Light Weight Pots [Archive]

cyclocrosser

01-26-2005, 20:49

SGT Rock

01-26-2005, 20:52

Do you absolutly need a 2qt, I think a 1.4 or 1.4 L pot would be just as good for most anything. SnowPeak usually has resonable prices for Ti, and theirs have handels. The Anti-Gravity needs a grabber.

That said, Anti-Gravity is a good company.

Footslogger

01-26-2005, 21:35

Only you know your appetite but if you're only cooking for one person I'd bet that Rock is correct and you can do quite well with less than a 2 qt pot.

I went the entire trail with a 0.9L titanium pot (Evernew). I think it cost me $39 at REI. I admit that is a lot to pay for such a small pot. But it heated fast and and held the heat long enough for me to eat a nice warm meal. The 0.9L size may be too small but I know that Evernew makes a 1.3 L pot. I think it lists for $49.

'Slogger
AT 2003

SGT Rock

01-26-2005, 21:39

'Slogger is right,

I have been using a curved bottom .72L pot with great success for about 4 years.

Mountain Dew

01-27-2005, 00:34

On my thru-hike I used an ANTIGRAVITYGEAR.com pot just like the one you mention, but smaller and it worked out great. If you email antigravitygear with whatever specific questions you might have they will answer I'm sure.

Kerosene

01-27-2005, 01:34

I've been looking around for something lighter than my MSR 1.5L titanium pot with aluminum foil lid/windscreen (6 ounces total). There doesn't seem to be much of an advantage in weight until you drop down to 0.8L "pots", which seem to limit you to boiling water for one person. I'll be interested in someone identifying a 1 liter pot with lid that weighs no more than 4 ounces.

hustler

01-27-2005, 01:43

I went to my hometown "SprawlMart" and bought a $2.55 pot that was one quart. I took the handle off and it weighted around 4 ounces. Also I cut a lid out of a pie pan and it lasted about half the trail before I need to replace it. The pot was non-stick (steel maybe) and I could thru hike with it 5 more times at least. Without a doubt it was worth $2.50, check it out!

SGT Rock

01-27-2005, 09:09

This one is close: http://www.snowpeak.com/Gear/scs005t.html

4.8 ounces at 24oz capacity for $ :cool: 29.95. They have them at the outfitters here in Maryville. I think Captain Chaos is using one.

grrickar

01-27-2005, 10:36

Yeah, the Snow Peak 700 is nice for a single person or as a large mug. You can clip the lid on so it stays put when you tilt the mug, which is useful for draining water out of pasta. The Snow Peak spork fits inside the 700, and the handle protrudes slightly from the slot in the lid.

MadAussieInLondon

01-27-2005, 12:17

i used the MSR .9L kettle, it was plenty big enough. 2qts is huuuuuuuuuuuuuge.

do you ride cyclocross? Im an mtber, not a cyclocrosser but hey.. if you are, where do you cyclocross? what events?

The Solemates

01-27-2005, 16:36

This one is close: http://www.snowpeak.com/Gear/scs005t.html

4.8 ounces at 24oz capacity for $ :cool: 29.95. They have them at the outfitters here in Maryville. I think Captain Chaos is using one.

We use the Snowpeak Ti 1400mL pot and it works great for the two of us. I like it for one person too, since I often boil 3 cups at a time (two for supper, one for hot cider). We also eat out of our pots. Its $40.

flyfisher

01-27-2005, 19:08

What is the best deal running for a light weight 2 quart pot.
Antigravity Gear has a 2 quart pot made non stick aluminum for $10.00
Is this pot any good?

Other ti pots that I have seen cost upwards of $60.00 and weight one or two onces more.

Whats the low down on light weight
pots?Antigravitygear pot (http://antigravitygear.com/products/2-qt-pot.html)

I have used the AntiGravity Gear two quart and 3 cup pots. Here is a series of reviews I did on them for BackpackGearTest:

http://www.backpackgeartest.org/reviews/Cook%20Gear/Cook%20Sets/AntiGravityGear%20Mamas%20Kitchen%20Cookset/Rick%20Allnutt

The 2 quart pot is a great pot. It is light and inexpensive.

I happen to love the 3 cup pot even more. I carry it in a cozy and inside I keep an alcohol stove, pot lifter, syringe for measuring alcohol and a spoon. It serves as both cooking pot and bowl. (I can easily hold it while hot inside the cozy.

I have a $40 titanium pot and carry this one instead. Because it is black and the bottom is bigger than my Ti pot, it heats up quicker and uses less alcohol as fuel than the other pot.

Three cups seems just about the right size for me. Almost all my noodle dishes are made by boiling two cups of water and then adding the packet.