NATO Water Bottle

#2 :thumbup: for the Guyot. In case some of you have missed this in another thread, the Stainless Steel Guyot bottle eliminates the need for a pot to sterilize water, should the need arise, and doubles as a canteen.

How do you get it off the fire? I dont see handles.
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Improvise, of course. A split green stick under the collar, perhaps a wire gripper, what ever. The plastic lid is removable. In the case of water purification, it can be left to cool down before you access the water.

Doc
 
Thanks for all the replies.
I didnt know that you could pick up nalgene+cup combos. I live in Japan and the outdoor stores here havent started stocking them. What combo sets they do have are very overpriced, so the NATO bottle would be cheaper (Even with shipping). No real surplus stores here either, so the GI canteen is out.
I think I'll try to get a nalgene+cup.

I havent seen much of Bear Grylls. I kind of prefer Stroud. The NATO bottle must be pretty rugged though, as he seems to spend half the time trying to break his own body let alone any of his gear.
 
shipwreck said:
How do you get it off the fire? I dont see handles.
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Always carry a bandana, the hiker's potholder, first aid kit, berry picking basket, sweat mop, water filter, and washcloth (that's the short list!).

As to canteens and cups, they'll all work. I like the design of the crusader rig, but the price puts me off. I have Nalgene's, Platypus bladders, and a titanium cup from Brasslite. I use alcohol, Esbit, and butane stoves. Olicamp makes a stainless cup that fits a Nalgene that is about $6.
 
DaleW said:
Always carry a bandana, the hiker's potholder, first aid kit, berry picking basket, sweat mop, water filter, and washcloth (that's the short list!).
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Nature's pot holders are the leaves from Common Mullein (Verbascum thapsus).

Doc
 
Practical Tactical carries a stainless cup by MSR that is bigger than the Olicamp cup and well made.

Snowpeak makes very good titanium cups. If you want to use their 600ml cup, the Camelbak bottle fits it.

For the lightest and cheapest canteen, the bottles you buy bottled water in work well and last a long time with a little common sense care. You could find one to fit just about any metal cup or pot. The cheapest and lightest pot is a Stanco grease pot from Kmart-- about $6.
 
I like the Stainless water bottle but that means that you have to use all the water in the bottle for what ever you are cooking...soup or coffee.

I made soup and coffee with my cup and bottle by pouring the water in the cup and heating, then pouring the hot water for coffee into the bottle and adding a coffee single and using the cup with left over water for soup mix.

Nor do you have to use all the water at once.

Badge54
 
Badge54 said:
I like the Stainless water bottle but that means that you have to use all the water in the bottle for what ever you are cooking...soup or coffee.

I made soup and coffee with my cup and bottle by pouring the water in the cup and heating, then pouring the hot water for coffee into the bottle and adding a coffee single and using the cup with left over water for soup mix.

Nor do you have to use all the water at once.

Badge54
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Not necessarily. If you only have one container, you can only do one thing at a time. Your set up is a cup and a bottle. You CAN still use a nesting cup like the one from Olicamp with the stainless bottle. You could also use one of those silicone cup/bowls to actually make your soup or whatever after you had heated the water in the stainless bottle.

Having two containers is more convenient. What is important (to me) is that you have a container that you can boil water in, as well as carry it. You can accomplish that with a NATO canteen/cup, the US version, a Nalgene with a stainless cup, or a stainless bottle with a cup.

-- FLIX
 
I have several different versions to include the Crusader cup and NATO canteen system.

I like the NATO canteen; it has a wider mouth than the USGI canteen. I do like Nalgene water bottles as well, but the Crusader cup is much more stout than the Olicamp cup. Also, you can nest both the Crusader cup AND the plastic cup that comes with the NATO bottle. It's a good system despite the cost...of course I also have a couple of Snow Peak 700 mugs but I prefer stainless steel.

I recently picked up a couple of the Klean Kanteen single-wall stainless bottles. Another good option for all-in-one, but as already mentioned I still think have a nesting cup is a good idea/system.

ROCK6
 
2dogs said:
The US military is now issuing the Nalgene bottle in plastic and stainless steel with either an aluminum or stainless cup depending on the branch of service.
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The military is using hydration bladders in their current campaign almost exclusively. For good reason they are far more comfortable to carry, easier access to much more liquid in desert conditions.

Nalgene are good bottles but when you gotta carry 3-4 quarts they are a PITA.

Skam
 
Getting a little off topic here, but has anyone ordered from bestglide? They seem to have a lot of neat stuff that I wouldn't mind getting.
 
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