Looking for a cup...

[TrippinBTM]

I hope someone on here can help me. I'm looking for a mug/cup for hiking, a metal one that i could also cook on if need be (I do have a larger pot, but I want to be able to heat up, say, water for tea while eating from the pot). I want it cheap, so probably aluminum.

I hiked with a guy this year who had one like what I want... an aluminum cup with handle and volume markings on it, which I need as I don't want to have to carry meas. cups again. Maybe he said he got it at Walmart, I can't remember. Anyways, the one near me had nothing like it.

Anyone know of a site or store that would have such a cup?

[Ghosthiker]

What about a sierra cup?

[partinj]

Walmar have some nice size cups in the camping dept. some look they could hold
a dinner of oddles off nooles and them some.

[bigmac_in]

I use the Vargo Ti-lite mug.

[Panzer1]

This will be my next purchase from AMAZON.COM:

http://www.amazon.com/Evernew-Titani...=2JV877OECIIY9


Weight 3.4 ounces
Holds 10 fl ounces
cost about $42 with free shipping from Amazon.com

Its a double wall mug which means it will keep hot drinks longer.

Also this web site has all kinds of cups, pots and pans
http://evernewamerica.com/products/products.html.

Panzer

[TrippinBTM]

I'm not spending 35 bucks for a cup; I want something cheap. The first one posted is alright but won't fit my cooking set up, storage-wise. Plus, I'm looking for something with measurments on it, if possible.

[4eyedbuzzard]

I'm not spending 35 bucks for a cup; I want something cheap...

It's people like you who are ruining our economy by not buying overpriced consumer goods. Proud of yourself?

[Tinker]

Here's cheap:
http://www.basegear.com/space-saver-cup.html

Do yourself a favor and buy a stainless steel cup. It won't dent or bend as easily, and the rim will cool down much faster than the rim on an aluminum cup. Drinking from a hot aluminum cup is a sure way to burn your lips (unless it has a stainless steel band around the rim). Plus, aluminum pits when you cook anything with salt in it, making it hard to clean properly. Stainless steel and titanium are less likely to react to things you cook in them.
Btw: Stainless steel double walled cups aren't designed for heating liqids. Unless they have a hole between the walls they could explode, and, because steel doesn't hold heat like aluminum, and since they don't have a top, they won't keep liquids hot much longer than a single walled cup.

[Panzer1]

I'm not spending 35 bucks for a cup; I want something cheap.

Then just one of those "free" cups that they give out at work with the company logo on it.

Panzer

[Panzer1]

here you go:

http://www.campmor.com/outdoor/gear/Product___81911

8 oz. capacity polyethylene cup with graduated increments. Wt. 4 oz.

At $1.70 you can't find anything cheaper unless it's free

or just go to WWW.CAMPMOR.COM and do a search on "cup"

Panzer

[riceNbeans]

I have a cup in which my normal sized nalgene fits. It has increments on the side and I have heated water in it on occasion. Not sure of the size, weight, etc... but here is one from the Tooth of Time Traders at Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico.

http://tinyurl.com/5ajxe7

[Tinker]

here you go:

http://www.campmor.com/outdoor/gear/Product___81911

8 oz. capacity polyethylene cup with graduated increments. Wt. 4 oz.

At $1.70 you can't find anything cheaper unless it's free

or just go to WWW.CAMPMOR.COM and do a search on "cup"

Panzer

He wants to heat stuff up in it.

[bigmac_in]

I didn't spend $35 for the Vargo mug. You just have to shop your butt off to get a good one at a good price. I never buy anything unless it is a good deal.

[jesse]

This will be my next purchase from AMAZON.COM:

http://www.amazon.com/Evernew-Titani...=2JV877OECIIY9


Weight 3.4 ounces
Holds 10 fl ounces
cost about $42 with free shipping from Amazon.com

Its a double wall mug which means it will keep hot drinks longer.

Also this web site has all kinds of cups, pots and pans
http://evernewamerica.com/products/products.html.

Panzer

I have heard you can't cook with a double wall mug.

[Panzer1]

I have heard you can't cook with a double wall mug.

Yea, I sure that's true. I think you would have to cook whatever you want in your pot and then pour that into the double wall mug to consume. At that point the pot would then be free to cook something else. The double wall would then keep the contents of the mug hot longer then a regular mug. This would work well with something like tea or coffee which you might want to consume more slowly. You might want something like that if you are hiking in cold weather.

Anyhow if you heated a mug of tea/coffee in a single wall mug, it might then the be too hot to immediately consume. By cooking it in the pot and then pouring it into the mug you eliminate this problem.

Panzer

[Alligator]

Titanium Sierra Cup, usually around $14-18. I haven't seen one with marks, but I did see one with a folding handle. They hold about 10 fluid oz and weigh less than 2.

[Panzer1]

Why would you really need marks on a mug anyway.

Panzer

[Slo-go'en]

Sierra cup. Man, I haven't seen anyone use one of those in a looong time! Likely for good reasons. Which reminded me - I actually still have one. A fancy brass one with a REI logo and "50 years" stamped into the bottom. 50 years of Sierra cups or 50 years of REI - don't know, don't care.

I've burnt my lips too many times on metal cups -you'd think once would have been enough. I only use plastic cups now.

However, if you do want a light metal cup, likely what you want is an aluminum measuring cup. Try church run second hand and trift shops who get a lot of donated stuff from estates.

[dan8794]

Walmart has these blue camping mugs in the camping section. They are like 2 bucks and work just fine. They may be too heavy for a UL (5 oz vs .5) but, I don't really count ounces like that.

Cheap and work just fine.

[Wags]

i got a nice SS 16oz mug w/ handle for $3 at a local flea market. it doesn't say sierra on it though so i guess i'm uncool