Best PSK container?

DaleW

DaleW

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I've been looking for good containers for my PSK that are, inexpensive, light weight, and can be used for cooking/boiling water. I have a 16oz Sierra cup that is okay, but not The Perfect Answer. I found a little 16oz stainless steel bowl with a snap-on plastic lid that comes little closer-- for 99 cents in a thrift store. A rectangular or square aluminum container with a good lid would pack better. I've seen the Sigg snack boxes on line and they look close, although the small one is a little small and the big one is a little big, and they are a little spendy for an aluminum box. Call me Goldilocks :D

What's your solution?
 
I hope your PSK doesn't reflect your value of your life. Shopping price when it comes to your safety could men trouble at the worst possible time. If you really want to save some money just use a soup (or larger) can prepunched for a coat hanger bail, which stores inside. Find a snap on lid, stuff the can full of goodies and then tape the lid on with electrical tape that covers the holes. Also good is a Brit military mess kit tin and if you can find one a matching lid. I may be in the minority but I don't like the Sierra cup.
 
Id quite like a Sierra Club cup as a small cooking container, but at present my kit is an SAS tin in a tobacco tin. I am in the process of moving to a bcb mini-mess-tin though. Its larger, has a waterproof gasket & fastens with excellent roll-top clasps.
 
2dogs said:
I hope your PSK doesn't reflect your value of your life. Shopping price when it comes to your safety could mean trouble at the worst possible time. ..... I may be in the minority but I don't like the Sierra cup.
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Good point on cost vs. consequenses. I'd like to make several kits for family members when we go hiking. I've made up Nalgene bottle kits with the stainless steel space saver cups that fit around the bottom of a one liter Nalgene. They are a little big and a bunch heavy, but you can get a good amount of stuff in them and hand them to someone who doesn't have the right gear for backcountry travel and you know they will have the basics covered.

I've found cookie tins with plastic tops too. If you want a plastic top for a soup size tin can, look on the pet food aisle.

When I am hiking multi-day, I have a nice 600ml titanium pot with a lid and a butane or Esbit stove. One outfit makes an Esbit stove kit that uses a Fosters beer can for the pot. Beer can stove link. I have one of these and they really do work.

Sierra cups. Big ones (16oz) are more useful than the smaller ones I think. The best thing they have going for them is the handle. I picked up a couple nice stainless steel ones in a thrift store for $2 each. I think the best way to use them for a PSK would be to pack them with odds and ends and slip it onto a stuff sack.
 
StuToffee said:
Id quite like a Sierra Club cup as a small cooking container, but at present my kit is an SAS tin in a tobacco tin. I am in the process of moving to a bcb mini-mess-tin though. Its larger, has a waterproof gasket & fastens with excellent roll-top clasps.
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BCBhas a nice bunch of stuff. That box is pretty close in size and price to the Sigg box. I hadn't seen that one though.

If you don't have a cookpot/cup, consider one of the Snow Peak 600 titanium cups or the 700 pot, which comes with a lid. I went for the smaller possible container that would boil two cups of water for dehydrated meals, so I went with the 600 and made a lid from a tin can. I have Sierra cups only because I came across them cheap.

Tip: get one of the safety type can openers if you want to experiment with cans. They really give a nice finished edge and make great lids at the same time.
 
try ebay under survival kits there are a few places that sell cool 7x3x1 tins with lids they are located in the UK so watch shipping and handling.
 
Thanks, Dale. I'll check out the Snowpeak pots. I always think of Sierra Club cups because one of the first books I read that got me interested in Wilderness Survival / Bushcraft was (Dont laugh!) The Hardy Boys Survival Handbook. It was written in conjunction with a Surviva Instructor who advised the inclusion of the Sierra Cup in the kit. Cant seem to find them in the UK, though. I need to check the US Sites that dont charge a silly amount for shipping a lightweight metal cup! LOL
 
SkunkWerX said:
I think this is like asking, "what is the best knife?"
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LOL-- yup, another search for the Holy Grail. If I'm going to make a bunch of kits, I'd like to find a bargain,

SkunkWerX said:
See M40's site for his PSK using a small baking pan.
http://www.m4040.com/Survival/Survival Kit Items and Uses.htm
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I had seen this site and it is a clever solution. It gav me the idea for using the Sierra cup in a stuff sack. I've seen larger pans this shape with plastic lids.
 
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