Optimus Clip-On Windshield 8018907, Aluminum, One Size

Small, simple, and effective. It's not as light as titanium but it also doesn't cost that much. It flexes and clips onto the neck of your fuel can and provides effective wind protection for most low profile stoves without the risk of falling off or causing your fuel can to overheat. Be sure the "radius" of this windshield will work with your pot/cook system. I use it with the Optimus Terra Weekend HE (.95L) pot and it fits perfectly (since it was designed for this pot) and should work fine with similar or smaller diameter pots. It probably won't work with larger diameter pots. I haven't tried doing an actual "weigh your fuel and see how much you save" test but I just like the fact that I can easily rotate this around and have it block the wind and still have access to my stove's igniter and valve on the "downwind side" of the windshield. Because my pot nests inside of this, it essentially added no volume to my backpack, only a little extra weight.

My husband has one and I always thought they were unnecessary and silly. Until I saw how well his worked in the wind! I saved money in the past with the little "fold up hinging kind" and I'm giving that away now. This doesn't take up much space since it clips to the canister/pot for storage. Worth the investment.

This is a great windshield that is generally stove agnostic. Basically it's two quarter slices that bend where they meet, allowing you to hook the base onto any gas canister (100gram or 220-240 gram canisters). I tried a few stoves with it, and the basic results for fit are: - Snow Peak Giga Power: Yes. The low height of this stove means great win protection. - Soto Compact: No. The pot stand portion hits up against the edge, forcing an angle. Probably still could use small cups, but limited. - Soto Windmaster: Sorta. The included pot stand works, but the optional quad-arm pot stand is too wide. Also, the tallness of this stove means the stove is about level with the upper rim of the wind screen, so while it might help a little, I'm not sure how big a difference it would be. - Snow Peak Litemax: Yes. in fact, I think this might be the best fit for this screen. Low and wide pots won't fit very well on this, but just about any cup or liter sized tall and narrow pot should do just fine. - Terra HE Weekend. Yes - Snow Peak Trek 900. Yes - Snow Peak Hybrid Summit. Yes - Snow Peak cookset. tight and off center, but sorta - Toaks 1600. tight and off center, but sorta. - Terra HE cookset. Not really. Too wide. Overall, this is one impressive wind screen, and it's a bummer that it isn't sold in more places. If you already use a compact gas stove, don't want to do an additional investment in a jetboil, MSR Reactor, or a Primus ETALite, and depending on which compact gas stove you own, this might be perfect for for problems with wind.

This windshield works great with my Fire Maple stove and Petrel table. When tucked away, my Petrel pot nests inside this windshield so it takes up very little space.

The Optimus windshield fits snugly on the iso-butane canisters and blocks the wind well. It also fits well around my Toaks 750ml cook pot so it stores easily in my backpack adding little weight, taking up little space yet saving fuel and making boiling water faster and more efficient. Nothing but good news to report on this item.

This, to me, is a nice find. I like the way that it’s designed with a spring clip between the two halves to give them tension when securing it to a canister. I this this will give it longevity, which was a worry for me. It secures securely to the canister and you will have to watch the size of your stove and pots. I paired this with a GSI minimalist cup/pot and a small titanium stove that will nest in the pot. This pot with cozy fits nicely in the windscreen, almost as if was made for it.

You sometimes have to just try something. IsoPro canister top stove effectiveness is affected by the wind, even though their flame velocity is much higher than that of an Alcohol or Wood burning stove. Can't put a shield for the wind all around the setup, though, because the canister can get too hot (Danger!) So Optimus has this clip-on half-cylinder shield that is to clip on the canister top's lip, so that the canister body can be cool while there is some shielding from the wind for the flame of the stove itself. Of course this will work to some extent, but there are limitations. The burner head must be a bit below the shield, but the stove arms must be at or slightly above the shield. If the arms are below, only what fits within the shield diameter will rest on the arms. You do want some clearance, too, to prevent direct conduction of heat through the shield to the canister below. Don't want to have a fry pan resting on the shield, for example, or a wide mug/pot resting against the shield's side. Best approach is to buy a canister-top stove that is well rated for wind resistance (there are a few). But, if you already have a stove, and its arms are fully inside or above the top of this shield, and you're only boiling water in a mug, maybe this can help, too, especially if it all nests together and this doesn't eat up more space. Otherwise, maybe just pile stuff up to block the wind instead.

great wind screen ! very effective.

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Good protection from the wind, compact, handy, easy to fit and store.

slow delivery but worth the wait. Clips onto any standard diameter isopro fuel canister (MSR, JetBoil, Optimus, Primus etc. (4oz., 8oz. 16oz). This screen while fitting all canisters is limited by the size to pot you can use....I don't have the Optimus Terra pots, which this screen was made for, but it works quite well with my Primus Litech 1 liter solo cook set which has similar dimensions. This windscreen will increase the efficiency of your canister stove as much as 60% in windy conditions. It also saves fuel, and for light packing hikers who rely on a single canister to last the duration of their trek this is an essential piece of kit.

Sturdy wind guard for camping however not compact enough for backpacking. We disappointed in the latter and also the fact it could not be returned unless damaged.