LIGHTWEIGHT POTS

“Anybody know of cheap lightweight pots.Im not interested in titanium prices nor pots the size of tea cups!
Got any brands,stores in mind?
I need something w/handle,lid and about 2 liter size.Thanx”

“Yes it is!”

“!!!!!!!!ALUMINUM!!!!!!!”

“That says it all....

Crazy Mike”

“Stainless steel.

Titanium is too much money for the weight you save unless you got money to blow.”

“Got an East German surplus kit from Sportsmans Guide for about $4. A quart and a half pot with bail handle, small fry pan (which I seldom carry) nestles inside, slightly larger pan is the lid. Whole set weighs in at a little under a pound and is kidney shaped so it packs well.”

“I like cheap aluminum. It's nearly as light as titanium and costs less than stainless.”

“Aluminum is not safe (health wise) to cook on...at least that is what I learned in Chef school. I've been brained washed to stainless steel.”

“Don't know about lightweight Pots..But I did smoke some pot in Amsterdamm that made me light headed...Hope that helps...heeh”

“I think my titanium pot was well worth the $30 I spent.”

“Sometimes I just carry a small aluminum coffee pot. I can cook a decent omelet in a zip lock freezer bag with boiling water.

Open Country makes a decent aluminum pot. They are available at Campmor. I have the 2 quart and 4 quart.”

“Stainless steel.”

“Backpacker gave hard anodized cookware one of it's editor choice awards. Looks expensive and I haven't tried it personally. I ended up getting the MSR Blacklite Gourmet . I am pleased with the performance but for solo BPing it is more than I need. Think I would have done just as well at Wal-mart for about $15. This stuff comes in use when I take a bunch of people out. Non-stick is handy for quick clean-up.”

“Teflon coated aluminum. I gather the scares about aluminum and Alzheimer's disease were BS but if it concerns you then the Teflon should fix the problem. The lightweight backpackers tout a grease pot sold by Walmart.”

“Go to a thrift store (Salvation Army) and find an aluminum pot the size you want. Cut off the handle and buy a pot gripper or use your bandanna.”

“Been using that idea for years...even turned an aluminium pot top into a custom grill for an antique kerosene heater.....

TO ALL:
If you have a requirement that can be met by making your own gear, wander through the nearest Salvation Army or other thrift store, and use your imagination...I quite often find a solution to a problem in these stores.”

“You should see the wool dress pants I scored for hiking. Made in Romania, a perfect fit, still with the original wrapping, and they look to be hand tailored. $0.75”

“wool dress pants? wow. i'm going to feel severely underdressed when i'm hiking w/ you.”

“GSI hard anodized aluminum isn't that expensive -- my solo kit was $18. It is quite light and a gas canister fits snugly inside.”

“Backpacker Mag did have a halfway decent comparison of pots in it's last issue.”

“I agree with Mr.Supertroll. Last month I was looking for a small cookpot pot for a Christmas present for a friend, and I found it at the local Starvation Army store for $0.75. I made a small V8 can burner, a potstand from a coathanger, windscreen and windlid from heavy duty Al foil, bought a potgrabber at the local outfitter for $4, and it all fits into the 1L pot. I almost kept it for myself. Before I purchased *expensive* hiking clothing, that place was my clothing outfitters.

As far as Al not being healthy... There is a prevalence of Al in the brains of Alzheimer's patients and that's where the scare came from. However, so far they've NEVER found a link actually associating Al to the disease, and that's where the dogma lies.”

“Al and Az

Here's a page with some info on the subject.

http://student.biology.arizona.edu/ad/default.html”

“Most of that is outdated info. Research has been done since that has rather thoroughly refuted it.”

“I you read closely they present both sides of the debate, along with references.”

“Yes, but they use outdated info.”

“You might want to check some more up-to-date sites.”

“I have 3 different types of pots. Aluminum, MSR Blacklites, and MSR stainless steel. I feel that the Blacklites are CRAP because the coating came off within the first couple uses with plastic utensils.
I prefer the Stainless Steel pots. My reasoning for this is that SS retains heat better then Aluminum so it takes less fuel to boil or cook. The food stays warmer longer too. Plus uncoated SS will clean better than uncoated Aluminum.”

“thanx for all the replies so far.
I have had a hard time finding a GSI pot which isnt part of a huge kit and 60bux.
I also really need a size of 1.5-2.0 qt/liter.Most pots of this size come with a kit.
As for salvation army and thrift shops I do check them out but pots there never come with a lid or collapsible handle.
I know somethings out there on the web.
The best i have seen was an msr 1.6liter ss pot but it weighed 19oz which is unnecessarily heavy.
The search goes on...”

“As I stated in my previous, Campmor carries Open Country Cookware. They sell the 2 quart pot for $8.99, Item 82008.

There is no picture for the individual pot, but it is the same pot that comes in the kits. There are picures of the kits.

”

“But bacpac...can't we have a direct link? How about ya order the thing and send it to my house for me?”

“bacpac,thanks for yer help.
ii says it is a kettle and i think it is a kettle and not a pot i also think it doesnt have a proper handle.I'll look at some other websites for the same item.”

“Nigal, I made a direct link. I just didn't do a very good job of it. My typo omitted the 'click here' verbiage, but if you click on that little dash at the end of my post it will take you to the link.

It is the same pot pictured On this Link.

It has a wire handle. Not very proper, gloves recommended:-)”

“I have an MSR Stowaway. It is made of stainless steel. It has a wire handle that stays cool and flips over and clips. It's not the lightest pot, but very convenient. I can fit my esbit stove, fuel tabs, lighter, little bottle of soap, alum. foil windscreen, spoon all inside. Small self contained kitchen, doesn't come open in your pack. My wife made a small insulated bottom half bag for it. It keeps the black soot off the other stuff in my pack. I can also sit and eat with the pot in my lap. While there might be lighter pots, my kitchen as a whole is pretty light for a short fair weather trip. Those short fair weather trips are all I seem to get to take. One day maybe I will get to have real stove and hike in the snow.”

“hi flat,
yea,that msr is the one i saw in the store...its a perfect size (1.6lt)pot and is what i want except it is 19oz which is a half pound too much.”

“My dictionary defines kettle and pot as the same item under the scope of this discussion.”

“kettle as in tea kettle with a spout.that is what is on the campmor site.”

“I posted a link with a picture of the 'kettle' It does not have a spout. The thing in the pic with a spout is a coffee pot.

The 2 quart 'kettle' is the one next to the coffee pot. On the back row from left to right in the pic we have the 10 quart 'kettle', the 4 quart "kettle", the 2 quart 'kettle', and the coffee pot.

The cups, plates, and frying pans are in front.

It is a pot with a wire bail handle and a lid.”

“I tried out my new wally world grease pot tonight - worked OK so far - too bad its too small for davex - only about 1.1 liter. It goes well with the new alky stove and works well with zip stove too - I used the zip first to blacken the bottom and I found the alky stove was faster than I expected - compares well with the zip when you consider the time from cold stove to rolling boil. Zip will still beat the alky stove however on time to second pot boiled.”

“What is a grease pot? My Mom used to have an aluminum 'grease pot' that she poured bacon drippings in.

I hope you don't plan to cook on one of those. Aluminum and all metals are made in different grades for different purposes. A 'grease pot' will not survive cooking temperatures.”

“there is some considerable evidence that you are right bacpac - notably birch had one of the grease pots that burned through on him when using esbit fuel. In my case I am mainly just trying it out as a boil water pot - I am thinking it may still be ok for just boiling water but I won't be surprised it it does indeed fail at some time.”

“You can boil water in a McDonald's paper cup. Why would you? I guess a grease pot would work even when it got to the thickness of a McDonald's paper cup. So....?

What am I missing? If you want to boil water, buy a pot. (or kettle:-)

I am certain, I am not getting any smarter. Are the rest of you getting dumber?”

“In the Campmor New Years 2002 catalog that came today, the individual Open Country covered kettles are at bottom left on page 191 - 2 qt. @ 8 oz. for $8.99, 4 qt. @ 14 0z. for $10.99, and 10 qt. @ 1 lb. 10 oz. for $17.99.

The illustration for the full set is at top left of page 192, showing the kettle style. The coffee pot is called a "coffee boiler" or "camp perk."”

“shrug - whatever you say bacpac - I must be dumb to play with such a thing

this grease pot is just something that I am playing with - it is light weight enough that If I can figure out how to cook with it (ie boil water and pour into bag type meals) it will save a few ounces of pack weight

it has been established that the pot will fail with esbit - what I am playing with is to see if it will fail with alcohol stoves - a less concentrated heat source”

“"notably birch had one of the grease pots that burned through on him when using esbit fuel."

I think this happened because he was baking with it. I absolutely love mine. My whole lightweight kitchen for a weekend is about 6 oz.

My regular pot is one like bacpac discribed. I call it my Little House on the Prarie Lunch Bucket. It is better for cooking on a fire.”

“thanx,bacpac and pekka.I already have a bail handle type pot and am looking for a handle that mounts in the side...been at the thrift store and sport chalet today...”

“Evernew Ti Pot (has folding rubber covered handle) = 3 oz
Lid = 1.1 oz
Ti Gigastove = 3 oz
fuel = 7 oz
Evernew Ti mug = 1.8 oz
lexan spoon = .25 oz
mini lighter = .3”

“Oops!

Ti pot was about $30 on sale at REI”