Metallic container for boiling and cooking

[KKHansen]

How about using a USGI individual 1st aid pouch? I bought a complete pouch less Med's on eBay for something like $18.00.

All I wanted was the plastic insert for the front pocket of my Maxpedition M5 that I use for a 1st Aid Kit.

The plactic case was too big for where I want to use it.

Water tight case measure 4x 5.5h and 2d.

Karsten

 

[DOC-CANADA]

It would never work for a minimalist PSK, but I've been eyeing these snowpeak Titanium Trek mugs for a while now:

http://www.rei.com/online/store/Pro...14&parent_category_rn=5760756&vcat=REI_SEARCH

.7 liter capacity (24 oz), weighs 4.25 ounces, comes with a lid, the handles fold flat against the body, $29.95. The thing of it is, I've just about decided to go the US army canteen cup route so I probably won't go this way, but that mug sure is interesting to me.

Thanks for the link, bulgron.

I've been looking for a stainless steel or aluminum mug with a lid, for some time now. It's a bit pricey, but it's nice to know it's available. A lid is something to consider - on the surface, it helps to keep crap out of your cup, but more importantly, a pot with a lid boils much more quickly, thus requiring less fuel.

Doc

 

[SkunkWerX]

Hey Doc, good thinking.
Even if we had a metal cup, bring along a compact falttened piece of aluminum foil, or two. It has a hundred uses, and now, with your obsevation, 101. secure aluminum foil over the top of the cup/pot for quicker heating/boiling.

 

[2dogs]

Re titanium I use a Vargo 700cc mug with a slotted lid off ebay for a good price. Worth a look.

 

[billy_cee]

What about building your PSK around this:

http://www.maxpedition.com/product/product_m4.htm


Do you think this would hold a 1Lt NATO water bottle?

 

[bulgron]

What about building your PSK around this:

http://www.maxpedition.com/product/product_m4.htm


Do you think this would hold a 1Lt NATO water bottle?

I don't know. I just ordered one, though, and it'll probably show up next week sometime. I'll post a little mini-review when I actually have the thing in my hands.

 

[alco141]

i built this kit around a small fanny pack, i the double water bottle variety, include a stainless G.I. canteen cup, i keep one of the water bottles full, the other holds food, first aid, and items i want to keep water proof, the cup hold a lot of other stuff-- fire starting gear,para cord, and a outdoorsmans blanket and two space blankets fill the pouch. larger knife and small saw or game processing gear in the pocket, food stuffs go in the pouch. so i have the shelter, water, food thing worked out.

 

[SkunkWerX]

Alco, sounds Nice, got any pics???

 

[leon.pugh]

Stainless steel foil that we wrap our blades with for heat treating.

Leon Pugh

 

[alco141]

skunk,
sorry i am somewhat digitally challenged, but will try to get some pix for you.
alex

 

[SkunkWerX]

alco, no biggie,
I always learn sometihng when i see people's kits/contents.

 

[frediver]

I have some of the small trangia tins listed on the first reply they are very good quality but not what I would call daily carry items for a PSK.

 

[2dogs]

I have posted this link before but here it is again. They have sevearl containers.

http://www.bcbsurvivalusa.com/xcart/catalog/Cooking-and-Storage-p-1-c-251.html

 

[mtnfolk mike]

2dogs-- cool link....:thumbup: we should get together and go for a hike sometime.... have lots of knives and gear, will travel .. allscared@yahoo.com

i use a snowpeak 700 ti pot/mug.... i love it. it is the perfect size for both drinking and cooking.....

mike

 

[Josh Feltman]

I don't think it's necessarily practical for survival situations, but you can boil water in a paper cup. It's a pretty common middle-school science experiment.

For example, see here:

http://www.physics.montana.edu/demo...modynamics/demos/boilingwaterinapapercup.html

You could fold the cup up, and it weighs next to nothing. Not so great for cooking, but if you had to boil water to purify it, it might work.

 

[J.Wade]

Hi guys

In my small back pack I carry a small coffee can. works pretty decent. You can also dig with it fairly easily.

I am putting together a smallkit and I am going to try cutting a small coffee can down to about three inchs high and packing it with all the fixins. If I cut it nice and straight I think I will still be able to use the lid with a little tape.
what do you think.

cya
jimi

 

[akennedy73]

I have some of the small trangia tins listed on the first reply they are very good quality but not what I would call daily carry items for a PSK.

Why not? Is it too large, too heavy?

 

[Return of the J.D.]

. . . There isn't much you can't cook with a sierra cup and a small billy pot. I've used one since the '60's, and the Aussies here know what they are.

Codger

Okay--I'll admit to not being an Aussie, and therefore to not knowing a "billy pot" from something that doesn't get inhaled. I have seen the term used in print, however. What, exactly, is it?

 

[thatmguy]

I origialaly went with the Sierra-type cups, but then went to the nesting cup that fits over the Nalgene bottles.

The bottles hold a litre, and that is what the Katadyn MP1 tablets will cover per tab.

The cup is stainless, folding handles, and I'm savin' pennies for a Ti one, if it will make a difference...

 

[Codger_64]

Okay--I'll admit to not being an Aussie, and therefore to not knowing a "billy pot" from something that doesn't get inhaled. I have seen the term used in print, however. What, exactly, is it?

A cylindrical cookpot with a bail, usually a lid too, not always. Imagine a small paint can with a bail. The Australian Aborigines first latched onto these for cooking their bush tucker when metal trade goods arrived. I used to be able to find them here. About a pint to quart capacity. Just right to make a soup, then a pot of tea or boiled coffee.

Codger