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Was that one of those models where you just dumped fuel on it to prime it & lit it up like a torch until it settled in to a nice flame??Well, sort of. You pumped it up, then opened the valve to allow a teaspoon of fuel squirt out and settle into the bowl below. Then CLOSE the valve! Then light, watch it slowly heat. When the flame is almost out, open the valve, and it's ready to cook.
Similar to many MSR stoves... Let a friend light one once. He missed the valve closing part. When I realized what he'd done, he had a massive foot-high bonfire billowing out of the stove.
The MSR is still my stove of choice in a snowy camp out.
