PrimusMicron Lantern review

Urban Climber Magazine
06/01/2008 - A little bit of pressurized gas and a lantern the size of an espresso cup really goes a long way. This little guy thinks big and maxes out at 70 watts of light output! We hooked the MicronLantern up at the crag and let it burn and burn and burn. Campfire burritos and a six pack (or two) later, we were ready to retire long before it was. At 4.4 oz., this is a different kind of “lightweight”.



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Primus EtaPower 1.7L Pot review

Backpacker
05/01/2008 - Turbo-charge your cooking system: This new pot-suitable for groups of two to three people-has a built-in heat exchanger that boosts fuel efficiency and speeds up boil times. In controlled tests (70° air temp, 58° water temp), 1 liter of water boiled up to 1.5 minutes faster in the Primus pot than in a standard aluminum pot. It’s made of hard-anodized aluminum with a non-stick coating, and it comes with a lid and pot gripper. Before you buy: Try it on your stove in the store; the fins of the heat exchanger don't mesh perfectly with all stove types. We like the 1.7-liter size for its versatility, but the pot is available in smaller and larger versions as well. Need a stove, too? The Primus EtaPower Easy Fuel Stove ($125, pot included) earned an Editors’ Choice Award in 2007 for its super efficiency. $45; 12.6 oz.



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Primus Twin Stove Receives Editors’ Choice

Camping Life
05/01/2008 - What we like about the lightweight (4 pound) and easily packable Primus Twin Stove is that it can do double-duty as a backcountry stove or a family camping cooker. The fuel is formulated for four-season and multi-altitude use, and the stove is only $60. The folding legs may look skinny, but they are stable and the stove can handle two 5-6 liter pots. We boiled a liter of water at sea level on it in about three minutes; and the 110-gram propane/isobutane/butane fuel canisters can be readily found for about $5.



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Primus EtaPower EF integrated stove and pan review

Douglas Wilcox
03/13/2008 - I first became interested in camping stoves with heat exchangers after a windy week in North Uist and Boreray in the Outer Hebrides. It was so windy and it took so long to heat anything that we ran out of gas. Fortunately we found where some peats had been left to dry. There were a few scraps of dry peat left, where the stacks had been built, to keep us going....

Then the JetBoil came along but as its name suggests, it is only really suited to boiling. The Primus EtaPower EF is the most recent development of this type of stove. Primus are a well established company with excellent after sales support. I still have, in working order, a 90 year old Primus half pint paraffin stove, which I inherited from my great uncle. I recently got spare lead and leather washers from Tiso.

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Primus Stove Appears on RSN Television

12/03/2007 - Primus' EtaPower stove is featured in a segment on running on RSN Television this winter. Drew Simmons hosts a series of televised outdoor gear and fashion profiles. Click the link below to see the video.

ABOUT RSN TELEVISION
RSN Television is a national television network that specializes in creating and distributing outdoor content for America's best known and best loved resorts. RSN is seen in more than 100 resort communities nationwide, with a potential unduplicated reach of 52 million viewers each year.

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Micron Lantern Receives Editor's Choice

11/30/2007 - Primus is excited to announce that the PRIMUS Micron Lantern has achieved the Editors Choice Award of 2007. The nomination is based on its outstanding features; it is robust, stable, has a powerful light and is fuel-efficient.

Primus EtaExpress joins elite team of outdoor innovators with Men's Journal "Gear of the Year" award

Profiled in the magazine's December "Best" issue, Primus' cutting edge camp stove gets national praise for lightweight hyper-efficiency
11/06/2007 - LANDER, WYO. - Sleek, sexy and powerful, the 2008 Primus EtaExpress backpacking stove has joined an elite cadre of outdoor innovators as a winner of a Men's Journal "Gear of the Year" award.

And with the announcement that it will purchase carbon offsets for the small amount of fuel not utilized directly by the stove, Primus has created the first 100-percent efficient backcountry stove.


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Origo Granite Peak Sleek review

Adam W. Chase
06/01/2008 - The Granite Peak Sleek, available in titanium or steel models, can help guide you to your location on a topographical map or at least give you the direction you are headed with its one-foot resolution altimeter and declination-adjustable compass functions. It also serves as a wrist-top weather center with the help of a built-in barometer. The watch is water resistant to more than 150 feet and has a scratch-resistant crystal face, plus, it graphs your altitude changes over eight hours and stores elevation changes of up to 75 of your favorite runs in its memory.



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Origo Granite Peak Titanium Sleek review

Buyer’s Guide Outside
06/01/2008 - Loaded with backcountry tool like a digital compass, altimeter, barometer, and thermometer, this chronograph does everything but radio search-and-rescue. $290



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Origo Fishing Pro review

Frank Martin
05/01/2008 - Experienced anglers will love this new product from North American Gear, the premier outdoor watch company. New for 2008 is the Fishing Pro watch, part of their Guide Pro line. It’s designed with every feature you can imagine to optimize your chances on the river. This very cool watch uses moon phase data to predict the =best times of day for fishing, and even notifies you ahead of optimal fishing conditions with a programmable alarm. The top-of-the-line Fishing Pro is a multi-function watch with far too many features to list here. It forecasts the weather and temperature, gives barometric trends, includes altimeter readings, an altitude graph, a compass with bearing lock and adjustable declination; multiple chronograph functions; and calendar functions with sunrise/sunset. It even has a programmable tide chart. The perfect tool for the serious angler.



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New for 2008: Origo Guide Pro Series

Rods & Guns
02/01/2008 - A true partner in your outdoor adventures, Origo’ new Guide Pro Series Fishing and Hunting Pro track real-time atmospheric and moon phase data, analyze it, and alert the wearer to the best times for fishing or hunting. Multi-sensor capability includes an easy-to-read weather forecasting feature with temperature function; barometric trends for the past 30 hours; altimeter resolution to 12 inches; altitude graph covering the past 8 hours; one touch direct access digital compass with bearing lock and an adjustable declination; and multiple chronograph functions as well as basic and vibration alarm and clock functions. Innovative features also include moon phases, tide chart (Fishing Pro only), calendar functions with sunrise/sunset, and input storage for ballistic information (hunting Pro only). A scratch-resistant mineral crystal face and broad LCD display provides superior readability. Water resistant to 165 feet. MSRP $230.

Other Guide Pro Series watches include the Fishing Guide and Hunting Guide models, with all the same features as the Fishing Pro and Hunting Pro, minus the altimeter, barometric pressure, and weather forecasting in a lighter weight injection molded body. MSRP $120.

For sportsmen strictly interested in fishing, hunting and time of day information, the Origo Fisher and Hunter watches offer all the same fish and game-specific features as the Fishing and Hunting Guide models without the digital compass. MSRP $60.



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Origo Guide Pro™ Watch Reviewed on Ross Archery Forum

Hunting Pro Stainless Watch
01/06/2008 - This Origo timepiece has built-in features to complement your outdoor lifestyle. The Hunt Pro and Fish Pro models have exclusive "best hunt/fish time" functions, alarm, sunrise/sunset and moon phase. Fish Pro features tide projection and countdown to next high/low tide. Hunt Pro has ballistic data memory with three-gun selection; ballistic adjustment for 50, 100, 150, 200, 300, 400 and 500 yards; and from +6" to -36" in 1" intervals.

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Origo Pedometer Watches Appear on RSN Television

12/03/2007 - Origo pedometer watches are featured in a segment on running on RSN Television this winter. Drew Simmons hosts a series of televised outdoor gear and fashion profiles. Click the link below to see the video.

ABOUT RSN TELEVISION
RSN Television is a national television network that specializes in creating and distributing outdoor content for America's best known and best loved resorts. RSN is seen in more than 100 resort communities nationwide, with a potential unduplicated reach of 52 million viewers each year.

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Outdoor Life Chooses Origo's Guide Pro Watches

OL's 2007 Gear Review calls Hunting and Fishing Pro watches great gift buys
12/01/2007 - The December/January issue of Outdoor Life says: "Origo's Guide Pro Series Fishing Pro and Hunting Pro watches are two of the coolest, most functional watches made for sportsmen to come along. They provide weather info, temperature, best hunting and fishing times, moon phases, tide charts, and a digital compass, and they can even store ballistic info. Oh yeah, they also tell time."

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Origo's Guide Pro Series Selected in Popular Science

Watches featured in The Goods - 12 Must Have Products
10/16/2007 - The Origo Guide Pro Series has been chosen by Popular Science as a Hot Product in The Goods column authored by Laren Aaronson.


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