My canteen cup experience

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I have had a few canteen cup variations through the years, and tossed some. I recently dumped a big L handle German monstrosity this winter past. So I grabbed a new Rothco with lid and a couple of (real) USGI cups from Crown Surplus in Calgary. These real issue cups are a b...h to find these days up here. Anyway, the Rothco canteen cup lid snaps tightly onto the Rothco canteen cup. I really see nothing wrong with the combo and they seem perfectly functional with a full load of fluid. I detected no flimsiness. However, the USGI cups are slightly thicker materials wise. I found that the butterfly handles were semi bent to hell on my USGI's and I had to bend/tune them up a bit for a more functional fit. I pried the top flange out flat on the Rothco lid to just sit on all cups to enhance boiling speed....As a final conclusion I would feel fine with either cup, and whatever gets tossed in my bag that day will be the cup used. I don't pretend any Yoda insight as per canteen cups. This is primarily to show fellows how these different cups tend to work with a large Ti Emberlit. I look forward to learning from any insight provided by forum members re: this set up.

Rothco on Emberlit, took 12 minutes to boil from cold lake water (lid was already opened and not a snap fit, which is how I wanted it). The two USGI's on sand.


Rothco

The USGI cups had a slightly narrower bottom and I had to put the cross bars onto my Emberlit, or the cup tended to want to fall into the stove. The Rothco was fine without the cross bars. This is a USGI cup.
 
I find Rothco makes crap. I prefer the Canteen Shop Pathfinder canteen cup and lid, the Heavy Cover Ti set or a US surplus cup with lid from Canteen Shop.
 
Fair enough. My experience with Rothco has been mixed. I have 7-8 of their buffs that I use for sun protection while on the water and they are great, no issues even after repeated washes. The canteen cup seems perfectly usable so far. But I did get a Rothco B.D.U. shirt that was junk. Buttons barely sewn on etc.
 
I prefer actual milsurp steel cups. With that, I use a Pathfinder lid (not the heavy boil cover) and the Canteen Shop stove.


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never liked cooking in a canteen cup, regardless of brand. I settled on the MSR Titan Titanium pot years ago, and never looked back.
 
I have 2 to 4 Canteen Cups (can't remember:foot:), but no lids and have cooked plenty of meals in them on the trail over the years. Thanks for posting your Insights into them with us.
 
I would always burn the top of my pointer finger picking it up (handles) from its heat source in the military. Thanks for the memory. Loved mine when I used it
 
I cannot remember how many cups of tea I have brewed my British Army Water Bottle cup over a hexamine stove
That was all I could afford as a 16 year old
And I cooked in the rectangular mess tins, the large one on top of the small one as a lid

I now carry nalgene 1 lt bottles and use the Olicamp 24 Ounce Hard Anodized Aluminum Space Saver Mug with a Titanium lid with wooden knob handle supplied by Four Dog Stoves
Light and a good capacity
I use it as a tea pot and drink from a small 220ml insulated mug

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Image from Four Dog Stoves
 
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I had some thin stainless flats welded into a 2 qt cup, with a hinged carbon steel lid. It can go thru any security check, and the hingepins are a ferro rod and sharpener. When you aint got a handy-dandy alcohol stove, cooking 3x a day sucks. So I want enough hot food, in one lick, to do me all day. The rest of the time, I can eat the leftovers cold.
 
Have any pics of the handy dandy cup?
tranee said:
I had some thin stainless flats welded into a 2 qt cup, with a hinged carbon steel lid. It can go thru any security check, and the hingepins are a ferro rod and sharpener. When you aint got a handy-dandy alcohol stove, cooking 3x a day sucks. So I want enough hot food, in one lick, to do me all day. The rest of the time, I can eat the leftovers cold.
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Thanks for the feed back, I learn from all of your contributions. The canteen cup obsession lasted for a week or two. They are now, two in a heap with some metal detector junk, and one with lid in the winter emergency tub. I still have respect for the cups but they aren't a be all, end all. I like them because I can toss them into whatever, and they can take some banging around and neglect. I have had three MSR Seagull lidded stainless pots I believe, for several years now, and a nice small to medium coated aluminum lidded deal. I love the MSR's ? as they are built for ww3, although they have some weight. So one of these cups, some water, and a pack of instant noodles could get me through a night in a pinch................Thanks for the heads up Bladescout, but I'm pretty much set now buddy.
 
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