Snowpeak 600 Mug – Can I use as a Cooking Pot?

David,

If you have the 600 double wall (insulated) mug, then no, you can't put that mug on a flame. Check to see if the walls are thick.

If it's the standard 600 mug (A thin single layer of titanium)there is no problem using it on a flame.

Dan

Great… thanks Dan!

By the way, anything I should know about using titanium cookware or the mug/pot combo approach. While I consider myself a seasoned backpacker, I'm new to the whole ultralight game and am eager to learn the various "tricks of the trade."

David

I can't think of any tricks but with a small mug/pot you can't eat out of it and drink out of it at the same time, so lots of people like to do the boil-in-a bag thing (see freezerbagcooking.com or using pre-made backpacking meals). So you boil your water, pour it in the bag, and then use the mug for your drink/coffee.

Cheers

I use SP600 cup for my cookpot — single wall NOT double wall — without any problems at all.

Mine is a standard 600, single wall – so looks like I'm good to go.

Thanks for the feedback guys!

David

Does BPL sell the cuben Oware Alphamid? Oware says BPL has all their stock of them, but I don't see them on the website. Anyone know?

doug

Sorry was supposed to start a new thread with this

Yeah, I'm really curious to compare the Oware to MLD's new offerings.

I imagine that the cost differen ce between a cuben Alpha and MLD's new shelters will be significant.

Silnylon Alphas at $200+/each are now priced not far below MLD's least expensive shelter, if I recall correctly.

Would think that a cuben Alpha will probably bust $300, or come pretty close. Pretty soon, it'll be cost-effective to just pay someone minimum wage to carry your pack.

JRS

These are the specific shelters I’m looking at… MLD MID 2008 ($355) and SuperFly Shelter ($220)

I do agree that the cuben are likely to be pricey… and I realize it’s not an apples-to-apples comparison (MLD shelters are 4 and 2 person respectively, and spinnaker rather than Cuben) however, it’ll be interesting to compare them ($/sft)(sqft/oz) to the above (as well as to the GG SpinnShelter™ as well as the SMD Refuge)