Thread: Cooking systems - Light vs cost

Hi guys,

Looking at a new cooking system for lightweight weekend trips where i will be walking a fair way. Sort of considering a jetboil but they don't seem to be very light and limit you to just boiling water?

Other option would be just a single small gas burner and a pot of some description.

What is everyone using and can you also put a link up to the cheapest place etc

Cheers

I use a tiny macpac canister stove and a 90gm Esbit 700ml titanium pot.

Yeah im looking at somehting similiar, but a 900ml pot, $80 sound ok?

Cheaper than I paid

Hi...Kovea stove or similar, screw type propane, ali pot n pan...in the ali cook kit, I pack 6 eggs in news paper ( firelighters) and on the top 400gm pack of bacon = 3 yummy breakfasts...good luck...

I have a MSR micro Rocket and a Primus EtaPower pot (1.2L?). Really light, very grunty and the Primus pot beats everything hands down. Ive had plenty of titanium bits and they pale in comparison. The heat ring is the deal breaker on the Primus. It directs the heat 1000% time better than anything else. Super fast boil and I thought it more easy to clean and more flexible than the Jetboil.

So you can use those primus pot on a standard burner? good to no. I cant find the smaller version 1L pot anywhere online just the 1.8 and 3l

Originally Posted by PerazziSC3

So you can use those primus pot on a standard burner? good to no. I cant find the smaller version 1L pot anywhere online just the 1.8 and 3l

Yep. Just like a standard pot. I got mine from R&R Sport I think.

Ok sweet,

Ive only ever had the cheap ($20ish) single burners like this Camping Gas Stove Butane / Propane - Lightweight | Trade Me

Seem to go alright, any real word benefit on going to a branded version like the macpac that go for around $100?

Cookers in general are fairly cheap anyway. I bought the MacPac one, The Pocket Rocket and then the Micro Rocket in one go. The Micro Rocket was the best for sure. Smaller, lighter, plus burnt better. The real performer though was the Primus pot. I really can't take too much credit. I was put onto the pot by the West Coast guys. Adam (Baldbob) gave me the heads up and I bought one for both myself and R93.

So this is the pot @kiwijames? Primus Pot ETA 1.0 Litre | Buy Cooking Online | Shop @ Torpedo7

I see the weight is 280grams. Do you know if that includes the lid and what looks like a red bowl?

How do you alpine hunters rate gas in general, for cooking at high altitude?

primus-etapower-pot-1l/ This is the one i have. Primus have a shit website. Probably mine is an older version?

Originally Posted by Pengy

How do you alpine hunters rate gas in general, for cooking at high altitude?

Never had an issue with gas after years of lugging a great big liquid fuel cooker around. I don't think our HB ranges count as "cooking at altitude"

Pardon the stupid question, but are these refillable or throw away?