HX pots are cheap, but a little large and heavier than you would like. I had a Fire Maple 1-liter HX mug laying around so I decided to see if I could make it more viable. IMO, HX mugs are great for fuel efficiency/speed/and potentially wind robustness. Since HX mugs are only really only good for boiling water, this would be for the fast and light crowd.
A complete Fire Maple HX mug weighed 7.2 oz with the silicone lid. I removed the handles and the fast and light crowd can use a bandana or glove to pick up the mug. I hacked it down to about a 650 ml volume. I ended up putting a flange around the lip so that I could still use the snap fit lid.
Final weight –3.5 oz. (no lid) / 4,6 oz, with the factory lid. I would like to find an off the shelf, low cost lid for this. For the fast and light crowd, you probably don’t need a lid as HX pot boil so fast and you are probably only looking to heat it up to “frog eyes” anyway.
I also hacked down a WideSea HX mug. At 650 ml it weighed 3.0 oz. (no lid).
Footnote: The Fire Maple HX mug is tall and you will cut off a lot of material. The best thing to do is to practice. You can do this by just trimming off the lip and create the flange. Just use a pair of pliers and slowly work your way around the lip. It took me 10 revolutions to get a nice flange. Then cut that section off and do it again. When you get to the final height, you will have several practices runs in. Good Luck.
