Kovea Spider is a great little stove, i'm not sure they are still sold in Australia, if so they would be good option. It wasn't clear whether metho or gas but something like this would be a bit more user friendly step up from a trangia, perhaps? Metho trangia to a Jetboil would have to be tortoise V hare.
I cut the legs off mine, so it's AS is probably null and void
(Thanks Michael)
If only allowed two words they would have been 'operator error'. I didn't intend to be nasty at all to the stove..
lol I'd have one but know myself, have to clear an area and put the ground and wind shields in place etc. the titanium pot is a chore to keep clean but at least all this can stand up to a short inevitable distraction.
So, I understand the JB is sold in stores and expected that Species's may be tagged, it's possible to buy online and there may even be a cheap copy but at least a bricks & mortar store here should have the real mcoy and back it up. I'd have no ethical dilemma taking it back, even for this, at least having the question posed whether that warning was good enough (for the retailer).
I can say, closer to the coalfront, maybe the conscience, that like some other light gear for other reasons, neither this stove nor the MSR even need further consideration as suitable for general hire (shrug), even with a demonstration. I'd simply expect some, even otherwise very smart, people could very well make a mess of it. And so move on.