Methodology
This page describes exactly how the records in the Model Finder are produced. If you are going to rely on a compatibility answer, you should be able to check how we got it.
Sources we use
We record information from Snow Peak's own material only:
- Official product pages (Snow Peak Japan and Snow Peak USA)
- Official manuals and instruction documents
- Archived official pages, for discontinued products
- Official support and customer service information
Retailer listings, marketplace pages, forum threads and shop blog posts are not used as the basis for a compatibility claim. They are often right, but there is no way for a reader to tell when they are wrong, and a confident wrong answer is the failure mode we are trying to avoid.
How records are verified
Every stored field traces back to a source record, and every source record has a publisher, a title, a URL and a date. A record cannot enter the dataset without at least one source — this is enforced in code, not by convention, so an unsourced record fails the build rather than quietly appearing on the site.
Compatibility has a stricter rule: an entry may only be marked confirmedif it carries its own source. Marking something confirmed because it "obviously" fits is exactly the mistake this structure exists to prevent.
How verification dates are handled
Each record shows the date it was last checked. That date is the honest scope of the claim: it means we saw this in official material on that day, and nothing more. Snow Peak can revise a product at any time without telling us.
We do not refresh dates automatically. A date only moves when someone actually re-checks the source, because a date that updates on its own is worse than no date — it implies a check that never happened.
We do not guess
Where we do not have information, the record says Unknown or Insufficient evidence. We do not fill gaps by inference, by pattern-matching model numbers, or by generating plausible text. A blank we admit to is useful; a blank we paper over is a trap.
The only judgements the finder will state are these four:
- Confirmed by official documentation
- Current equivalent identified
- Discontinued — no confirmed successor
- Insufficient evidence
What you will never see here are hedged claims such as "probably compatible", "should fit", "guaranteed compatible". Those phrases move risk onto the reader while sounding like reassurance, so they are blocked in code rather than left to discipline.
How we judge compatibility
Compatibility is recorded as a relationship between two specific products, with its own status and its own sources. It is kept separate from product status and from succession, because those are different facts:
- A discontinued product may still be compatible with current accessories.
- A confirmed successor may not be compatible with the accessories of the product it replaced.
We never derive compatibility from succession. Two fields, two sets of evidence.
Out of scope entirely: gas canisters, fuel adapters and any modification to burners. Those carry real safety consequences and belong with Snow Peak, not with us. We also do not certify fit for third-party products that Snow Peak does not document.
The manufacturer comes first
If this page and Snow Peak disagree, Snow Peak is right. Treat anything here as a starting point for your own check, especially for an expensive or hard-to-return purchase.
Reporting an error or an outdated record
Corrections are welcome and we would rather hear about a mistake than preserve a clean-looking page. Use the Request a model check form under the Model Finder results, and say which record is wrong and what the official source shows. If a record turns out to be unsupportable, we remove it rather than soften it.