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Ideal SUL cook kit for Foster’s Pot?

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Piney BPL Member
PostedJun 8, 2013 at 4:26 pm

Guys, I've put together what I think is the ideal SUL cook kit for Foster's pots:

SUL esbit setup 1

SUL esbit setup 2

SUL esbit setup 3

I thought about ordering a GVP or making a Caldera Clone, but I wanted to be able to roll the vulnerable Foster's pot up in the windscreen for protection. So I made a windscreen inspired by the Flat Cat Snow Leopard. With the pot rolled inside the windscreen, the whole package is pretty sturdy.

The performance so far has been excellent. It boiled 2 full cups of cold tap water plus one dissolved ice cube in 7:10 @ 50 degrees, and 6:10 and 5:40 @ 75 degrees (air temperature.) All three boils left appx. 4 grams of the 14 gram tab unburnt. I combined the (2) unburnt remainders and very nearly boiled two more cups. That's six cups of water for tea or meals on 1 ounce of esbit!

The pot, lid, burner, ground shield, ziplock and rubber band together weigh 2.4 ounces. For those that don't use ti stakes with their shelter, a pot stand could be substituted .

Next I will try the Brian Green esbit tray design, I'm curious how that will affect the boil times and efficiency.

For the full rundown:

http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/forums/thread_display.html?forum_thread_id=76137&skip_to_post=667211#667211

M B BPL Member
PostedJun 8, 2013 at 5:27 pm

IMO, the foster pot is too fragile to get covered with sticky gunky mess from esbit.

Piney BPL Member
PostedJun 8, 2013 at 5:39 pm

The Zelph flat bottom pot cleans up very easily. Wipe it off after it has cooled a bit and there never is a sticky gunky mess.

Piney BPL Member
PostedSep 3, 2013 at 8:57 pm

Thanks guys. The windscreen is made from aluminum flashing from Home Depot.

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