Ultralight pot holder for small pots

Nice idea. I wonder about the fingertips of safety gloves: does anyone make a silicone glove? Could you hack off the fingertips and use them the same way for maybe more insulation?

Hi Vick,
That's a good idea, I've seen various gloves with different textures/surfaces, many with a rubberized (or maybe silicone) coating.

Interestingly, yesterday I saw on the discovery channel a show where thy showed how they make certain gloves. One was the "rubber" coated type. A machine dipped the gloves in a solution that added the coating. You can also buy a can of this stuff, which is typically used to dip bare tool handles in to give a rubberized like coating. I used to have some of the stuff. I'm not sure if it's rubber, silicone, or some other material though.

I'm trying to post some pictures of the finger tips in use but unsuccessfully right now. There are some pictures here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/51799389@N00/tags/ultralight/

I'm using the thin rubber type with dots in the pictures, but I did notice there are some thicker kinds too.

Dan

I often take a nip in the woods and have been searching for a lightweight, compressible shot-glass. I've hit paydirt with your suggestion of rubber finger thimbles. And as potholders they are multi-use! I'll drink to that.

I've been known to take a bit of snake bite medicine in the woods too (Especially the '05-'06 New Years Springer Mt. Campout, but thats for another time…), and I have found a very effective shot glass is the bottom 3oz of a cheap water bottle. It will hold a bit more than a thimble, thus be more condusive to "feeling warm" on a cold night. I usually carry the bottom 12 oz of it for a protein shake/ powerade/ powdered milk/ water collecting cup for a scant .3 oz. If your daring, it could be a 12 oz shot glass, but nothing good comes from that, in my experiences…

Jason Klass mentioned using a silicon pot holder from Big Lots for this purpose.

http://www.freewebs.com/jasonklass/siliconepotgripper.htm

I had seen Jason's pot holder idea before. I think it's a good one for pots with handles. However, I was trying to come up with something that would work with a non-handled pot, which I tend to favor these days.

I posted a couple of picures on my original post above.

Dan

>> Nice idea. I wonder about the fingertips of safety gloves: does anyone make a silicone glove? <<

Actually yes there's a Silicone glove called the Ove Glove (http://www.drugstore.com/products/prod.asp?pid=77835&aid=336064&aparam=ove_glove)
that's designed to handle any hot item directly out of a stove.

I was thinking about getting one just to see how light it might be.

Nice, DG, did you do your tests with the pot hot?

Great idea! It’s actually 1 gram heavier than the BPL Ti Rod pot handle I made for my beer can stove… but it would be more stable to be able to actually grab the pot directly with your hands. Also means one less thing to have to buy / make… those Ti rods are expensive.

However, if you went with only two (oneought to be able to handle a pot that small with a thumb and middle finger), you'd be 0.33 grams less than your ti-Rod and still more stable. ;)

I'm definiely going to try it to see how I like it. And I'm not worried about the extra gram. That would be a problem… if I was worried about a gram! LOL :)

Anyway… really great idea. I've never like the idea of using a possom down mitt since it seems to me that would be really slippery.

"it allows me to remove all my bits from the pot (stand, screen, etc.) in one fell swoop. Hey… here's an idea… take BOTH! I don't know if I can handle the 3 gram penalty tho! hahahaha :)"

Just make sure you strech well, before and after donning your pack. I'd hate for you to throw your back out… ;)

No worries Joshua… I just took up yoga! Heck… a few more sun salutes every morning and I could probably take extra thimbles :P

So where would one get these things anyway? I imagine an office supply place probably? Or a post office? They're not a sewing thing right?

Joshua,

Yes, I tried it after the pot had boiling water and it worked good. The rubber (?) was insulative and I was able to hold the pot no problem.

I did try it with two fingers but it was less than satisfactory, being too unstable. I would say 3 fingers would be the minimum.

David,

I found them in an office supply cabinet. I would search an office supply store.

Hey Ron, I have an "OVE" Glove for use around the kitchen. It work quite well, but at 3.1 oz, I wouldn't say it's light enough to carry while backpacking.