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i was lucky enough as get a jetboil at christmas ,ive been busy with work .so today was my first try with it .its a jetboil flash sol(1 litre),i set it up and though it looked good when i fired it up i was very disappionted ,it leaked as the water hett,after it boiled(very quick as well)i checked the inside and one of the spot welds had over penetrated causing a leak. so back it goes on monday,more chinese made crap.. anybody else have this problem?

sodjer wrote:more chinese made crap

Serious? Chinese?

on the outer insulating cover it says made in china/fabique en chine,now this may be just the cover but i dont believe so.

Didn´t know that...

I have used mine twice now and all is fine! Very satisfied with it!!!

I have an older first generation Jetboil and have had no problems. You might have received a defective unit. If its really recent get ahold of Jetboil and see if the warrenty is good and where the closest distributor is. If one is close by send it there to see if they will replace it or give you a new one.

If it is made in China it wouldn't surprise me....

I'm thinking of getting a jetboil mug and using that as part of my mess kit; The mug is nice because of the heat spreader. The burner and fuel canister however don't seem like a good option for bugging out, once you run out of fuel, you have a useless hunk of metal as opposed to a cup stand which you could build a small fire under out of wood.

Very sorry to hear of you less-than-happy experience with jetboil, sodjer. I can indeed confirm that part is made in China, and unfortunately several of my friends who have purchased the entire system have had similar negative experiences. It would appear that the system, being designed for mass marketing to hikers, climbers, and other outdoors types, has the same flaws as alot of what is being produced: quantity over quality. The philosophy at the manufacturer seems to be "well if we make them cheap enough and they malfunction, they won't cost too much for the customer to replace, and we can always shift to something else if these jet-boils don't sell well." Reality, for you and I on the other hand.....

hey guys ,im not knocking the system ,i like the set up and the weight and kit saving,and fdsman you ve gave me an idea,i ve just took delivery of 400 uk hexy packs and hate the idea of not using it ,i m going to work on something.i ve had a good look and the spot welder has been a tad heavy (maybe a friday special)but they carry a 1 year garantee here and i just return it for replacement.

sodjer wrote:hey guys ,im not knocking the system ,i like the set up and the weight and kit saving,and fdsman you ve gave me an idea,i ve just took delivery of 400 uk hexy packs and hate the idea of not using it ,i m going to work on something.i ve had a good look and the spot welder has been a tad heavy (maybe a friday special)but they carry a 1 year garantee here and i just return it for replacement.

If your replacement doesn't work out, you might consider checking out the Primus ETA. As far as I know they're the only competitor to Jetboil.