Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: Gear Forum :: Is this a good pot?
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A1t2o |
I saw this pot at REI and thought it looks nice. I have a similar pan from them and like it, Aluminum but pans aren't just left in the hottest part of the fire like pots. It's a little pricy for a single stainless steel pot and it looks new too. What do you guys think? https://www.rei.com/product/196084/sea-to-summit-sigma-pot-19-liters |
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Speckled |
thegildedgopher: "I misread your subject line and let's just say I was disappointed at the content of this post :D" Lol - I had the same thought and was thinking...what is this really about? It can't be about pot? |
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TrailZen |
Speckled: "thegildedgopher: "I misread your subject line and let's just say I was disappointed at the content of this post :D" Add a third who expected different content... TZ |
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Speckled |
I'll add I've used the same aluminum pot to cook on the fire or over 20 years of trips, aside from the fact that it was once blue and is now black, it has experienced no damage. |
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butthead |
How many aluminum pots have melted, un-intentionally, over a fire? I know what it takes to do this intentionally, and It takes a bigger fire than most campfires are. Used to specifically build campfires to melt cans, and they were too hot to cook over. I have even boiled water over a candle in a paper cup. I do think more aluminum Mirro thin wall pots have hung over fires and sat on fire grates than all other types of metallurgy. The only way to melt aluminum cookware is to put it in a fire alone no food to cook or water to boil. Aluminum may have it's set of problems but "get damaged by too much heat" no. A wood fueled fire under a grate cooks at lower temps than a burner, measure the temps yourself. Most stoves will heat the pot supports to red hot, when was the last time your fire grate glowed that hot? The linked pot is a fine pot in SS but the silicone will burn off above 500 degrees, something easily achieved on a fire grate or a stove burner. You mention group and care combined with SS material. Can't go wrong with MSR Alpine stuff. I have examples and set of the full line. Used them for decades. Something I really like is the lids can be inverted on the pot to make a Dutch Oven, I use this method for baking on every trip. If you want to try aluminum within your considerations look at anodized aluminum pots, GSI and Primus make a bunch but several oriental sources supply strong yet lighter gauge that are very sturdy, Alocs, Kieth, Kovea, Fire Maple and others. butthead |
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butthead |
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Bannock |
Just get whatever you like. And spend what you want For 30 years or so, my cook gear was stuff from Goodwill. Now I have "official" camping cookware, and for no other reason than I wanted to have it. It's your recreation and hobby, so buy stuff that makes you happy when you can afford it. |
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sns |
First, consult the experts at REI Second, to consult butthead, the bwca.com resident expert on cooking hardware... Well, I know what I'd do. Kidding aside - butthead knows. |
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