I usually wedge the inverted canister between some rocks or tent pegs, or in one of my boots, if I'm not wearing it at the time. Not neat, but it works.
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Tent Pegs would work as would the rocks, guess I thought there would be something small you could carry like a pin for a golfball! Thanks for that Guy.
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 I use the Edelrid Opilio, which has the valve set horizontally so the canister sits upside down with no other support required. There's also the new MSR Windpro 2, which comes with a stand for an inverted canister.
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 I use three of the 2g terra nova pegs for inverting the can. Works a treat.
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 Same here. You can even get elaborate and use some zip-ties too to create a cradle.
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That's posh Matt 
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 Seeing as my thread has been resurrected I thought would add to it. I bought the Express spider stove in Jan and have only used it for one night in Feb on Dartmoor. I must admit it diddn't perform as well as I hoped. However, it was quite cold in Feb and also it was very very windy. I didn't cook inside the tent but tried to shelter to the stove behind the Tor as best I could. I also used a home made wind shield also but still the wind was affecting preformance. It seemed to use more gas than I expected but I think the canister wasn't as full as I thought as it was one left over from a previous trip. At the end of my camp I did wonder if it was any better than the MSR pocket rocket. But I'm sure it must be and also I haven't given it a fair go yet. Certainly was far more stable to rest the pot on.
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Hmmm.. Plenty to ponder thanks for you honest and frank review, i'm not going camping for a while and may wait before I purchase a new stove, it's a real shame primus don't make a windshield for this, my mate is wild camping in the carnnedeau in snowdonia tonight, and it will be cold he's also got a gelert inferno which I currently have, I will wait for his report before plunging for a new stove!
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 Your tent is the windshield. Why would you cower behind a rock in February, massively reducing the efficiency of any stove, when you could have been snug in your sleeping bag, with your boots blocking out whatever stray gusts got under the flysheet?
I used a remote stove all winter, much better than top mounted stoves I've used in the past. I'm not sure why you'd need something specific to prop up the inverted can, though, I just lean mine against whatever's handy (boot, waterbottle, rucsac).
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I'm curious about the homemade windshield too. With a remote canister stove you can use a fully surrounding foil windshield the same as for a liquid/multifuel stove, and they're generally pretty effective (as long as they're tall enough). I always use one with my Express Spider, even though I also nearly always cook in the tent porch. The stove has struck me as pretty effective - powerful, controllable and stable - and a good replacement for my old, ailing Primus Gravity.
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Normally I always cook in the tent porch, I guess I just felt like being outside as I knew once I got boots and Jacket off etc I would be in there for good. My windshield was not tall enough as I made it specifically to fit inside my titan pot which only just comes to the base of the pot from the floor also the foil was not long enough to completely go all the way round so was only two thirds covered . I think I will make another one. To be honest though the spider stove is very well made, easy to use and folds up small. I certainly do not regret buying it.
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Spoke to my mate and the gelert worked fine in the tentsporch in the snow,reckon the gas was slightly warmer in his tent, I cooked outside, will have to probably get a new stove sometime though, in very cold windy conditions when you need a cuppa while backpacking I still think a windshield is handy.
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