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3.25oz(92g) 1.5 liter cookset!!

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PostedJun 24, 2007 at 9:48 pm

Is this a typo!? GSI is claiming 3.25oz for their 1.5 liter (total) cookset. Blogs like Backcountry are picking up on this and repeating the claim that it is "ultralight"
In this age of modern electronic communication, GSI does not seem to have a contact email on their site that I can find. (all the better to get away with false advertising for a longer period of time I suppose)
Also, they make the claim that this material is "As light as Titanium"; seriously misleading if they are referring to density and not tensile strength per mm of wall thickness.

REI lists this GSI item at a back-breaking 13 ounces (about 400g, or twice the weight of a comparable Ti Snowpeak set). Who is right? My money is on REI.

http://www.gsioutdoors.com/category.aspx?a=9

And to preserve the quote..
"Weight 3.25

Color Anodized

Material Proprietary, Hard Anodized Alloy

Material Tech"

PostedJun 24, 2007 at 11:19 pm

I have personally held one of these at REI. 13 ounces for the 2 pots combined, lid and bag sounds right.

It feels light in your hand unless you are holding a titanium item in the other (-:

That said, it is on my short list of cooking gear to own. Just think of the melted chocolate and graham crackers…..

You could easily take one pot or the other depending on your cooking needs. Using both pots and two alcohol burners you can have quite a bit of food for two people.

For those of you cooking in your Ti mug, yeah these are crazy heavy. For the person who likes to cook in the backcountry but still watches pack weight these are a reasonable choice. A little heavier but super easy to clean if they behave anything like the calphalon style pots. I like to make oatmeal in the mornings and something like this sounds like a good way to get a pot of tea and my oats.

PostedJun 25, 2007 at 2:06 am

Thanks guy, confirmed what I thought. "Ultralight" in the common press does not mean what it means around the BPL watercooler.
Most pot sets can be used as a double boiler; put the pot in the lid/cup. Would work with the MiniSolo or Trek series. So would floating your mug in the pot. But I have no plans to do it; I just do Boil in a Bag stuff.
I really hate to see a company with errors on their website, and no contact email. Pathetic.

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