A new mess kit choices...update.

[TarHeelBrit]

My birthday is coming up in the 19th and my wife wants to get me another mess kit. I have narrowed it down to two choices and I can't decide which one to go for. Here my choices.

1, Russian VDV paratroopers mess kit.


Coolness factor 9

2, Yugoslavian mess kit


Cooless factor 7-8

To help me decide which one would you choose and why.

 

[santaman2000]

I'm thinking the Russian one. It just looks simpler and I suspect the rounded shape distributes heat better (more evenly) and should be easier to clean.

 

[bikething]

The Russian one - it has 2 metal pots you can cook in and you can heat water in the bottle at a pinch too.

The Yugoslavian one has only one metal pot - the rest is plastic.

 

[Hibrion]

For me a steel bottle is a must for boiling water. The narrow mouth on the Russian one would put me off though. If you are not settled on those two I'd check out the options offered by self reliance outfitters and the pathfinder school.

 

[MikeLA]

Have to say the same the Russian one for the better cooking options.

 

[TarHeelBrit]

For me a steel bottle is a must for boiling water. The narrow mouth on the Russian one would put me off though. If you are not settled on those two I'd check out the options offered by self reliance outfitters and the pathfinder school.

Yeah I'm kind of settled on these two, it's not like it's my only mess kit. I have a sneaking suspicion it's only going to be used in backgarden bushcraft.

 

[Hibrion]

I'd say the Russian one will be more than fit for that.

 

[redneck]

I have the yugoslavian one and I really like it .. you get a lot of kit for little money

 

[TarHeelBrit]

^^^^^^^^^^^^ I do like the fact that a KFS set in included in the Yugoslavian one. But the metal construction of the VDV gives more cooking opportunities. Oh hell! you know what going to happen? No doubt I'll get the VDV for my birthday and later on I'll get the Yugo kit.

 

[Corso]

For me a steel bottle is a must for boiling water. The narrow mouth on the Russian one would put me off though. If you are not settled on those two I'd check out the options offered by self reliance outfitters and the pathfinder school.

Pretty sure its aluminum

 

[dave89]

The Yogo one has a bottle opener, all good and we'll been able to boil water but how would you open your beer?

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[richardhomer]

Iv voted for the Russian one. Looks better. Its all metal too. I also think it would be easier to pack in your kit.

 

[Mike8472]

Iv got a vdv mess set and I've used it quite happily with a trangia clickstand and burner. Doesn't take up much room and being aluminium is quite light.

 

[TarHeelBrit]

So it looks like I'm getting the VDV kit but my wife (trying to surprise me) told me that she's ordered my third choice as an extra gift after looking at my history on Youtube. She's got me the Trangia Mess Tin.


I like this one as I can keep it in the bag in the car with an Esbit stove for cooking.

 

[copper_head]

So it looks like I'm getting the VDV kit but my wife (trying to surprise me) told me that she's ordered my third choice as an extra gift after looking at my history on Youtube. She's got me the Trangia Mess Tin.
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I like this one as I can keep it in the bag in the car with an Esbit stove for cooking.

Ah I've got one of those. If you enjoy putting survival kits together they make a very practical tin.

 

[forrestdweller]

I would take neither-i hate aluminium for cookware especially after "" enjoying"" meals out of cheap messtins during my not-so-volountarily time in the military....

 

[TarHeelBrit]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^ If heard quite a few people say exactly the same thing about aluminium for cooking. Personally I've never tasted any difference, maybe my sense of taste isn't so finely developed as other...who knows.

 

[PDA1]

Cheap aluminium pots are usually "raw" aluminium, so the surface can easily react, particularly with acidic foods such as tomatoes. This not true of hard anodized aluminium, which is very much less reactive, and stick resistant (definitely not truly non-stick) .You should check if equipment is hard anodized if you will be cooking rather than just boiling water.

 

[spiritwalker]

Listen up and listen good, lifes too short to be forced to make decisions like this on kit. Buy both and be done with i bet there is not a person on this forum with one of everything... i think my stove count is up to 19

 

[spiritwalker]

btw do you have a link to russian kit where to buy?