Pots and Pans

Featured review by Garrett Van Hess

Compact, light and convenient. Perfect Trekkers cookset.

I bought this a couple of years ago and fell in love with it! I'm able to pack my entire cooking setup without sacrificing more space in my pack! Everything nestles inside of itself nicely! What I like: Packable, lightweight 2 insulated cups with lids (I can finally leave the mug at home), 2 eating bowls, All plastic is BPA free! Strainer on pot lid, Integrated rubber handle (leave pot gripper at home). What I don't like: Flimsy and hard to clean spork. I replaced these with a Light My Fire utensil. Rubber handle can melt from larger stoves Wish I could store 2 canisters with my stove. All in all, I'll be buying more product from GSI in the future. I have my eyes on the Minimalist!

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Featured review by Twig

A unique and innovative product to fill the niche of collapsible cookware, the 2.8 L X-Pot performs well as a pot for heating water and re-hydrating/cooking foods. It also serves additional functions as a water catchment/collection bucket, measuring device, and basin for chemically treating water and washing dishes. It is a bit on the heavy side at around 11 oz. and so is best suited for groups of two or more. It is also limited to use with backpacking stoves. If you like being able to cook on an open fire, this pot is not for you.

Specs X-Pot: 8.4” dia. X 4.7” tall x 1.5” tall collapsed, 2.8 L capacity. The advertised weight is 10.2 oz but it was actually 11.8 oz on my scale…this included the lid. X-Bowl:  5” dia. (though I measured 6”) x 2.25” tall, 650 ml capacity, 2.9 oz. The bottom is solid and can be used as a cutting board. X-Mug: 4.5” dia. x 3.25” tall, 480 ml capacity (I measured only about 400 ml), 2.2 oz.  The mug has a solid rim which facilitates sipping (but not pouring). The mug and bowl set weigh a little over 5 oz; 5.9 oz if you include the complimentary storage bag.

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Featured review by G00se

Weighing in at 6.3oz and costing under $30 caused me to rethink the value of titanium. This cookset may be the last I ever own!

I was searching for Titanium, when I came upon the GSI Halulite Minimalist Cookset. The first thing that caught my eye was the price—$28. No, that wasn't a mistake or an advertised special. That was the regular price on Backcountry.com. Of course, being that cheap it couldn't POSSIBLY be a quality product...could it? So I began researching reviews—here on Trailspace, on retail sites, and on a few...er...other review sites. I read reviews ranging from car campers to AT thru-hikers to folks who spend more time backpacking than living in their homes.

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Featured review by Horn Rimmed Hiker

Everything two backpackers could ask for in a smartly-designed package (whose storage tub even serves a dual purpose). After camping with tubs full of kitchen gear, taking up entire seats of the car? We're more than thrilled with the small size and high level of functionality this cookset offers.

Back when I was out with my girlfriend on our very first car camping trip, we lugged-in an entire Rubbermaid tub full of kitchen cookware and utensils. It was large enough to take up a car seat, heavy enough to throw out a healthy back, and cumbersome enough to make the simplest meal frustrating. Something had to change.  When you look for a good cookset, you want something that solves the aforementioned problems.  This does. It is pictured above with my Crossover Kitchen Kit and a couple LMF sporks.

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Featured review by Bill "L.Dog" Garlinghouse

A lightweight, titanium pot. Perfect volume for the solo backpacker. Volume measurements stamped inside. Small fuel canisters fit inside with room for small stoves.

Been using my old 600ml Snow Peak cup as my solo cookpot on my AT sections, but found it just a little small as my hunger got bigger. I like to boil enough water in the morning to fill my coffee cup and make oatmeal, and 600 ml just didn't cut it. I couldn't squeeze a fuel canister in it either, which adding to pack volume. I was also wishing it had some volume measurements in it to facilitating cooking stuff like rice, oatmeal, etc. Well, my birthday came around, and Mary got me a brand new Snow Peak Titanium Trek 700 cookpot! I had researched it.

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Featured review by John

Titanium Pot used for 3-4 people. Capacity advertised on Snow Peak website is 2 Liters (68 oz), though that's a bit generous even if that's to the rim. Usable capacity is 2 quarts (1.89L). Plastic lid looks to prevent waste, or at least cover the leftovers from the elements for awhile.

I've had this for a month now, used it once, and can now speak to its features, design, and function. This is the largest titanium pot Snow Peak makes, which is probably for the three people and up crowd, too big for two people.   I was looking for something the family could use, which is two adults and three small kids. I looked at a few 1.5L pots, some stainless steel but eventually felt more comfortable with this dandy of a pot. As mentioned above, I will likely only fill it to the 1.5L line, which allows for an inch in case the water boils, or if I'm stirring some food.

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Featured review by Yul

All that I need from camping pots. They're very light, durable, non-stick, and compact—perfect kit from MSR!

To be honest I never agreed with the idea of paying top dollar for a camping pot. I used to travel with a simple battered old aluminium pot I got for free with a van I bought while travelling in New Zealand. That pot served me for years, and it even had a lid you can lock to the pot. But every good thing comes to an end and I started to really worry about how much aluminium flakes I'm actually consuming with each meal :) Plus I really desired a non-stick cover to simplify the task of cleaning.

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Featured review by Junglecommando

Wonderful lightweight stove, a fast and light necessity for overnighters. Not meant for large meals.

Small and light are the two words to describe this set. Boil water, warm up some scrambled eggs. This cookset is very nice and will feed as many people as you would like, provided you have the patience for multiple boils. For my fast and light, I remove everything but the biggest pot and put my stove in it.   This set shoudl last you forever, cleans up easy, and looks very nice. I agree with the other reviewers, that the handle system is sufficiently durable and stable. Just don't expect this to perform like a calphalon pan.  

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Featured review by Daniel Oates

Top non-titanium pot for the hiking, car camping, youth scout! Great two-person pot for backpacking trips and the locking lid is a great feature!

This a 2013 holiday gift, but I've used a friend's on several other occasions. My review is for the 1.1L (1100ml) StowAway pot.   The pot has a locking lid and the handle can snap down and lock on the side so you can lift up the pot with confidence.  I typically just heat up water and pour it into something else (freeze-dried meal, bowl with oatmeal, etc.).  This way my pot will stay clean and I can put my food containers hanging from a rope away from bears.  I usually keep a shammy to dry the inside off.

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Reviewed by Sheila Bergin Goss

We bought this pan to supplement the Sea to Summit X-Pot 2.8 L pot which I reviewed here in July of 2015; the X-Pot is great, but the base area is a bit small for cooking larger items. The X-Pan is a great addition to our canoe and car camping cookset. The Pot nests right inside the Pan, and the Pan has proven to cook items such as grilled breads, French Toast, and scrambled eggs beautifully, with easy cleanup!

This is an 8-inch pan, with edges that are raised approx. 1.25 inches. The pan is sturdy, and works nicely on our backpacking stoves (MSR PocketRocket and MSR WhisperLite). The pan is made from 5 series aluminum which apparently makes it very light and stiff. We have also found the surface easy to clean, and it looks still new after many uses. There are two handles, with heat-resistant silicone coating grips, that are hinged onto the rolled edge. These non-corrosive stainless steel handles fold out for use and tuck down for transport.

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