Crusader mk 2 problems

[MikeLA]

For years I have used the crusader mk1 and nothing else. Thought I would try the mk2 anodised and have being using it the last couple of weeks but it leaves a bad taste to the water.

Anyone Else experienced this?

 

[Nice65]

Not with a Crusader, but the Primus Litech kettle and frying pan I have had this taste. As it’s ano it’s not a coating as such like non-stick so can be heated pretty hot without damage. Not red hot, aluminium doesn’t like that, but hot. That and usage got rid of it.

 

[Van-Wild]

I've got the LiTech kettle. Not noticed a strange taste at all. Maybe my taste buds aren't as discerning.....

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[Billy-o]

One of the symptoms of corona-19 is losing one's sense of taste. We should tell the government about a bushcraft Test and Trace system

 

[The Lord Poncho]

I've been using a mk2 for a few years, must admit that i haven't noticed a taste from it. Silly question i presume, but you aren't storing anything within it are you (or if you are storing it on a a waterbottle, that hasn't been contaminated)? I remember my days as a young scout eating from trangia pans that had almost always been liberally marinaded in meths!

 

[Nice65]

I've been using a mk2 for a few years, must admit that i haven't noticed a taste from it. Silly question i presume, but you aren't storing anything within it are you (or if you are storing it on a a waterbottle, that hasn't been contaminated)? I remember my days as a young scout eating from trangia pans that had almost always been liberally marinaded in meths!

Or hexifuel if you don’t mind waiting half an hour for a cuppa that tastes vaguely like fish.

 

[The Lord Poncho]

How do you find the mug otherwise? I've been really pleased (admittedly, yours flavouring the water is a rather large negative!) - the different shape and bigger size seems to make it a slightly more agreeable substitute for a cooking pot, and i'm not sure if it is just my imagination, but it does seem to come to the boil on a fair a fair bit quicker than my mk1 (which i still use alongside it).

 

[TLM]

Anodized Al surface is fairly microporous (depending on previous treatment) so in some cases it catches tastes and smells. Maybe a Palinka treatment might get rid of it.

 

[MikeLA]

Boiled the water with a Swedish gel stove , made tea in a separate mug tasted awful. Back to the mark 1 and Hexi for me 100%

 

[MikeLA]

How do you find the mug otherwise? I've been really pleased (admittedly, yours flavouring the water is a rather large negative!) - the different shape and bigger size seems to make it a slightly more agreeable substitute for a cooking pot, and i'm not sure if it is just my imagination, but it does seem to come to the boil on a fair a fair bit quicker than my mk1 (which i still use alongside it).

Liked the size especially for meals. Yes even with rubbish Swedish gel stove did boil very quickly. but I think the mk1 is more bombproof. I will use it and persist with it as my 2nd stove/mug . Hope the tastes will disappear with usage.

 

[Bert]

give it a rinse with hot water and baking soda, takes away lots and lots of bad things.

 

[Tiley]

How do you find the mug otherwise? I've been really pleased (admittedly, yours flavouring the water is a rather large negative!) - the different shape and bigger size seems to make it a slightly more agreeable substitute for a cooking pot, and i'm not sure if it is just my imagination, but it does seem to come to the boil on a fair a fair bit quicker than my mk1 (which i still use alongside it).

I tried (notice the past tense there...) the Mark 2 and didn't rate it at all, really. The thing that annoyed me about it was the shape of the bottom: the Mk 1's bottom is flat, which makes it easier to eat out of and easier to clean, etc.; the Mk 2 has that curved channel around its edge with a flat section in the middle which, for me, just doesn't work. I'm not sure I liked the increased capacity, either.

The stainless Mk 1 may bring water to the boil slower, due to the conductivity thing, but it is, in my opinion, a hugely superior piece of kit and, for that reason, it retains its place in my pack as mug, pot and companion. I reckon that the creation of the Mk 2 is a classic case of, "If it ain't bust, don't fix it" but some, I'm sure, will love it and enjoy using it. I would be interested to see a carbon copy of the Mk 1 made out of titanium but whether anyone will ever make it is another thing entirely!