Just ordered this today, I saw it at Copia on demo and was really impressed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bK8VA5o0JVo

I've seen them at stores very intriguing.

T

Please do a gear review after some field testing. My initial concern is cooking with plastic/rubber. Let us know.

Clearly, stove only, not campfire use.

Also make sure to keep your flame from the stove centered under the pot and don't let any flames start coming up the sides of the pot. This has been a problem with these. I was at a backpacking show and these were demoed and that was one of the problems as stated per the rep. It seems some people burnt them due to letting the flame come in contact with the sides of the pot.

it does seem like a great idea!!! it would be great to know what diameter stove flames seem to be too wide to use these with.

Neat concept, but far too many ways for it to fail. Melting id the flame isn't centered, it the seems of the silicon split from collapsing and expanding, the rubber handle tabs tear.

It's a great concept, but not sure I can trust it to endure camping mishaps.

Spent a bit of time looking at them also. They are made of high temp bakeware silicone good to 500 degrees. You have an odd-ball stove if the flame spread is over 5 inches, the 2.8 pot is 8inches wide. Nobody seem to mind the neoprene pot cozies on JetBoil stoves and they will not approach that temp without burning.
Quiet in the pack and an easy fit. It's a pot not a frypan, used accordingly it should work fine. Just restrict use to a stove with a medium size burner head and your fine.
By all means tell us how well it works for you.

butthead

quote butthead: "Spent a bit of time looking at them also. They are made of high temp bakeware silicone good to 500 degrees. You have an odd-ball stove if the flame spread is over 5 inches, the 2.8 pot is 8inches wide. Nobody seem to mind the neoprene pot cozies on JetBoil stoves and they will not approach that temp without burning.
Quiet in the pack and an easy fit. It's a pot not a frypan, used accordingly it should work fine. Just restrict use to a stove with a medium size burner head and your fine.
By all means tell us how well it works for you.


butthead"

I will do my first test on an overnight trip I'm doing on the Muskegon in May.

Only reason I did not buy is because I do a lot of dry baking pot in a pot.
Have a ball using it!

butthead

Looks nice!

That is really cool. But I think my LittlBug would eat it.

I'm curious to see how they hold up over time. Like many I see what's being said and such but it almost seems to be too good to be true (over time).

I'm hopeful though!

I was given one as a gift before last summer. I've used it a couple times camping at state parks and once for a long weekend in the BW. Overall, it seems well made. I haven't had any issues with it failing at the folds or tabs, and haven't been worried about melting it. I've used it with a primus omnilite TI and the flames never get close to the sides. The strainer built into the lid is a nice addition.

I was on the fence about it since I like to store my stove inside the pot so it doesn't get crushed in the pack. That obviously won't work with this one, but since I tend to do more complex dehydrated meals and like to bring two pots anyways this cut down a bit on the overall space in the pack. It's particularly nice if you get the bowls and cups that nest inside the pot when it is flat).

The only downside I have noticed is that it seems to hold on to flavors more than metal pots I have used. On one trip we had a particularly greasy chili and despite cleaning it well it still smelled like chili the rest of the trip.

Well I just finished my week in the BW with my two Xpots.

I was nervous at first of burning them up but quickly found them easy to uses.

Pluses:

1) The packed sized. Freed up so much room in my kitchen bag. Although more room is sometimes a curse.

2) The strainer built in the lid. Very easy to use.

3) The clear lid allows for you to see very easily when it is boiling. No need to keep checking.

Opportunities:

1) The bottom is not non-stick. Ended up scrubbing in the early part of the week to get the baked on food off. Made sure we stirred more frequently the remainder of the week.

2) As lionman stated it tends to hold the smells. This can be a big problem obviously in an area with the wildlife. It took some scrubbing before I couldn't smell anything, however that doesn't mean the animals can't.