Snowpeak 700 Pot + Litemax Stove heat issue

I had this issue last weekend when I was teaching a group of cub scouts. I simply turned down the heat about a minute before we needed to grip the handles and due to titanium's poor ability to retain heat the handles cooled sufficiently. It's not a great solution but it is a bit of a work around and you're still able to use your system.

I use that combo, and they work fine together. Had tubing on the handles for awhile, and the only time that was a problem was with an alcohol stove that had too wide a flame, and melted the bottom of it. Matter of preference on that. I use my mug on fires in winter sometimes, and am not uncomfortable using the bare handles, so took the tubing off. Are you running the stove wide open when this happens? I never do, so don't know what effect it has on the pattern. I'd probably have just switched to something like the Pocket Rocket if that had been a problem for me.

Thanks for the input. I can certainly run it lower but then i'm increasing time to cook. Maybe I'll hold onto it and grab a larger/wider pot as well so I can still handle cooking more than just freeze-dried meals and for more than 2 people.

I have use the same stove and pot. I found turning the stove down, I reached a boil in about the same time and ended up using less fuel. I also use my 700ml when cooking for 2. My girlfriend carries a evernew 450ml mug to eat out of. This set up works good for us.

I have this stove and my MSR titan feels like the perfect size pot for it. I still usually don't run it at much more than half open.

Wasting fuel if flames are up the side of the pot, or one or the other is not the right tool for the job. Slow down and enjoy yourself. Duane