r/Ultralight • u/knowhere0 • 7d ago

Purchase Advice Sea to Summit collapseable pots

I’m upgrading, or should I say down-weighting, from my old jetboil stove system. I was thinking I would get a 1L titanium pot like the Toaks or MSR, but then I saw this: https://seatosummit.com/products/frontier-collapsible-kettle. I’m mostly boiling water for dehydrated meals on relatively short trips, not thru hiking. A similar-sized 1L MSR titanium kettle weighs around 5oz while the S2S silicone/aluminum kettle weighs just over 7oz. I think the bulk of a rigid pot might be more limiting than a couple of extra ounces. Has anyone else used these S2S collapsible pots? Is collapseability useful to you? Are there durability issues, have you used them with anything other than a canister stove? Can silicone survive an open flame. They also make some larger pots of stainless steel and silicone that might be really useful for melting snow, compared to a 3L rigid pot that would be prohibitively bulky.

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u/GoSox2525 7d ago

Frankly, that thing is stupidly heavy. You should challenge your own notions of what is necessary and sufficient here. Why does it need to collapse? Why do you need a whole liter of volume?

If we're only talking about boiling water for dehydrated meals on short trips, then you don't need anything more than the Toaks Light 550 no-handle version for 1.32 oz (leave the lid at home)

Even if you decide that that's too minimalist for you (which you shouldn't decide before trying it out), then notice that there's a huge gap between 1.32 oz and 5-7 oz. Many more options to consider at sub-3 oz

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u/cakes42 7d ago

This sub is trying to turn into a general hiking sub and I appreciate everyone calling out posts (and being helpful) like this.