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lightest stoves and best pots by weight

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    • lightest stoves and best pots by weight

      I wish I could take credit for some really hard sleuthing from HooKooDooKu who snapped this data together very well. I have ordered the Maple Fire as it is relatively cheap and pass the Pocket Rocket to my son. It will compliment the other stoves in the backpack.



      HooKooDooKu writes....

      What I use personally (which seems to ALMOST be as
      light weight as you can get with commercial products) is the Snow Peak
      LiteMax with the MSR Titan Kettle.

      The Titan Kettle is just the right size to store an MSR canister inside,
      and utilizing the concave area of the canister, I can include the
      LiteMax folded up under the canister.

      Here's a SORTED list (by weight) of stoves mentioned that I can readily
      find commercially available (or a modern update that is commercially
      available).

      All weights are rounded to 1 decimal point (some converted from published weights listed by other units).

      Fire-Maple Hornet FMS-300T Mini-Stove = 1.6oz

      Olicamp Ion Micro Stove = 1.6oz

      Olicamp Kinetic Ultra Titanium Stove = 1.7oz

      Snow Peak LiteMax = 1.9oz

      MSR Microrocket = 2.6oz - excluding piezo igniter

      Coleman F1 UltraLight = 2.7oz

      MSR Pocket Rocket = 3.0oz

      Optimus Crux Lite = 3.3oz

      JetBoil Burner = 3.6oz

      Here's a SORTED list (by weight) of pots mentioned so-far, that are
      currently commercially available (or a modern update that is
      commercially available).

      All weights are rounded to 1 decimal point, all volumes are rounded to
      100ml unless specified otherwise (some weights/volumes converted from
      values published in other units).

      Snow Peak Titanium bowl = 1.8oz (590 ml) - No Lid

      Evernew Titanium Pasta Pot = 3.3oz (700 ml)

      Evernew Titanium Ultralight = 3.4oz (600 ml)

      Stanco Grease Strainer = ~3.6oz (~2,500 ml) - Kmart Grease Pot**

      Evernew Titanium Pasta Pot = 4.1oz (1,000 ml)

      Evernew Titanium Ultralight = 4.1oz (900 ml)

      MSR Titan Kettle = 4.2oz (850 ml)

      Evernew Titanium Ultraligh = 4.6oz (1,300 ml)

      Snow Peak Trek 700 Titanium = 4.8oz (700ml)

      JetBoil Sol (Ti) = 5.1oz (800ml) - Pot+Cozy+Lid

      Optimus Terra Solo = 5.6oz (600 ml)

      Snow Peak Trek 900 Titanium = 6.2oz (900 ml)

      JetBoil Sol (Al) = 6.3oz (800ml) - Pot+Cozy+Lid

      Olicamp XTS = 6.7oz (1,000 ml)

      Credits:

      JetBoil Measurements: seattlebackpackersmagazine.co...w-jetboil-sol/

      Evernew Titanium Measurements: Amazon.com

      Olicamp Measurements: Amazon.com

      Snow Peak Measurements: Backcountry.com

      Fire-Maple Measurements: fire-maple.com

      MSR Measurements: cascadedesigns.com

      Stanco Grease Strainer/Kmart Grease Pot: Amazon.com / backpackinglight.com

      **Weight for the Stanco Grease Strainer is an estimated weight for pot
      and lid. The backpacking light article lists a weight of 2.5oz, but
      Amazon.com lists a weight of 4.8oz. I'm assuming 2.5oz is for pot only.

      NOTE: The BPL FireLite has been mentioned, but appears to no longer be available.
      Some initial googling for the FireLite made me mistakenly think this
      was a discontinued Evernew pot, hence the listing of Evernew pots even
      though no one has specifically mentioned them.
      Be wise enough to walk away from the nonsense around you! :thumbup:
    • Thanks. Very useful info.
      I personally have the Evernew 1.3 l ti pot. IM has Snowpeak 600 and 900 I think.
      Mine is excellent for BB's "bloom" stove but I am looking at getting a smaller Snowpeak pot to use with a centre burner in the future.
      Ultralight is not always the way I go though.
      I have a stainless steel billy (with cozie) that I use on the northern half of the Bib where we have fire rings. I reason that the weight saved on fuel compensates and I boil water for all at the shelter.
      Resident Australian, proving being a grumpy old man is not just an American trait.