Lightweight pots for Philmont

[Guy Trek]

I recently purchased these pots, which I felt were pretty “light” considering the Philmont pot requirements.  Perhaps others will find this information useful.

Ace Camp 8L Aluminum Tribal Pot: 1 lb. 6.6 oz. (plus 5.5 oz. for the lid)

Ace Camp 4L Aluminum Tribal Pot:  14.9 oz. (plus 4.1 oz. for the lid)

[TAG in AZ]

Much appreciated.  I was looking for pots to use on our training hikes.

[Tim P]

Thank you for the information.  I’m trying to research getting lighter-weight items, as we have a young crew and the weight reduction may go a long way to having a better time.

[Roger Caffin]

The fastest route to big weight reduction is to leave half the gear behind. BPL has a slogan: “Don’t pack your fears.”
You might also find it helpful to review all the boys’ packs AFTER Mummy has left – and leave half of the contents behind then.

Cheers

[Jeffrey Peters]

The Ace Camp is the current issued pot at Philmont.  As for lightweight options for gear you have to show them the way. We weighed each pack at the beginning of every shakedown trip. We also showed them the difference in weight of Nagene vs smartwater bottles. Most of my crew decided that trail runners worked for them. We had a father and son that stuck with boots. They got soaked at the beginning of the trek and stayed damp the whole time.

[Nate Ward]

I pick up 2 of these at WalMart for my 2016 trip and they worked great.  May be an ounce or two heavier. We also built coozies for them out of bubble insulation.  That was the best thing we did!

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Mainstays-8-Quart-Stock-Pot-with-Lid-Stainless-Steel/37320201

[Tim P]

Can you tell me more about the coozies?  Is it just bubble insulation that you would install after the pot was off the burner?

[Nate Ward]

exactly….boil the water and slide it into the coozie. They held the heat in for quite some time.  You can get the bubble wrap at Lowes/Home Depot, it’s made to line your roof for a radiation barrier.  We put our seams together with aluminum foil tape

[Gerry H]

Did your pot cozy just wrap the sides or did you have a bottom? Looks like no bottom in the pic. Do you wait half a minute before wrapping?

We go July 2018, trying to get as much info as possible, especially regarding cooking Philmont style. Just took the one day Field PASS class, very informative.

[Tony Ronco]

Just a FYI on a past thread on this subject:

https://backpackinglight.com/forums/topic/crew-size-cooking-pot-suppier/

[Nate Ward]

Sorry, haven’t been here in a few weeks….went strait from the stove to the coozie….no issues ever, the stainless transfers heat so quickly it won’t melt the insulation.  You could put a bottom on them easily, we chose no to so it would pack better.

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