Heineken can or similar?

[Outdoordude]

Recently ive been very interested in making a lightweight cook kit. In this i want to make a heinken pot.
Ive seen the small 330ml cans but not the big 24oz ones which is 710mls.
Are these available in the uk, if not what else is available.
Thanks
Jacob

 

[decorum]

Can't help with sourcing a pot but, in the spirit of related light weight kit, I found this the other day ...

Pic grabbed from http://bb.jwbasecamp.com/viewtopic.php?t=473

 

[Outdoordude]

Nice one Decorum. I do like that idea. Very simple and easy to make. Ill add that to the list of stoves im going to make over the holidays.

 

[redandshane]

Genuinely not being rude
but
Unless you are agoraphobic which would be rather ironic
a nip down the supermarkets or off licences would answer your questions

 

[Outdoordude]

nope definitely not agoraphobic but...
i did go down to the supermarket but they had the smaller 330ml ones but not the 710ml one so im asking for advice on here.

 

[Keith_Beef]

I used to find 1 litre cans of Faxe in the chain offies in the Newcastle upon Tyne area...

 

[Hog On Ice]

I don't know how it is in UK but here in the states they no longer distribute (or make afaik) the keg shaped 24 ounce Heineken can - I have one left that I am keeping in case my heiny pot wears out. Zelph has some technique he uses to put ridges on a Fosters can but I am not sure what does (best guess a small set of rollers that can be used to form the ridge). Here is a link: http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi...ums/thread_display.html?forum_thread_id=54076

 

[Outdoordude]

Keith, ill have a look at that. Cheers

 

[Keith_Beef]

Ah, you want a can with ridges? The Faxe cans were thicker steel, as I recall, but plain cylinders with no flutes or ridges.

Sapporo used to be sold in ridged cans with a ring pull that removed the entire top panel to make a kind of "drinking glass" shape.

There used to be a beer called Obernai sold in France in a 1 litre "mini-keg", but I've not seen those for years. I keep looking out for them, and if I see one I'll save the empty for you.

 

[Outdoordude]

cheers mate. had a look for faxe but doesnt seem to be kicking about any longer. the search goes on!

 

[tartanferret]

I used to find 1 litre cans of Faxe in the chain offies in the Newcastle upon Tyne area...

Ah... Faxe, that's what the big cans of lager were called, I've been racking my brains. I could only remember the 1ltr cans of formidable ale, Not sure if they are still available or made of aluminium.

It might be time to put an Alpkit titanium mug on your list Jacob.

 

[Outdoordude]

Yeh i guess, Ill have a look now. what is better, a mytimug or mytipot.
Thanks
Jacob

 

[Shewie]

Yeh i guess, Ill have a look now. what is better, a mytimug or mytipot.
Thanks
Jacob

That depends on what you want to use it for really, I have the TiLite mug which is a similar size to the mytimug, plenty big enough for brews and warming simple food through. To be honest I prefer a smaller mug for drinking out of, I usually pack either a MSR Titan mug or a plastic GSi Cascadian, leaving my main pot just for boiling water in.

 

[tartanferret]

I have the myti pot but have not got around to using it. It's for my lightweight kit I've been putting together.

 

[Outdoordude]

Basisically all this has come about because I bought this book called 153 UL backpackin' tips. It's a good book . I want to basically dehydrate meals in my new dehydrator. Then I either want to bung my dehydrated meal in the pot. Cover with water and bring to the boil and then put in a pot cosy. So which size do you think is best. The guy in the book says that his ti pot weighs 1.7oz. The lightest I've found is here but it's really expensive.
http://www.backpackinglight.co.uk/product501.asp?PageID=100

 

[Hog On Ice]

have you considered going to "freezer bag" cooking - its the reason I was able to use a beer can pot - I only boiled water and never cooked in the pot

btw the reason for the quotes on freezer bag is that I almost never used actual freezer bags - commonly I used cheap store brand sandwich bags that I would use in a CCF cozy to support the sides of the bag

 

[Outdoordude]

Yeh that the other thing I was thinking. Make a lot cosy for freezer bags. Do you think I could use a 568ml beer can. I could roll down the top using the special technique. What do you think. It would be straight sided but it might work.

 

[Hog On Ice]

I suspect it could work - my typical meals used 1.75 cups of water (415 ml) when I used the bags - I found you used less water in the bag than regular cooking so a meal that would take 2 cups of water normally only needed 1.75 cups when using the bag. btw I did nothing special to the beer can other than chopping it off and smoothing the edge with scissors and rubbing the edge with a metal handle from a pair of pliers wrt the smooth sides I think it is possible to wrap some fireproof cord around the can to form a grip - I never did this but I knew some people did.

 

[tartanferret]

Did you get hold of some Refletix type stuff for your cozies ?

They sell laptop / ipad covers in Poundland as a cheap source of neoprene.

Maybe you could have a go at one of these ? I think I might.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usDW2_pdFpc


Regarding freezer bags, they sell Pour and store bags in Morrisons etc for about a quid a pack, they are pretty sturdy and re-useable.
http://www.polylina.co.uk/pour&store.html

 

[bilmo-p5]

A 400g tuna can makes a nice pot for one. 50g or so, seamless pressed steel, broadish base; good for catching the heat, and holds abt 400ml...