Pots and the likes

imported
#1

Hi ya’ll. I am still looking for the “perfect pot”, for me, that is. I have the Titan Kettle but most of the meals i am looking at require something more along the lines of a 1.5 quart. I am looking to eat out of the pot, so i am looking for non stick, easy clean, and lightweight. Titanium is pretty KA but I have had problems with scorching and sticking. More of a headache than the weight i am saving. here are some of what i am looking at:

GSI bugaboo
MSR duralite
MSR blacklite
Backpackers Pantry

These are all aluminum, I know theres some good non stick titanium out there too, Primus Litech is a pretty cool one too by the looks of it. What did you use or do you have an opinion about any of these?

Thanks brothers

Ben Reuschel

#2

I use the antigravity gear pot and cozy. It still may be too small for your meal size, but it cleans easy because it’s no-stick-em. The cozy works great for using less fuel and the pepsi can stove is super easy to use.

www.antigravitygear.com

Burn

#3

antigravitygear

burn

#4

sorry ben the link is not working but that is the correct address, I use the 2 qt pot. everything stores inside it, including my pepsi can stove.

burn

#5

Your choice of pot depends on what you are cooking. Frankly, I used a stainless steel pot for my hike in 2001 and a titanium pot for my 2002 hike. Both were/are uncoated. I didn’t have a problem with sticking and scorching. Now, I was cooking typical backpacker type foods (Liptons, Man & cheese) over a whisperlite. Just stir occassionally, and don’t let it get too dried out.

My general recommendation would be to buy an uncoated pot. I suspect that if you buy a coated pot, the coating will take a beating from everything that gets stowed inside the pot.

Like Burn, I use a 2 quart pot partly because it stores everything inside it. My stove, cup, spoon, lighter, camp suds, pot grabber, etc.

If you have the money, titanium is good. However, it is lightweight because it is thin. Hense, easy to scorch and burn food on. They say that it takes a few ounces off your back, and out of your wallet.

Many people use a smaller sized pot. Walmart’s grease pot is used by some.

Peaks

#6

1.0L MSR Ti pot (comes with smaller pot, only took larger 1L on my thru). All I needed, my little alcohol stove, lighter and pot grabber fit inside. Holds a Lipton or mac/cheese meal easily.

Bluebearee

#7

I have the MSR Blacklite Classic cookset. It comes with a 1.5L pot, 2L pot, lid and pot holder. The total weight is 18oz. You could ditch the 2L pot, and save about half the weight. I burnt some rice in it the last time I went out (didn’t use enough water) and it cleaned out easily. Of course, you want to use a non-metallic serving spoon and use a towel to protect the coating if you store anything inside it.

Ardsgaine

#8

I fell in love with my Evernew Titanium 1.3L pot. It has rubber coated collapsing side handle, a non-stick surface inside and good fitting lid. Ultra ultra light. My tiny Lexan utensil set, alcohol pepsi stove and all stove accesories and silnylon bag, scrub pad in a baggy, and condiments all fit inside during hiking, and it still weights less then my old MSR kit did. I cannot ever imagine going back to anything else.

REI online sells it, I am sure you can find them in many other palces as well.

airferret

airferret

#9

I prefer a regular 2.0 qt titanium pot. Cook at a lower temp if scorching… little pieces of teflon are not good to eat…

see y’all in eight weeks on the trail wahoo!!!

Chef Aswah

#10

i switched from the GSI bugaboo to the Snowpeak Titanium series. I am much happier with the Snowpeak 900ts (I think that’s what it’s called). Smaller, lightweight, has scorched just a little. But it rests better on my MSR Pocket Rocket and cooks faster and retains heat better. All around easier to pack stuff into. I use only a lexan spoon when I hike.

Doublerev

DoubleRev