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This lightweight nesting aluminum cookset is ideal for solitary backpackers or kids' camp-outs.
| Dimensions: | 7 x 3 inches |
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| Material: | Aluminum/polypropylene |
| Weight: | 14 ounces |
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Good for appropriate use. | |
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| You have to be realistic about he uses of mess kits. This is a sound and safe basic mess kit for camping. It is also one of the few kinds that you'd want to actually cook on a camp fire with. You need to avoid using teflon coating cooking on campfires because the teflon breaks down into a dangerous chemical (just google "teflon overheat"). If you're just trying to cook a basic meal, nothing fancy, this will get the job done. Does food stick? yes. use lots of oil or butter. If food does get stuck, use natures abrasive -- sand -- available in any river or stream. Just swish it around it it will work great. | |
| pack leader at REI on 07/19/2008 | |
Great long term investment | |
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| I still have this exact set from when I was in scouts (about 25 years ago) and still used them every time I'm out backpacking. They're a bit scruffed up, got some melted plastic on the pans, lost the lid to the pot, replaced the cup, but they definitely do the job. I was pleasantly surprised to find them still being offered as I was looking for a set for my own two 7yo boys. Needless to say, I'll be picking up two sets this weekend in preparation of taking them on their 1st backpacking trip in two weeks. A very good value for the money. | |
| DenLeader at REI on 06/23/2009 | |
hate to love them | |
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| i am a hunter/backpacker in washington state.. i have been using this set since i was about 13 and have never had much of a issue...yea food sticks in them a little. but the pay off of how light and handy they are makes me pack my set every time.. theses are well worth picking up for 20 bucks and under | |
| tonsoffun86 at REI on 02/09/2009 | |
Very basic cookware | |
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| Wouldn't recommend these. They are basic and if you have a sink/soap handy, they'd be fine. But if you're on the trail and can't use soap, then you'll have to deal with scraping off the burnt on food. Buy something that's non-stick | |
| Eric Mad-town at REI on 10/10/2007 | |
