This one has the outwardly rolled lip, but if I had seen the thread(s?) about the Imusa "mug", I probably would have gone that route instead, because fabricating a lid is WAY easier than fabricating a handle that will work. *shrug* (ouch, broken collar bone) I'll tinker with this grease pot, and maybe get an IMUSA mug, too. Each "pot" is about the cost of a can of fuel for the canister stove.
It's been a while. My mind may be playing tricks on me. I was pretty sure it was a Stanco and had a inward rolled lip and a lid that wet over the outside of the pot instead of inside (another down side to the grease pot). I might be able to find my grease pot and look at it. I'm pretty sure it was from Walmart as I remember feeling a bit dirty about buying it. ;-)
. . . of course, as I'm writing this, I'm also wearing a black 1/4-zip $9.99 fleece that I bought at Walmart about 5 years ago and still use as one of my favorite pieces of clothing while my $100ish Mountain Hardwear 1/4-zip fleece, that actually fits me better, is sitting in my closet because I like the breast pocket on my Walmart fleece and I prefer the black color (and yes, I love the fact that it cost less than $10). Go figure. This fleece is probably one of my most used and least expensive pieces of gear. . . and I still really don't like Walmart.
I'm not lost. I'm exploring.
I love Walmart, get a lot of my hiking supplies and clothes there, unapologetically =)
Here's some pics of my Walmart Grease pot lid/rim, hopefully it helps!
If you can't see the pics let me know, I'll upload them to my WB folder.
Pictures don't show for me here.
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greasepot & imusa.jpg
Picture of my IMUSA 12 cm mug weighing 3.1 oz. The Stanco grease pot is actually lighter at 2.2 oz and within about a ml of exactly the same volume.
Also, yeah, I'm wrong. My grease pot does also have an outwardly rolled lip. I wonder what I'm remembering about inwardly rolled lips and cheap pots? I wonder if it was the even earlier and taller grease pot with handle? This grease pot is also soft and thin enough aluminum, if you don't like the way it pours, you could easily put a slight bend in the lip to make a pour spout.
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I never know when I try to link from Google Photos.
grease pot 1.jpg
grease pot 2.jpg
I've never been to worked up about a pouring spout because I've always found that rolled lips poured just fine for me without a spout. But hey, to each their own. Maybe I'll go dig that grease pot out again and play with making a spout and an ultra-light handle. . . or not.
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i first bought a k-mart pot roughly 10 years ago it has a rolled out edge,
on this very forum one of the very first references to the kmart pot has a rolled out lip goes back to 2006....
https://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/sho...l=1#post167902
the stanco brand that kmart has sold going back to the mid 2000's has always had a rolled out lip. again it was the wal-mart grease pot that had the rolled in lip...
It's difficult to boil 4 cups in it and then lift the pot without scalding yourself, accident waiting to happen. Get the 12cm Imusa. make life easy and more safe ;-) keep it super simple
Way back when Walmart sold a grease pot that had an inner lip. About the same time Kmart sold one with an outer lip. The current Stanco has an outer lip. Personally I use a GSI potgrabber with my Kmart grease pot. The grabber has a magnet in in which is useless on aluminum so if you want to save some weight it could be cut out. I also use it on the Imusa pot/mug because that handle gets HOT.
http://www.gsioutdoors.com/shop/camp...rogripper.html
Will the IMUSA cup hold a canister, BRS stove, Mini Bic lighter and bandana/cleaning cloth?
Thank you
Bandana works for me
I just picked up the 10 cm cup, and the small 110g (4oz) canister fits perfectly. I even squeezed a mini bic in too. I didn't try, but I doubt a bandanna would fully fit in there too.