Snow Peak Mini Solo vs. Trek 700

I think much depends on what you intend this cup for. Drinking? Cooking as well? And what kind of cooking?

For me, as an example, my cup doubles as my pot — it's strictly for solo use — and my cooking is limited to boiling up to a pint of water — to rehydrate Quaker oats packets in the morning and Mountain House dinners at night. I used to own a Trek 700 but found it unnecessarily large for my needs. Now, I have two setup's:

1. BPL 500 titanium mug – big enough to meet my water needs and house my alky stove 'kitchen'.

2. Snow Peak 650 – as above, but slightly bigger to house my canister stove 'kitchen'.

I like having my kitchen all contained within the pot/mug. Your needs and style may differ.

I plan to use it for mostly solo cooking (but occasionally for two), boiling water for oatmeal, dried soup, and other foods. I'd like something for drinking hot water as well.

For two — you've got your 900 — so maybe two 450 ti mugs will do nicely?

Another option — consider two 500 or 550 ti cups to house two separate 'kitchens'. Why? In the off chance that the two of you get separated — each can be self sufficient. Not a requirement by any means, but a preference and safety precaution.

I use the 700mL as my sole pot/cup. It's enough to hydrate my meal, I boil a second cup for coffee. If I were cooking instead of rehydrating I would choose something different, or if I had a large group. But it's just me, and 700mL is plenty.

I have this pot and I'm pretty happy with it.

I've removed the handles and lid which reduces the weight to 2.8 oz. I use wool glove liners or a bandana as a pot holder and foil as my lid. I'll eventually remove the hardware which attaches the handles to the pot but I'm not sure what the weight savings will be (guessing 1/3 of an oz?)

I use freezer bags for cooking and transfer the food to my cozy. This frees up my mug for beverages. I'll eventually buy the SP hotlips but I've been fine without them.

I nest a Gatorade bottle which has been cut to size in my pot. I can use this for cold beverages or I can put it in the cozy and use it for soup.

My complete Esbit kit consists of: stripped SP 700; mini bic; aluminum windscreen and shield/reflector for underneath my stove; 3/4 of a Gatorade bottle; ti wing esbit stove; foil lid; and cozy. Total weight 5.9 oz.

I've got a SP 700 but could definitely get by with something smaller. I only boil water for single serve meals and don't drink hot drinks so a 500mL mug would probably be fine for my needs. But the SP 700 was a gift and I'm too cheap to replace it with something smaller since it works fine for my needs and a smaller mug would only save me an ounce. I do really like that it has graduations marked on the inside so I can measure my water. My Titan Kettle doesn't have that and its an annoyance. My current cookset is the SP 700, Esbit wing stove, Ti windscreen, MSR folding spoon, Lightload towel, and Mini Bic lighter. I can fit all of it in the pot with a few Esbit cubes and close it up with an aluminum foil lid. Total weight (excluding fuel) is 5.36 oz.

Adam

I had both at the same time (because I had Tri-Ti systems made for each) and found that I really did not use the of the Mini Solo cup unless I was with another person where we were sharing an additive or something like that. Solo I just use the main pot for everything. And as the 700 has the measurements on the pot while the Mini Solo relies on the cup to measure I think the 700 wins.

I ended up putting my own marks on the Mini Solo main pot as I sold the 700 when I sold the system it was bought for.

Thanks for the suggestions. Sounds like my best bet is to buy the 700 and add a smaller mug that will pack inside if needed.

I've been debating this same question… if you nest the 450 into the 700 will a canister and stove still fit? I don't want to have to carry that separately….

"if you nest the 450 into the 700 will a canister and stove still fit? I don't want to have to carry that separately…."

It wouldn't be a perfect fit. You might be able to get away with putting the stove into the 450 (inside the 700) and the canister upside down in the 700. IMHO I'd rather keep the stove and 100g canister in the 700 (my Soto and canister fit fine) where they are safe and the 450 somewhere else. The mesh bag that comes with the 700 is large enough to accomodate an extra canister. You could fit the 450 in the bag with the 700 no problem.