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Okay, what service. Ordered Friday, received today, woohoo, woohoo!

So I decide to do a comparison, fist inside. I used a Titanium Snow peak cup with 24 oz of cool tap water.

Boil time took 5:14


So then I use the Olicamp with 24 oz of cool tap water.
Boil time was 4:12 or about 1 minute time savings.

Then I went outside. I put the stove on a non-solid table, no wind screen, and cold water. There was a small breeze that would occasionally "gust" enough to blow out a bic lighter. I used 20 oz of water.
The Snow Peak boil time was 5:45
The Olicamp boil time was 4:15 or about 1:30 time savings.

At this point I'm thinking these times are unusually long. I'm on the tail end of a tank of the Coleman propane mix you can find at Wally World. I believe I wasn't getting quite as an intense flame because of dropping pressure. I wonder if the MSR IsoButane mix burns hotter? So I head back downstairs and find a new canister of MSR ISoButane.
I refill the Olicamp with 20 oz of cold water and fire it up. I hear the familiar Pocket ROCKET sound. Obviously more pressure.
The Olicamp boil time was 1:19 !


The Snow Peak pot boil time was 3:15 or almost 2 minutes more time.
So the Olicamp reduces boil time for an average pot (20 oz.) as much as 1-2 minutes faster. So in my post-op, narcotic influenced brain, I figure I can get 12-20 minutes more boil time per 8 oz canister, based on the number of "boils" I typically get out of a canister. I realize none of this is scientific by any means, but this pot will give CONSIDERABLE more mileage out of each canister.
I also believe the MSR IsoButane burns hotter than the Coleman Butane/propane blend, which is something I've suspected for some time.