View Full Version : I bought a new Titanium cook pot.
Now, EVERY other peice of my gear has suddenly become too heavy!
DOH! :datz
What's up with that? :-?
sleepwalker
04-03-2006, 13:50
Yeah, that illness causes the uncontrollable purchase of a Titanium stove, mug, spork, tent stakes, sunglasses and can lead to an unquenchable desire for carbon fiber trekking poles and tent poles. The only known cure is my wife.:D
hikerjohnd
04-03-2006, 17:38
Yea - do yourself a favor and pitch the scale before it's too late! On the other hand... I have reduced my base weight to 10 pounds... but at what price...
Hikerjohn has it right...$$$$=light weight. Just how li$$$$$ght do you want to be?
BTW, non-hiking ladies fail to see the humor in the weight loss program:D , especially the spousal type.
fiddlehead
04-03-2006, 20:55
I've found that cheap aluminum cook pots weigh the same as titanium cook pots and boil water faster.
I've found that cheap aluminum cook pots weigh the same as titanium cook pots and boil water faster.
Well, the one I relaced was an MSR Blacklight. It weighs an ounce more than my new Ti pot and is the same size. I never put a metal utensil in it either. Cheap.
I was looking for an Aluminum replacement but they did not have one that I liked.
The main reason I replaced th MSR is because the cheap Teflon coating started flaking away. Also I never did really like the shape because it was too wide. My new one is deeper, which I like and the teflon is much better I think. It also has the handle ATTACHED and has a frypan for the top.
Also, I bought it from REI so I'll take it back if it gets flakey.
:D
I think this one boils a quicker but that probably has something to do with the better teflon coating. It seems to be thinner but much harder.