Pot

I have used evernew ti 0.9 for years. Pretty good as far as I'm concerned.

One thing bad is ti is poor heat conductor, so if I cook something like oatmeal, there will sometimes be a scorched spot where the flame is. If I turn flame down it doesn't happen. Some stoves are worse.

I will mainly use it on an alcohol stove for boiling water. For cooking, I will use it whenever wood fire is allowed on trail.

Trail Designs sells a 3 cup aluminum pot, anodized or non-stick. Pot & lid (no pot bail)

Mine fits their Sidewinder Ti stove that takes alky, ESBIT or wood (W/ Inferno insert)

For me 3 cups makes a perfect solo pot size. And that size, with the wider TD pot, saves fuel over my former 1 qt. pot.

The Open Country (Formerly Anti Gravity gear) 3 cup Hard Anodised pot.
Its almost identical in height to the Evernew and I believe about 1/8" smaller in diameter, making it an 850 ml pot. It weighs 3.5 ounces with lid sans handle,

They are very reasonably priced from Trail Designs for less than $20 with the pot grabber It's only $38 as part of a "Sierra Set" from Four Dog Stove with the OP 2QT hard annodized pot, grabber and shipping included! A great deal if you may do some group cooking down the road.

I have used both the Evernew UL pots and the hard anodised Open Country Aluminum and frankly, for the money, the hard annodized OC pots are REALLY a bargain.
And, IMHO, their overall cooking performance beats the Ti pots.

The hard anodising is near diamond hardness- normal light scrubbing with green 3M pads will not scratch it. They have stood up to a full years worth of daily use in the shop as tests mules in stove tests.Cooked many a potof beans ,rice pasta in them.

I like them.
And, the fact they are just about tbe only US made UL cookware does not hurt,either;)

EDIT-Eric beat me to it by a few seconds…great minds think alike..lol

+1

this is it:

http://www.traildesigns.com/cookware/open-country-3-cup-hard-anodized-pot

simple, inexpensive, performs well and nearly as light as titanium.

I haven't used that pot but the shape looks good for cooking, you will be able to stir better than a narrow pot. I agree with your size, for me a pot has to be big enough to cook a box of mac & cheese in. My .85 Titan kettle was just barely big enough. My 900 ml Sidewinder uses a Toaks pot that looks a lot like the Evernew, and it is easier to cook in than the Titan. 3 cups is only 710 ml, depending on what you eat that may be okay but I don't think it would pass the mac & cheese test.

Jim:
Thats really weird, I agree with you that 3 cups= 710 ml
while in the trail design website, they say 850ml !!

> 3 cups= 710 ml
Yeah, well, our GSI cups are 350 mL each. But a guy NEEDS his coffee!

Cheers

In their defense, I think Open Country has it right with the 3 cup designation. The pot holds 3 cups with about 150ml of head room ,,

Evernew,Trangia and many others rate their pot volumes as filled to the BRIM. Not very practical IMHO as nobody actually uses a pot filled that way.

Oddly enough, Open Country themselves pulled the same stunt labeling their 2qt pot. Its functional volume with some headroom is about 7 cups-not 8.

Given the accuracy of corporate marketing spin,id say that the 3 cup pot description is a happy accident..An exception that proves the rule..lol.

BTW, the 3 cups wide bottom also does a great job of catching heat from the burner. One of the fastest heating pots out there.

I've been thru a dozen pots and fry pans over the last 35 years and have ingested teflon and went the stainless steel route and the stickless silicone "stone lined" route but now all I use is my MSR titanium kettle at .85 liters. Perfect size for morning tea and the evening dinner with the pot cozy.

Kettle in action.

30 minute wait in the post cozy.

The Olicamp Space Saver Hard Anodized mug is 24oz maximum. $15 or so on eBay.

Wood fire. I'd pass on the aluminum. Titanium will be more durable in that environment.
There's a reason why that pot is so popular. Got one myself.

After reading jimmer's post I had to measure my pots. The Titan is 850 to the brim, and the Toaks 900, also to the brim. If the Open Country actually leaves working room on top of their measured volume then it is likely almost the same as the Titan, which is a very nice little pot. I used one on my thru hike in 2010. While the size of the two pots is almost the same I still find the slghtly shorter, slightly wider shape of the Toaks easier to cook in.

Really like our Titan kettle for most easy meal prep usage for the two of us. Good volume and works great with my starlyte or canister stoves. Would also have no reservations on sticking it in a wood fire.

I also have a non stick Black light set from years ago that is still very serviceable (other than the dingers the airlines have put in it over the years) and is much better when cooking real food. The small pot is not bad for BPing trips but needs a makeshift top. The set will go with us when camping out of the car or with the sailboat.

The open country pot looks like a steal. I would grab one up if I wasn't already Ok with my kitchen kit.

jimmyb

I boiled lots of pasta and many cups of coffee in one..Its the only pot I sold that I wish I still had.

Frankly after two solid months of use over wood fires everyday last year, I see no problem with Aluminum,at least the OC pots. They held up fine. The only way Al cookpots will melt in a fires is with the combination of lots of salt and flaming animal fats in the pot…
I also doubt Mors Kohansky would have used one constantly for nearly 50 years in the Canadian bush,either.

FWUW, a few little known solutions to MSR TITAN kettle issues are..

1) Handles that get too hot..Solution- simply remove the handles and flip them over so the long side is on the top.That creates less surface area for flames to work on at the bottom and gets your thumb and fingers further out and away from the heat source. The first models of TITAN kettles had that layout and for some reason they changed it.

2) Lack of volume markings on the side if the pot.. On the Titan kettles I have seen,there are three horizontal rows of dimples down the inside of the pot from spot welding the handle brackets. Those spot weld dimples just happen to be spaced down the pot at 1,2 & 3 cups respectively. Problem solved.

Another excellent option for melting snow and for bigger meals is the MSR "seagull" titanium 2 liter pot. The kettle is too small for melting snow or making alot of hot water. The neat thing is you don't need a pot holder for it as the top lip never gets too hot to touch.

Excellent pot with or w/o the lid. Next to it is a Tasty Bite pouch.

MSR only lists the 1 snd 1.5 liter pot set..

My Titan is still part of my kit, when I use my canister/caldera setup. For the hot handles I did both the flip and the tubing insulation, http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/xdpy/forum_thread/12887/index.html?skip_to_post=94530#94530. It has also been used on a fire many times, great little pot.

It seems the simple and light MSR 2 liter titanium pot in my pic is now a thing of the past—

http://www.moontrail.com/cookware/msr_ti_2literpot.html

http://www.backcountry.com/msr-titan-titanium-2-liter-pot

Hmmm, I have never had a problem with my titan kettle handles getting hot, lucky me I guess. I had thought of taking them off completely but they are just too handy (pun intended of course).

jimmyb

You also use a Starlight stove, which is a wick burner with a snall central flame. I used the same stove on my Titan.

A powerful side burner like a BIOS or Supercat would get those Titan handles hot in a hurry.

If you look at the online reviews of the Titan, other than the lack of volume markings, the biggist gripe are the handles getting too hot.

I have both pots, and had Trail Designs make a Ti Tri for my Titan kettle. While I like the OC pot because of size and it really is perfect in that respect, I have learned that I do not care for pots without handles. Reason being is using pot grippers or even gloves to handle the pot is not the best practice for me. Pot grippers are not user friendly in my world. Give me a handle. I don't care if it's even a hot handle, that is a quick fix. If that OC pot had built-in handles, I would keep it.

The Titan and Ti Tri combo just works. My system is beat up. I have other cook kits but I always go back to this or my Snow Peak 3 bowl solo kit with a fry lid. If you don't care about handles, go with OC. If you do…lots of other options.

I've got over 1400 miles on my Evernew Ti 0.9 and it has held up nicely.

Have used it on campfires, propane or alcohol, it has shown no warping and the handle plastic defies melting/burning in flame for reasons I do not comprehend or have any rational answer for.

I would definitley buy this one again. 0.9 L works well solo or for two people.

Make sure you have a little water in the pot before putting it over flame if you get the coated model.