Still going after 20+ years of use...

MSR Whisperlite International Stove

After over 20 years of neglect, my Whisperlite International Stove, by MSR, finally gave out…  Then I discovered that you are actually supposed to maintain them.  So, I replaced the pump, cleaned the jet, and it is once again going strong.  The Whisperlite International is pretty much the gold standard for multi-fuel stoves.  If you are in the back country on a multi day trip or on a overland adventure through Mongolia, this is probably the stove for you.  It will run on kerosene, gasoline, Coleman fuel, jet fuel… pretty much anything that will burn.

You can find the Stove Here.

And should you decide you would rather replace the pump in 20 years rather than maintain it, you can pick up a New Pump Here.

Being the International stove, you can of course use Gasoline!

Sometimes you have to actually clean things... Every 20 years or so.
Sometimes you have to actually clean things… Every 20 years or so.
  1. Gotta laugh at your description of having something for 20 years then it breaks and thinking, WTF? So true, and a testament to the durability of the best kit, stuff as predictable as the sunrise. I carried a Primus stove my dad bought in the ’50s up and down the Sierra for years. PM’d after each trip, though. Never failed me (or him); but the white gas bottles did once too often. So now I have an MSR stove that screws into canisters. Progress. “Inherited” an even older Svea stove/pot combo from a friend who gave up backpacking due to advancing years. I would note that in all cases, if a windscreen doesn’t come with the kit, take the Thanksgiving turkey’s cheap and disposable aluminum pan and cut out a sheet of aluminum for the trail. The BTUs saved may seem negligible, will be worth it in time. When not in use just wrap around a Nalgene bottle to keep from getting too bent out of shape.

    1. That is really cool about your dads stove and eventually the MSR one. Not to mention the inherited kit. Thanks for sharing those stories and the tip about the windscreen. I may have to try that, seems like a pretty good little trick.

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