Reddit reviews Jetboil Flash Personal Cooking System in Sapphire Blue
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Stainless steel burner with push button igniter, 2 minute boil time 16 oz. (1/2 Liter)1.0 Liter FluxRing cooking cup with a color changing heat indicator cozyDrink-through lid, insulating bottom cover/measuring cup, tripod baseWeighs 14 oz. (without stabilizer) and is 4.1" diameter x 7.1" tallFuel Source Sold SeparatelyPot support is not included
$48.44 for an Olicamp set up:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B007S3MNCK/
$52.79 for an integrated Primus set up: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00HQLGV0Y/
$79.94 for a JetBoil Flash:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B004R9YT9S/
I've used one around the home for most of my life... cooking at the table is very popular in Asian cultures (Hotpot, BBQ, Shabu-Shabu), which is why you can easily find the canisters at Asian markets. But even though I have one, I've never bothered to bring it out of the house.
They use butane canisters, so they're not great when the weather gets cooler (less than 40F). The stove's ratings are also on the lower side at 7650 BTUs, and that will decrease with the temperature. In comparison, the MSR Pocket Rocket is listed as 8200 BTUs, my Coleman propane dual-burner is 15,000 BTUs and unaffected by colder weather. If I were going to buy one today, I'd consider the Camp Chef Everest which puts out 20,000 BTUs per burner. If you're actually cooking, and need to leave a pot on the stove for any length of time, dual burner stoves with built in wind screens make it so much easier.
Generally when I'm car camping, I'm cooking for several people and the big dual burner stove makes it so much easier, cooking pancakes, eggs and hash browns on one big griddle using both burners. We often have more than one dual-burner stove, but can also use our backpacking stoves and Jetboils for heating water for coffee and hot cocoa.
If there's only two of us, I can get by fine with a canister stove like the MSR PR (and Jetboil for drinks). It's a little more difficult to "cook" on an MSR PR since it's not as stable as a table-top stove, but it's much lighter to pack.
Melburnian mentions the Coleman Sportster 2 dual fuel stove. I've got an older model (40 years old?) that is sitting in the shed. It works fine (at least on white gas), but it's bulky, heavy, requires pumping (and more pumping and more pumping)... if I'm forced to pump, I'd rather bring along the MSR Whisperlite International which is lighter, more compact and also burn a variety of fuels.