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Weve been pleased with Jetboils innovative stoves, which, in case youve been living in a cave for the last five years, feature incredibly fast boil times--at one time, and probably still, the fastest in the industry. The first product, the Personal Cooking System, was one of the more revolutionary products of the past several years. It was to backcountry stoves was Jaeger LeCoultre replica watches the iPod was to Walkmans. So expectations for the PCSs follow-ups, like the Group Cooking System and Helios, were high. The Helios stove is a new Jetboil model based on similar technology -- there is a heat exchanger ring around the bottom of the pot that conserves heat, and a neoprene cozy around it to prevent heat loss from the bot walls.
