Solo pot size

Yeah, don’t want to fill it to brim

I’ve used evernew 900 for many years

If all you are doing is boiling water, 600 ml is fine. But if you are prepping meals it is a bit too small – hard to keep food from spilling out when mixing. Like Jerry, I’ve used the 900 for over a decade and it works well as a solo pot.

I do a lot of solo walking. The 900ml evernew pot lets me heat enough water in one go for my (compulsory) hot chocolate and my dinner at the same time.

Evernew also makes the ECA267 Ti Ultralight Mug Pot in 900ml with Ridge for the Appalachian Set 3.5oz/99g – W 4.5 x H 3.9 inches

it’s 16g lighter than the 900ml ECA252, and works well with the Appalachian stand and TI burner, but I’m not sure you can get a compatible Sidewinder Caldera cone for this pot.

I have both the evernew 600 and 900.  When going solo the 600 is ok. I have been cooking my meals in it and it is kinda to the brim..  the 900 ml pot is a perfect size with some room to spare.  Its a little bulkier, but not much. So yeah, you could go either way but if if I had to have only one.. I would go with the 900 ml pot because I also use it in winter to melt snow for water…

To simmer 900 ml for sure. I cook a lot of Knorr 7 minute rice with a 900 ml Toaks (3.7 oz with lid) over a Zelph alcohol stove and simmer ring. At about the last 2 minutes I like to stir in some kind of meat such as 2.5 oz of chopped chicken from a foil pouch to add some protein. Far cheaper than $12 freeze dried Mountain House meals. https://www.toaksoutdoor.com/products/pot-900-d130

The Pyrenees are great. Spent many weeks hiking there.

I would say either! We have 3 sidewinder sets.

Personally I would go 600.
(I actually use the Evernew 570 and sidewinder and with the help of a folding bowl manage to “cook” with it too )
But maybe if you want to regularly do more than boil water, go for the 600
My partner prefers the 900 when solo. But that is mainly because we use it also as a couple, and she likes familiarity.

As a couple we have easily over 1200 boils with the 900 sidewinder and kojin burner (then homemade replacement). We manage to cook double portion of pasta n sauce (250g dried pasta) with the Evernew 900 though it’s brimming then. Perfectly doable. We use a simmer ring with the burner. Used it for the HRP and many other multi week trips Pyrenees, Scotland and Alps. Just works every time, and you have the option of burning twigs if fuel runs low.

I’ve had 3 Starlytes years ago. Still have one. Great burners. But the Kojin , Speedster and other similar wick burners perform exactly the same, and being somewhat shallower give more options for flame gap (e.g some pot/sidewinder combos like the Toaks 700 and Ever
new 570 benefit from this extra space). Also the stoves mentioned light more easily than the Starlyte – the grill on the latter, though robust, is superfluous for burner function, and actually prevents easier lighting in windy conditions. (This from 5+ years of Starlyte usage (x2) before getting a Kojin ( which wore out after 4 years regular use), then just using similar MYOG burners from ceramic wool and aluminium tins).

I am fine with my Toaks 550mL pot, for boiling water.