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Based on your (Boomer) priority of durability, size, weight. These fit the bill. The full set comes with the pot gripper (needed), and then you can choose which size pot you want to take for which trip (or both). they are cheap, and durable. The only downside is the pot gripper will eventually scratch up the pot. I have the 3-cupper and it has lasted quite a while, and I have beat on it.
The full set comes with the pot gripper (needed), and then you can choose which size pot you want to take for which trip (or both).
I'd disagree with needing the pot gripper. I've never taken one on any of my trips. I have ragg wool gloves which work just fine for me to pick up a hot pot and put it into the cozy. Potholder? bah. single use dead weight. Gloves - useful for more than just picking up a hot pot.
i second that. i never even bothered wrapping my heine pot
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Modern civilized man, sated with artificialities and luxury, were wont, when he returns to the primeval mountains, to find among their caves his prehistoric brother, alive and unchanged. -Guido Rey
Thinking back, I am not sure why I said the gripper was needed since I am of the philosophy that no piece of gear is "needed". Humans existed for millenia without gear stores. The more you know, the less you need.
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And for those of us who don't camp in the great, white north you can use a bandana (a most useful multipurpose item).
Fold it in such a way that it is about 1-2 inches wide the whole length and wrap it around the pot to pick it up with both hands. Or if you leave it traditionally folded and the water is not too full, you can pick it up by the lip of the pot.
Another option would be to put a small bail handle onto the pot (this would require drilling holes in the pot, which you may not prefer to do).
Tango61
Edited by Tango61 (02/28/1009:59 AM) Edit Reason: pesky punctuation
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I like that word but nobody around here knows what it means
Yeah, well it's always baffling to me that a country as advanced in all other ways as the United States doesn't have a proper word for the thing you wear on your head to keep it from freezing
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Modern civilized man, sated with artificialities and luxury, were wont, when he returns to the primeval mountains, to find among their caves his prehistoric brother, alive and unchanged. -Guido Rey
Traveling with a group of four this summer for a month, and we have been talking about using a group stewpot instead of multiple setups. After looking at the IMUSA family on amazon, buying a multiple quart IMUSA and then switching to the wire loop seemed like a good option.
Does anyone else have any experience with the IMUSAs or something similar?
Yeah, well it's always baffling to me that a country as advanced in all other ways as the United States doesn't have a proper word for the thing you wear on your head to keep it from freezing
I have a word for it, but it's not the word all the other Californians use. So I must not be a proper representative of my country.
Strangely, I call it a toque.
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U S Army Surplus - the source of my 1951 Mountain Cookset. Two thin gauge aluminum two liter pots and a stainless fry pan/lid. Probably cost me about $5.
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