custom Lite Trail cook Kit

Dan – I’m assuming the cup the 550ml cup that comes with it is the light cup 1.9oz cup.

In staying with the backpackinglight theme, I’ll get the Toaks “light” 550 pot:

Ok put me back in the “I’ll probably buy one” camp. :)

Just as an FYI cup fits the lid from the gsi minimalist set and the GG cosy perfectly (though I guess the lid fit could vary from pot to pot). This gives you, for the small extra weight) a well-functioning insulated coffee/tea cup function.

@RichieS – can you post a link to the GSI minimalist set and GG cosy?

Sure.

http://www.gsioutdoors.com/halulite-minimalist.html

http://gossamergear.com/warm-sack-ultralight-pot-cozy.html

What I would say is that it is an only just fit and I already owned the minimalist. I also don’t know what variation there is in Toaks pot diameters or if adding the rim would change things on a case-by-case basis – so at your own risk and all that,

The pot cosy works easily though.

I can confirm the Minimalist lid is a good fit. It’s 46 grams on my scale versus 17 grams for the Toaks lid.

yeah it’s heavy no doubt – but does add a lot of functionality for a coffee drinker. I’d normally have a second cup of some sort anyways, and this would let me go without it.

if you wanted to go the other way the Ruta Locura carbon lid also works well, (but just as a lid, not a cup) for 7g.

Today, Toaks said the 550’s with handles are on their way.

Has anyone used the new improved Starlyte burner?

The modified burner works well. I got to a boil in somewhere like 10-11 minutes last night with an almost full cup.

But then I didn’t really have much of a problem with the old one which was a smite quicker to the boil. There was a left flames flickering out on my burner but nothing too significant.

Ah, sign me up for a cup with handles (assuming it fits the original cone) once you get them done Dan.

Ok, some further testing saw the new burner bringing about 1.75 cups of cold (fridge door) water to the boil in about 12 minutes and c1oz of fuel went on to burn well for about seven minutes after boiling. The new design burner seems to deliver a much improved efficiency with far less heat being lost.

Richie, thanks a lot for posting those test results. good to know it’s working out. A lot of time and effort goes into getting the right diameter opening. it’s a good thing I like to boil water :-)

I ordered pot and cones a week ago, both orders have been shipped. Pots are due to arrive tomorrow.

Got this report back from Kaptainkriz over at Whiteblaze.net

05-01-2016, 13:10
Kaptainkriz
i just ran some tests with the 550 setup and was getting 2 cup boils outside in 55F/breezy with 16g. :D
I’m liking this thing.

Unscientific testing of the cookset on a breezy, snowy May 1 morning at 7500′ in Arizona. Boy was busy boiling some ramen for breakfast (eww) in his Imusa cup and looked cold so I made him some instant coffee in my Zelph Toaks pot. I’m very pleased with the efficiency of the cookset with Esbit. I got a soft boil of 1 cup of water with 1.5 four gram Esbit tablets.

I got a soft boil of 1 cup of water with 1.5 four gram Esbit tablets.

Yes, that’s doing just fine. Thanks for the feed back. Looks cold up in those elevations, when does spring arrive :-)

I ordered some Toaks cross bars for my kit. My goto fuel is wood. I’m going to see how well the 3″ tall cone works with 2 cross bars on bottom and top. White man make little fires ;)

I got a soft boil of 1 cup of water with 1.5 four gram Esbit tablets.

…just keeping in mind that a full boil at 7500′ elevation is ~195°F and a ‘soft boil’ is perhaps ~185°F(?)

Plenty warm for coffee and instant oatmeal but perhaps a bit more is needed for FBC, etc, and a really efficient cozy for rehydrating.

I use 185 degree water in Mountain House “chicken-n-rice” wait 5 min. no cozy….enjoy…..plenty hot……warms the tummy….makes things right :-)

Pots and cones came in today.

Ridgelines are applied, ready to ship tomorrow.

Dan – how can I order the 550ml set with the handles? pikovsg@gmail.com

Same here!

Me too!  Take my money already!

The kit can be order in Gear Deals

Modified Toaks 550 Titanium pot with handles

P.S.   I only have 6 kits

3 sold

only 3 left

5 sold

1 left