove is a beast. It's made to boil water quickly and boy does it ever. The integrated design and radiant burner protects it from the wind, meaning you boil water faster and use less fuel than your Jetboil-toting friends. The max fill line is 20 oz, so you can boil enough water for a couple cups of coffee or a freeze dried meal in one go, and I consistently get boil times of less than 2 minutes (I live at about 5,000 feet and usually camp around 7-8,000 feet). If you're looking for a backpacking stove to use just to boil water or melt snow, this is your stove. If you're wanting to car camp and get a little more gourmet with pots & pans, this isn't really your best option. I've heard that the Jetboil stove pot adapter fits the windburner but I haven't tried for myself to see if the rumors are true. I can't say enough good things about this thing, so do yourself a favor and get one so you can see for yourself how awesome this stove is.

I hike mostly in the San Francisco Bay Area, the Gold Country foothills and the Sierra Nevada Mountains of Northern California. It seems like it is always windy in those areas. I hate the sound of a backpacking stove’s flame being deflected by wind because it means wasted fuel. I don’t get that with this stove. The wind doesn’t seem to affect it at all. At home on top of my kitchen stove (with the ventilation fan going) it uses about 7 grams of fuel to boil 20 oz of water according to my kitchen scale. I haven’t measured it outside but I think it’s about the same there regardless of wind. Build quality and design are excellent. I haven’t had any issues with the top lid or the bottom cup as mentioned in some reviews. According to MSR the Windburner is assembled in the USA in their Seattle WA facility. This stove is tall so I always use the included canister stand. There is no igniter but not a dealbreaker for me as I carry a Bic and the larger Light My Fire ferro rod which both light the stove easily. It’s expensive but but you can find it on sale sometimes, I paid $127 for it on Labor Day sale 2022. It’s also relatively heavy but that doesn’t bother me either because I don’t have to mess around with windscreens, just set it down and light it. This is the stove I use most often now. The picture was taken at Black Minor’s Bar (formerly Negro Bar) with my trusty Snow Peak double wall mug.

The stove worked, but after my first use the plastic bottom that covers the burner after cooking and during storage became stuck on the bottom rendering it useless, as I could not get it off without having to either break it or use serious elbow grease and wedging tools for a few hours. Once I got it off the first time, a few days later it became stuck again and I'll have to put in another few hours to try and get it loose. I wish I could return the product, but I believe I can't as it has been over 3 months since I purchased it and first used. Not very happy.

La caja vino dañada, parece que no haya afectado al producto.

Je mehr der folgenden Fragen mit Ja beantwortet werden, umso besser ist dieser Kocher und umso mehr wiegen seine Vorteile gegenüber einfacheren Gaskochern oder auch Multifuel-Kochern: - sehr kompaktes Packmass - Einsatz in grossen Höhen - Einsatz in stark windiger Umgebung - Einsatz zum Schneeschmelzen - Fast nur Gebrauch um Wasser heiss zu machen (Tütennahrung, Tee, Trinkwasser) Das sind die Punkte in denen der Kocher seine absoluten Stärken ausspielen wird und vielen anderen hinsichtlich Effizienz, Brennstoffverbrauch, Zeitbedarf und Funktionalität ausspielen wird. Klassischer Einsatz auf mehrtätigen Hochtouren in Schnee und Eis oder auf langen Klettertouren mit Übernachtung in der Wand bei denen es Tütennahrung und Tee gibt. Sonst halte ich persönlich die Mehrstoffbrenner für deutlich praktischer. Auf einer Gletschertour ist Kocher der ungeschlagene Champion (auch mit dem grösseren Topf), für die Wildnisswoche in Lappland nehme ich den MSR Whisperlite mit, der mich seit fast 25 Jahren niemals im Stich liess.

For $250 Canadian it is triple the price as a similar wind resistant mini boiler at Canadian Tire. It does boil water in 2 minutes as advertised and very wind resistant.

Awesome product more than I expected. Works really good when is windy outside