Titanium or Steel

“I was just a click away from purchasing a titanium pot and pan last night. I just could not justify fifty bucks for half a pound weight savings.

How do titanium pots cook? How does it clean up?”

“excellent.

they don't work as well as steel or teflon, for frying.

but, for everything else, it is great.”

“The heat transfer ratio of titanium is less that that of Steel, which is less than aluminum. You'll save fuel cooking with aluminum, it is lighter than steel, and cheaper. So, if you mess it up you can toss it and buy another rather than crying about a $50 loss. You can make aluminum look like new with a "Brillo" pad or a 3M scrub sponge.”

“I foolishly spent the money for a titanium pot and sold it after one use. It is ok for boiling water but not for actual cooking. The heat is not spread out over the bottom of the pan as with aluminum, and burns anything in the middle without cooking the edges. Waste of money in my opinion.”

“I like them. I got the .9 litre (US quart?) and liked it so much that I added the 1.9 litre size as well. Definitely light weight and still looking like new.”

“I picked up a hard-anodized aluminum solo cookset from GSI that weighs 9 oz. Said to add the strength without weight, and be less porous than reg. aluminum. I hope to be trying it out in the next week and I'll let you know.”

“I am waiting for more research on Alzheimers before I start cooking with aluminum.”

“Try aluminum with a teflon lining? I would say that the amount of aluminum you would ingest on a week long trip in the wilds would be pretty minimal.

I have a .9ltr titanium pot. I use foil for a lid and only boil water.

Before that I used an aluminum pot from the five and ten.”

“I don't know anything about titanium pots, but I just love anodized aluminum. Tough, light, easy to clean, heats up fast, and cools off fast.”

“I used a teflon coated aluminum pot twice a day every day for two and a half months. The finish was still good. For ease of cleaning alone I'm gonna buy another one. I have a steel one now and it won't die, I guess I'm gonna force it into early retirement.

Some restraunt aluminum pots have a copper disk embeded in the bottom to aid in heat dispirsion, anyone seen this in a backpacking pot?”

“I use Steel. I can't justify spending that much money to save that little bit of weight.”

“I have a real nice aluminum pot, I think it is made by Folgers. At least it came with Folgers inside anyway, that's a bonus!”

“I've used an aluminum pot I got from a thrift store for many years. ($0.25) I decided to upgrade to one of those fancy non-stick coated aluminum cooksets a while back. ($45.00) I prefer ol' reliable to new one. All the Alzheimers stuff I keep hearing just sounds like more of the same junk science that's so popular these days. Give it a year or two and they will tell us to take aluminium tablets to improve memory.”

“The last thing I read about Alzheimers said that there was no relationship between it and aluminum pots.

Aluminum is almost as light as titanium and costs 1/10 the price.

Also, I just read that the non-stick cooking surfaces on pots give off some toxic compounds when overheated. Why bother with them when a little cooking oil and paying attention while you cook will do just fine?

Now don't get me wrong. Titanium looks very sexy, especially in a Tag Heuer watch. But as for pots...give me my old plain Jane two quart aluminum one($8.00).”

“I read today they had a new pill for Alzheimers. Wouldn't it be great to hear from the Gipper one more time?!?”

“The hard anodizing process is supposed to both strengthen the aluminum, reducing abrasion damage, and almost eliminate any leeching or transfer of aluminum in cooking. The surface is supposed to be much easier to clean w/o using any Teflon. Plus it was $17 instead of $50 for titanium.”

“I use TI, got mine on sale at REI. I only boil water. Don't do dishes. Lick the spoon and rinse the cup out. For me it was worth the $$ to lose a few oz. I've shaved 9-10 lbs off, and when you're only 100 lb, that's a LOT of weight.”

“I've used an aluminum pot for 15 years now and ... um... and ... um...I've used an aluminum pot for a long time and... um...and ...I've used an aluminum pot ... I think i've used a pot... let me go check.


um... where was I going?”

“i KNOW that you used pot!”

“I splurge once in a while, and I bought a titanium pot last year, and love it for boiling water. It weighs nothing.

Aluminum from pots? There is aluminum everywhere in the environment. It is the most common element in rocks. I'll bet you get way more aluminum from dust and water than from cooking on it.”

“Titanium and Steel will both flex and give a smoother ride then Aluminum. Oh wait, you're talking about a pot.”