Silicone stretch lid

[Diane “Piper” Soini]

I found silicone stretch lids on Amazon, a recommendation from another forum. I’ve also seen them at a local ACE Hardware store but they were a different brand so I don’t know if they are better or worse. I bought a pack of six assorted sizes and one of them fits my pot well. Another would fit a cup-sized pot. The others are too large but useful at home.

When used for storage, the lid keeps everything inside the pot contained and does not fall off. The lid weighs 9 grams.

Turn the lid upside-down to cook.

I also had some food that cold soaks well so I used the lid to rehydrate my cold dinner while I hiked. The lid did not come off.

[JCH]

Interesting.  There are literally dozens of options on Amazon…which one did you get?

[Thom]

They do work well.  No idea what brand I have. 3.5 inch fits a tokes 750.

[MJ H]

We have a bunch of them, but I never thought of taking them hiking. The Toaks lid is a bit heavier, but probably easier to lift off a heated pot. And least if you remember to lift up the little triangle flap before you heat the pot.

[Josh J]

Did you store in your pack while hiking?

[Diane “Piper” Soini]

I got these: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07W3KHFM9 I stored my pot whether cold soaking or not in an outer pocket on my pack. I find my pot sort of bulky so I got a Zpacks pocket for storing my cooking stuff.

[Diane “Piper” Soini]

I’ll add that the stretch lids I bought were $7, the Toaks pot was about $25 and a Vargo bot is like $100.

[Philip Tschersich]

I found one that fit my S2S collapsible silicone cup nicely. I sort of dislike the cup because the base is so narrow/unstable and the rim is so wide as to encourage sloshing if I walk around camp with it. This fixed my main gripes. I used a punch to make a small vent hole and a slightly larger drinking port. The liquid creeps over the cup lip but does not go past the lower ribs in the silicone so no drips so far. I drank my morning coffee at home from it today and was able to walk around the house carrying it absentmindedly with no fear of sloshing spills. Nice. I did trim a lot of the grab-lobes off the edge of the lid since they weren’t doing anything and it looked like I was drinking out of an anemone.

[Dan]

Thanks for making this thread, I wasn’t aware of these lids.

[JG H]

I wasn’t, either. Love it!

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