pot size for 3

We use a 2 liter pot because it really is hard to fill a 1.3 or 1.5 pot to the brim over a fire and keep all that water inside.

And I was so hoping to go for the 4.6oz Evernew 1.3L pot! Back to the drawing board! Thanks for the intell. B

This is a great pot. Sturdy and sort of light. Won't fold in your pack if you put something heavy on it like the bpl pots.I use it for winter camping or if I go with my family. (The bpl 1100 is my favorite pot but I do have to be careful with it.)

I have it! Was hoping to size it down – oh well. Yes it is a great pot – I get a stove, canister, handle, and firestarter stuff in these. (P.S. What are those green thing son your feet in your avatar? :-) )B

A cheap alternative is the AGG 2 quart pot weighing in at 5.9oz with lid and costing only $13. Quite sturdy too.

I think that's pretty much the same weight as the MSR Titan, but quite a bit cheaper.

I'll 2nd the AGG 2QT

+ 3 on the AGG 2 quart pot.
I got mine from their "bargain basement" for $5.00.

On my scales the pot weighs 4.2 oz and the lid is another 1.7 oz.

Hey Andrew, is the pack in your avitar the 'before BPL' photo?

Just got myself one from the bargain basement too – $5! Way awesome – thanks so much for the heads up.

Maybe a little late in the game, but…

I think one of the reasons you see people saying 1.3L for two people is for actual cooking, not FB cooking. Freezer bag or freeze-dried bag cooking drives me nuts; I cook my meals right in the pot. Once you add food to the water in the pot, 1.3L is barely big enough for two. Hence the 2L for 3… along w/slosh room for boil-over, etc.

Yes, you can go smaller if one is doing FBC or freeze dried, if actual pot cooking? Get a 2L pot then. That gives room for boiling, stirring.

Thanks for all the ideas – at $5, a 2qt pot is pretty good – but I'd like to hear from anyone who's cooked just water for three with something less than a 2L pot – has anyone done boiled 1.2 L in a 1.3 pot and sloshed any? Thanks, Barbara

those are crocks.That's how I roll.

Do you cross streams in them? Do they work for that? (total hijacked topic, sorry!).

I wear hideous croc ripoffs (Anyone remmeber my tye dye ones?). They aork great in stream crossings and I have hiked in them as well – when there is a mile or less between deep crossings. Make sure to wear the heel strap though!

I was never quite that bad, but it felt like it.

Hello Everyone.

I wear green crock knockoffs too. But back to the question of the 1.3 l pot for three people. I would still advocate for a 2 l pot or kettle for 3 people. We’ve tried to get 3 cups of tea out of a 1.something kettle on a cold night and always end up having to put it back on the fire with more water. Weight difference is minimal, but utility is great.

"4.5 cups, which equals 1.125 L"

For three people? That sounds like what we use for two hungry hikers. In any event, I would agree that a 2L pot doesn't weigh that much more, and has greater utility. The AGG pots are great.

I found a photograph of a couple of 2 liter pots we use over fires. This is our kayaking set-up so there are a few extras in the kitchen bag, including at this time ( about 3 years ago) an open pot along with the 2 l kettle. We’ve since dropped the pot and bowls, but kept the kettle for fire use. We have a 2l titanium pot for forest service cabins and use our 750 ml mugs for hiking in places that don’t allow fires — The Chilkoot Trail.

Also pictured is an Ursack, which we use exclusively here in Brown Bear land.

Thank you all for the comments – the AGG 2L at 5.9oz for $5 is the choice!

Just continuing observations…

I was surprised recently when I weighed my 1.3L and 2L pots, and found that the 2L (MSR Titan) only weighed an ounce more. I use foil lids either way. But the monster pot only weighs about 4.5 ounces (plus a pot gripper).

The MSR pot gripper is marginally lighter than the one that came with my Caldera cone set up too, oddly!