Looking for an economical and efficient pot

I too am looking for a pot w/ similar criteria, although I plan on using mine with an alcohol stove. The closest that I've found so far is the Snow Peak 700.

http://www.rei.com/product/708071

It looks like it meets your critera for price, handle, material and fluid capacity. I don't know if removing the lid will get you close to 3.5 oz, but I'm sure someone here does. The measurements listed might be to small to hold a canister. Maybe turn the canister upside down with the bottom phlange towards the top of the pot?

Hey Mike, I posted a thread a few days ago pondering the weight without the lid, and someone replied that it was 3.25oz (2.75 w/o handles, .25 per handle) for the SP Trek 700. That's fairly close to what I'm looking for but I'm not sure of it's ability to hold a cartridge. Hmmm, maybe I should've asked for an inside diameter as well.

Edit: Mike, on REI's site they claim that a SP 110 fuel canister can be nestled inside, as well as a SP stove.

Now, I've got to figure out if the SP 110 canister is the same diameter as the small MSR canisters. And aren't small MSR canisters the same diameter as the large ones?

IMUSA is a South American maker of Hispanic cookware (Columbia IIRC). They make two sturdy aluminum mugs that may fit your needs. The smaller mug holds about two and a half cups, the larger holds 0.8 liter. The larger mug is 4" tall and 4.5" in diameter. I mainly use the large mug for my cooking; it weighs 3.6 oz after minor surgery on the handle and the addition of a lid fabricated from aluminum flashing and a wire bail for cooking over a fire. The smaller mug weighs about 2.8 oz with lid. I use it with an alcohol stove. I have used both of mine now for over two years with complete satisfaction. They cost less than $10.

The IMUSA mugs are available in the cookware section of WalMart; at least the ones around here. I have heard that not all the WalMart stores in the U.S. stock them but they sure do in my neck of the woods. IMUSA has a website with photos of the mugs but it takes some looking to find them.

I fit my cup, stove and cooking accessories in mine; it will also hold either a small or large fuel canister with room to spare.

I have some photos of my large one on Flickr and would be happy to post one on this site (if I can figure out how); let me know if you are interested. I would also be willing to purchase here (in limited numbers) and ship to those who don't live near an enlightened WalMart. You pay for the mug and shipping. PM me after you have checked out your local Wally World.

Well, my most efficient pot is not economical at about $40. I have a 1.5 L. JetBoil pot (B/C wide pots are the most efficient shape).

The JB 1.5 L. pot has their "Flux Ring" (sorry, not related to the Star Trek Flux Capacator) corrugated ring around the outer bottom edge and a neoprene cozy around the side. This make for the MOST efficient pot I have found. The pot is the heart of the JB setup, accounting for much the greater part of their stove's efficiency.

Yes, It's a bit heavier than their "small & tall"
original pot so you can buy that one if you are a total ULer but you'll use more fuel, especially on long trips.

No ordinary pot W/O a "Flux Ring" type heat exchanger on the bottom will be as efficient. (I think Primus and MSR have pot bottom heat exchangers.) And Titanium is the LEAST efficient pots, esp. small, narrow Ti pots.

Eric
P.S. Oh yeah, the JB 1.5 L. pot has a folding handle.

I just held a large and small (8oz/4oz) MSR canister together, the outside diameters are the same @ about 4 3/8".

I think the $10 pot that Charles mentioned is indeed worth a trip to Wally World (as much as I can't stand that place!).

I've also tried the Heineken Pot and I'm with you Bobby, I need some sorta handle. Even though it weighs 1.1 oz and transfers heat pretty well (2 1/2 cups to boil in 5-6 mins w/ an alcohol stove) I found it still too hard to grab and pour even using socks and a bandana. Being a natural clutz doesn't help either.

C'mon Eric! The Flux Capacator is from Back To The Future, not Star Trek! (darn it! my inner nerd just came out again…)