Next we'll have a look at cooking equipment.
O.K. cooking kit,this is a solo cooking kit and will only be suitable for one person unless the other person brings his own cup ,spoon and dish when it will suffice for two.
I used to use a trangia 27k for myself as this contained everything for 2 people except dishes cups and cutlery,So really it was a basic cooking kit and not a cook and eat kit.I still had too add the other bits,although I generally ate out of the pan.This cookset weighed in at 980 grammes plus what ever cup and cutlery you chose.
My cook kit now weighs 405 grammes this is a complete set consisting of :-
pot with lid..................118g titanium
cup............................. 66g titanium
pot lifter...................... 28g aluminium
folding spork................. 17g titanium
extra spoon..................17g titanium
pot cosy......................60g home made from aluminium tape and bubble wrap
gas stove..................... 96g primus micron with igniter
All this kit is plenty for one person,if I am using the pot for eating out of then the cup can be used on the stove to boil water for a brew.
As a comparison Trangia also do a mini set which weighs in at 330g,if you add a cup spork and a cosy then the weight rises to 478g.
I know it seems a bit daft to be counting every gramme but in the cookset alone I have saved over half a pound.
The heaviest thing most of us will carry is fuel and water,we can't make water any lighter so it makes sense to use the most efficient fuel.This way we use less of it .
I have found that the most efficient fuel when compared by amount used to boil 1 litre of water is gas.
A 250g cannister will burn at full blast for 60 minutes and it takes 3 minutes to bring 1 litre to a rolling boil.That means 1 x 250g cannister will boil 20 litres (depending on conditions)I haven't found another fuel with this weight to water boiled ratio.
A few things to note about gas stoves:-
they are light
they don't perform well at low temperatures (sub zero)
they don't perform well at high altitudes
Most are very efficient and lightweight
A good way of conserving fuel with any stove is to only boil the amount of water you actually need,measure it every time.This way you are not boiling water that will only cool without being used, and using fuel to do it.If you do boil excess water,tip it back into your water container.It wont hurt the water that's already in there.
O.K. cooking kit,this is a solo cooking kit and will only be suitable for one person unless the other person brings his own cup ,spoon and dish when it will suffice for two.
I used to use a trangia 27k for myself as this contained everything for 2 people except dishes cups and cutlery,So really it was a basic cooking kit and not a cook and eat kit.I still had too add the other bits,although I generally ate out of the pan.This cookset weighed in at 980 grammes plus what ever cup and cutlery you chose.
My cook kit now weighs 405 grammes this is a complete set consisting of :-
pot with lid..................118g titanium
cup............................. 66g titanium
pot lifter...................... 28g aluminium
folding spork................. 17g titanium
extra spoon..................17g titanium
pot cosy......................60g home made from aluminium tape and bubble wrap
gas stove..................... 96g primus micron with igniter
All this kit is plenty for one person,if I am using the pot for eating out of then the cup can be used on the stove to boil water for a brew.
As a comparison Trangia also do a mini set which weighs in at 330g,if you add a cup spork and a cosy then the weight rises to 478g.
I know it seems a bit daft to be counting every gramme but in the cookset alone I have saved over half a pound.
The heaviest thing most of us will carry is fuel and water,we can't make water any lighter so it makes sense to use the most efficient fuel.This way we use less of it .
I have found that the most efficient fuel when compared by amount used to boil 1 litre of water is gas.
A 250g cannister will burn at full blast for 60 minutes and it takes 3 minutes to bring 1 litre to a rolling boil.That means 1 x 250g cannister will boil 20 litres (depending on conditions)I haven't found another fuel with this weight to water boiled ratio.
A few things to note about gas stoves:-
they are light
they don't perform well at low temperatures (sub zero)
they don't perform well at high altitudes
Most are very efficient and lightweight
A good way of conserving fuel with any stove is to only boil the amount of water you actually need,measure it every time.This way you are not boiling water that will only cool without being used, and using fuel to do it.If you do boil excess water,tip it back into your water container.It wont hurt the water that's already in there.
