Jetboil

HalfGen Base Camp Stove

Awesome as a stand alone or companion to the Jetboil Genesis Basecamp

It works amazingly, especially as a glamping-style setup, whether as a stand-alone unit or as a companion to the Genesis Basecamp setup. It has solid, consistent heating and even cooking flow. It also has easy ignition.

Essential Camp Tool!

This is an essential piece of camp gear! Easy to pack, although somewhat heavy. Works great and lights even in the toughest of winds.

Burner for car camping kitchen

Not usually a drive-in camper but with a few friends coming to town I needed a way to cook for 4 while taking in the sights instead of just boiling water for backpacking meals. I would describe it as: a way to have 90% of a classic camping stove in 1/4 the bulk. It's not a backpacking stove, and it's not a massive 3 burner cooktop, but it perfectly fits the niche in-between. It's nice and compact for its class, the piezoelectric igniter is great, and the pan is large enough to be useful for actual cooking of basic meals. If you're cooking breakfast + coffee you may want to consider taking either a classic jetboil in addition, or the apollo add-on. I intend to get the apollo add-on for coffeemaking purposes before my next trip

Excellent

Excellent purchase, use it everyday on the patio to cook.

Overall, a great compact stove set-up!

Pros: Compact, easy to use, and fits in my camping gear bin. I’ve primarily used this piece of gear for camping - boiling water, pancakes, and quesadillas. I’m still working on simmer control for making such things as pancakes. I wish I would have purchased the two burner set. Cons: Bottom of pan gets easily scratched on campground tables, which appears mostly aesthetic for now as it doesn’t appear to impact cooking performance. Windscreen that came with stove seems a bit flimsy and possible clumsy, but I have not used it yet - mostly for those reasons.

best addition to the car camp set up!!

I love it! simple to use and clean. Great car camping kitchen stove.

Best burner out there

It's capable and efficient. A well thought out form factor especially with the Jetboil accessories although any pot or pan will work just fine. The simmer control is great when you want to cook stew or rice but can still boil a pot of water fast. Easy to clean and the lighter works.

Compact convenience

This is a fantastic little stove. It's small size makes it a viable option for both solo camping and family camping. It is a little on the heavy side for a trail camping pack but is doable. This burner worked excellently for a weekend getaway with the family and takes up very little space considering. If you want a do it all cooking option this is not the worst choice you could make. If you plan to only camp out of the back of your vehicle the Full Gen may be an even better option. Either way I love this item and it serves its purpose well.

Faulty regulator left us stranded X2

Familiarity:

I've put it through the wringer

Height:

5' 11"

Weight:

170

I do not recommend this product. My wife and I used the HalfGen for about 2 years and initially we were out camping and the regulator broke leaving us without a stove. I contacted Jetboil and they sent me another regulator. On our last trip the regulator again malfunctioned however this time flames came out of the top of the regulator melting the plastic on our tacoma. I contacted Jetboil and they offered to give us ANOTHER new regulator #3 but we have decided to try another more reliable product instead. I do not feel safe using the HalfGen and do not recommend this product.

Almost excellent

This is the first camp stove I’ve ever bought that I can actually control the flame. Most are either off or full blast. The pan so far is very good, heats mostly evenly. The pan cleans easy because of the nonstick that is actually nonstick. The bad, one of the rubber straps broke 2nd use. I would like a bigger spread on the flame so the heat is more even across the entire pan. I would like the ability to use the same canisters as the smaller jetboils so I only need to carry one fuel. If that is not possible, then the output port should have a compatible hose to hook up to the smaller jetboils.