Amicus

After a season with a cheap stove that was terrible in wind, they bought a Soto Amicus and found it noticeably better.

Replaced their budget stove with a Soto Amicus, which is night and day better in performance, build and pot support.

Is a big fan of both their Soto stoves, the Windmaster and the Amicus.

Their Amicus just obliterates their BRS 3000 and most other stoves in wind; the best overall stove for price, weight and wind performance.

Loves their Soto Amicus: super compact, has a basic regulator and is super wind resistant, a great, cheap stove even in high winds.

The only issue with their Amicus is that the screw holding the igniter cover keeps falling out.

Used their Amicus for six days straight, including a couple of evenings with whipping wind, and it performed extremely well; they love the stove.

Got the Amicus for the price and it blows their Snow Peak LiteMax out of the water in any wind.

Replaced their BRS-3000T with the Soto Amicus for a windy Lost Coast Trail trip and still really loves it whenever they bring a stove.

Has an Amicus and it is a great stove, almost as good as the Windmaster, though they quickly replaced the REI pots it came with.

Has used the Amicus with the REI cookset for a few years and loves it: super dependable, never any issues up to about 10,000 ft, simple and compact.

Has the Amicus with the New River Pot and both are great, but the piezo broke after a few days on their first trip.

Loves their Amicus with ignition and would never go back to a stove without its wind protection; the arms fold away to make it really compact.

Really likes the arms on their Amicus and has had no issues in moderate wind; the only negative is that it is loud, like a jet engine.

Has never had a problem with their Amicus in high winds and loves how light it is and how easily it packs down.

Their Amicus without the igniter works well and burns better than their MSR Pocket Rocket, with no issues in wind so far.

Has the Amicus without igniter and loves it; having also used the Windmaster, they find neither meaningfully more functional.

Went with the Amicus, used it in pretty high winds just fine and loves it: 10 out of 10.

Their Amicus has performed perfectly for the last few seasons with no stability issues.

Their Amicus is very stable with a 900 ml pot and its simmering capability is fantastic, though the flame still needs sheltering to save fuel.

Their Amicus worked great for a few uses, then a washer holding one pot arm fell off and the arm broke; Soto sent a new one within days.

Finds their Soto Amicus far more consistent than a BRS and has never had a single piezo failure in years of use.

Their default system is a Soto Amicus with an MSR Titan 950 ml pot, which works extremely well.

Liked their Amicus with a 750 ml pot; it was good at all altitudes.

Uses the Amicus and finds the engineering very good, with fine pot supports and good flame control.

Really likes the four legs on their Amicus, which make their Evernew 900 pot feel very stable while cooking.

Really likes the built-in igniter on their Amicus, which usually lights on the first or second press and lets them leave a second lighter at home.

Has used both the Amicus and the Pocket Rocket and says get the Amicus, now their stove; the Pocket Rocket concentrates the flame too much to simmer food.

Bought the Amicus with the igniter, their first stove with one, and despite their skepticism it always lights on the first or second try, much easier in a breeze than matches.

The Amicus's wind performance beats any canister stove except the Windmaster; their only complaint is they would have splurged on the Windmaster had they known how much they would like it.

The igniter on their Amicus died after almost 10 years of use, and they only had to buy a new igniter to make it work like new.

Bought a Soto Amicus to replace a worn-out Pocket Rocket; the stove is a little better than the Pocket Rocket, but its piezo lighter is junk and failed after a spill.

After their BRS-3000T broke within about 10 uses they got the slightly heavier Soto Amicus, which is fairly windproof, robust and reliable.

Their Soto Amicus fits with gas, a lighter and a tiny sponge into a Toaks 750 and is much better in wind than their old stove.

In their experience the Amicus is noticeably quieter than the BRS-3000T.

Of the PocketRocket Deluxe, Amicus and a Windmaster knockoff, the Amicus is their favorite.

Has a Soto Amicus and loves it.

Their Amicus is a good stove for the weight and money; they use it on sheltered or calm trips but it copes with a bit of wind.

Has two Amicus stoves and a Windmaster; the Amicus is awesome as a weekend stove.

Went with the Amicus when their ancient MSR stove gave out; its four pot supports make a small Toaks 750 much more stable.

Replaced their PocketRocket 2 with the Soto Amicus, which performs better in mild wind.