This is a Jetboil. It costs a hundred and thirty dollars. This is a Bluu Solo, it costs seventy
dollars, and right now they look pretty much identical. They act identical, but there's one
major difference to these two units and we're gonna talk about that
right now. Hey look they boil at the same time. So this is my Jetboil. As you can see i have used this
constantly on the trail for a couple years now and i love this product. It's how i cook all my meals,
it's how i get coffee, it's my cup, it's everything. This is my whole kit. Now for just this unit
it costs about a hundred dollars without any of the accessories. Boils water in about one minute,
really effective, really cool. This is the Bluu Solo and there's no better way to describe this than
this is a chinese knockoff. But it's also really really a lot cheaper than this.
One of these can you can get into for 70 bucks. That's including a french press accessory. The
Jetboil with its french press accessory runs about 130. Now these look similar, they act similar, there
are some differences. One is the handle. I much prefer the handle of the Jetboil than the handle
of this Bluu. It's really kind of flimsy, really kind of cheap, and as you can hear with this it's a
little bit loose. Whereas the Jetboil really clicks in, i mean really clicks in. For the lids i actually
like Bluu's lid a lot better. It actually clicks into place you can feel it, you can even hear it.
The Jetboil's, i know mine is worn and used but it's never really clicked into place it just kinda
well i hope it stays on and when you're drinking really really hot coffee that can be a little
unnerving. Now it's never fallen off, doesn't leak, so it's just that kind of mental thing you
got to get over. So i think that if you're using these to only cook food, to just cook your food,
i actually might go with the Bluu unit. I mean there's really not a big difference
in terms of how well they boil, how well they work. Sure a couple little things like
that, this, the fact that the actual stove unit is a little harder to turn into your
fuel source but who cares. I can look past all that. But here's the thing, and here's the rub.
The thing that i use these for the most out on the trail is coffee. And when it comes to coffee
the Jetboil just works a million times better than the bluu. Here is the Jetboil's french press.
As you can see it is three pieces. Let me show you how easy this is to get it going. You just
take this off, put it through, screw this on, and there you go. It's really easy to clean, you get
no grounds in your coffee, it really sticks to the side of this thing and i really like that
it's only three pieces. When you're out in the wild you really don't want to be messing with
pieces. And when it's time for this to fold up and go into your bag it's really easy. There you go.
Boom. Here's the Bluu's french press. Let's see if i can
oh those are rolling away hang on. That's not done, i got more down here.
No backpacker should be out with this. What is this? First of all you're gonna
lose this whole setup and you have to break this down and put it back together every time you use
this, every time you set up camp. Let's just see if i can figure this thing out and if you have a
french press at home you know these traditional type french presses are really hard to clean.
I don't know which side is up, which side is down. I think this piece goes next.
I hope that's right. I don't even know what i'm screwing in at this point. And then we have to
screw in the cap. So if you still have all your pieces by this point, you are now ready to enjoy
coffee. And look for someone who just values their time, values the ease of use, for me
it's a no-brainer. I would rather spend an extra 60 bucks for a product that is going to work for me
for many many years to come, and it's going to work efficiently, and i'm not going to
be worried about losing pieces or worried that all of a sudden my coffee machine doesn't work
out on the trail. For more gear reviews check out this playlist up here. Hiking and backpacking over
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