jetboil helios

The Helios, like its predecessor the Jetboil PCS, has a heat-absorbing radiator built into the pot, but differs by having a two-liter pot and an inverted canister. Inverting the canister lets gravity rather than pressure feed fuel to the burner. This virtually eliminates cold-weather performance drop and maintains full boiling power until the canister is virtually empty. The two stoves that burned the best in sub-freezing temperatures were the Jetboil and the Coleman, which also uses an inverted canister. In freezing conditions, the Helios took only a third of the boiling time of its predecessor the PCS. Heat output was consistent throughout the life of the canister, and this was the hottest stove tested, boiling water in two minutes or less—a full minute faster than any competitor.
The Helios, with twice the pot capacity of the old PCS, lets you cook real food instead of just boiling meals. This stove lit easily with a push-button ignition, though I usually had to push the button three or four times.
The fuel-cartridge support legs stabilize the cartridge, and the locking pot-support legs give the Helios an extremely stable platform. A plastic windshield snaps onto the pot support and doesn’t budge even in 20 mph winds. The pot’s plastic lid and its plastic bottom cover can each double as a plate. The pot’s neoprene cozy allows it to be held bare-handed even when hot.



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