This kind of makes that decision easy I think. The design seems nice, and the fact that it folds is doubly so. In backpacking your limits are in both weight and volume.

I'd like to see some reviews of ruggedness - the main thing I'm concerned about is what happens to the part of my USB cord that's plugged into the unit - it may be designed for high heat, but an average apple plug probably isn't.

well the Biolite seems to be a top notch stove plus it charges your devices. The link above are comments of buyers, nearly all positive. For a stove you prefer gas?

Biolite is totally cool, but 2lbs is a LOT for backpacking, you can get tents lighter than that.

I haven't done any backpacking with it yet -- though if I did, I probably wouldn't be taking anything I could charge via USB anyway. (The aforementioned USB lantern isn't exactly light either.)