Solo Ti Pot recommendations

[JCH]

I’m probably gonna be the outlier here, but the efficiency of a wide pot leads me to use a 0.9L 130mm Toaks pot.  Combined with a Soto Windmaster water is heated much more quickly that with a narrow pot and the extra room means everything fits inside the pot with no problems and I can do any kind of cooking I might choose to do.  It does not work well as a coffee mug, but then I don’t care for burned lips and quickly cooled coffee anyway.

[Steve H]

Thanks JCH.  Yeah, I get it.  I’ve been using a 1L Evernew pasta pot which I like a lot & everything fits, and then some.  Wanted to try to size/weight down a bit, ditch the mug & try this with hotlips.  Plus, my hot drinks (coffee) are generally not with my hot meals but with my cold soak breakfasts – so hope it works.  Thanks or the input.

[Dustin V]

I have been trying out wider pots lately and discovered that the 500ml aluminum pot that came with the Soto Amicus works with the plastic lid from an Optimus pot. It holds a 110g canister snugly in place in the lid’s center bump-out. I have to store the stove elsewhere, but can sneak a folding spork, lighter, etc around the canister. It’s not the lightest, but at 4 1/2″ wide it heats water efficiently and it’s a good compromise shape for drinking or cooking.

[JCH]

Actually…Hot Lips renders the 130mm 0.9L Toaks pot a “passable” coffee mug as it eliminates the burned lips. I still perfer an UL insulated mug for coffee in the morning…I like to linger over my “water of life” in the morning.

[Bob Shuff]

I too like the separate insulated mug, with a lid even better for lingering over a hot cup morning or night  it also lets you multitask with stove and pot if you like, or just clean up and put away the pot and stove while still drinking.  Although I tried many times to get the smallest nested cook and mess kit, I find I’m happy to store the mug and maybe the spoon/chopticks elsewhere.  The utensils go into the food bag or canister.  The mug goes into an outside pocket or the top of the pack.  Even if I pack it with the pot/stove initially it ends up separate after a day on trail.

Good luck with the Toaks 650. It is a versatile piece for canister or other fuels.

[DWR D]

If your coffee is too hot and have to let it cool down… you have wasted fuel…

 

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