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#129669 - 02/27/10 04:23 PM Re: best cookware brand? [Re: Pika]
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i already own that pot. I dont like it at all.
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#129675 - 02/27/10 06:42 PM Re: best cookware brand? [Re: phat]
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Phat's link is for the 3-cup pot of this complete set: http://www.rei.com/product/708066

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.
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#129683 - 02/27/10 09:16 PM Re: best cookware brand? [Re: DTape]
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Originally Posted By DTape

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.
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#129686 - 02/27/10 09:37 PM Re: best cookware brand? [Re: phat]
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i second that. i never even bothered wrapping my heine pot
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#129696 - 02/28/10 08:00 AM Re: best cookware brand? [Re: phat]
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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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#129699 - 02/28/10 09:58 AM Re: best cookware brand? [Re: phat]
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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 (02/28/10 09:59 AM)
Edit Reason: pesky punctuation
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#129701 - 02/28/10 10:27 AM Re: best cookware brand? [Re: Tango61]
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Originally Posted By Tango61
And for those of us who don't camp in the great, white north you can use a bandana (a most useful multipurpose item).


True, but really, if you're in the great white north you can just use your toque.. (actually my toque is often my pot cozy smile


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#129733 - 02/28/10 09:23 PM Re: best cookware brand? [Re: phat]
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Hmmmm, must be something lost in the translation.

I did toque me a nap though this afternoon and imafixinto eat me some supper. smile

grin grin grin

Just kidding, I like that word but nobody around here knows what it means and they think icing is what you eat on a cake.

Btw, congrats on the hockey gold medal.
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#129735 - 02/28/10 09:36 PM Re: best cookware brand? [Re: Tango61]
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Originally Posted By Tango61

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 wink

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#129736 - 02/28/10 09:41 PM Re: best cookware brand? [Re: phat]
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What's wrong with hat? (It's even easy to spell ... H-A-T) shocked
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#129737 - 02/28/10 10:11 PM Re: best cookware brand? [Re: thecook]
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Originally Posted By thecook
What's wrong with hat? (It's even easy to spell ... H-A-T) shocked


A hat is what you wear when it's warm out - to keep the rain off your head, and the sun out of your eyes..

Calling a toque a hat is like calling your boots or your sandals shoes.. smile
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#129739 - 02/28/10 10:51 PM Re: best cookware brand? [Re: phat]
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agreed
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#129777 - 03/01/10 01:17 PM Re: best cookware brand? [Re: Pika]
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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?

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#129826 - 03/01/10 10:09 PM Re: best cookware brand? [Re: thecook]
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Cook, you've got to be kidding me. You're talking to a Texan.

It's not just a hat.

We have Cowboy hats: felt or straw? If felt, 5x all the way up to 20X beaver; Stetson, Resistol, Bailey or custom, what style?

We have caps (baseball style) - felt or summer weave nylon.

We have winter caps - flat caps, Elmer Fudd's, bombers, etc.

A toque is sometimes called a 'toboggan' around here. Very weird. I don't want a sled on my head. smile

But, also down here all soft drinks are referred to as a coke.
"You want a coke?"
"Yeah, gimme a Dr. Pepper."
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#129837 - 03/01/10 10:51 PM Re: best cookware brand? [Re: phat]
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Originally Posted By phat


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 wink



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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#130140 - 03/04/10 10:09 PM Re: best cookware brand? [Re: Boomer]
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For function, weight and durability: Snowpeak.

For function, durability, and value: Antigravitygear.
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#130143 - 03/04/10 10:18 PM Re: best cookware brand? [Re: jasonklass]
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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.

Best with large groups, obviously.

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#130161 - 03/05/10 12:17 AM Re: best cookware brand? [Re: jasonklass]
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Originally Posted By jasonklass
For function, weight and durability: Snowpeak.

For function, durability, and value: Antigravitygear.


Back that one up Jason:

Snow peak mini-solo set weighs 155 grams with little pot, lid, and cup - no cozy

My AGG 3 cupper with cozy weighs 141 grams on my scale, my plastic cup that rides inside it weighs 19 grams.

I have pot, lid, cup, and cozy for 160 grams even.

Snow peak has pot, lid, cup for 155.

Can you put a cozy on it for 5 grams? smile
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