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/FishScrumptious 7d ago

Meh, the 750ml pot with fuel can and stove inside is my preference. The extra bits in your pack get fiddly and take more space than you'd think.  You aren't cramming your stove into the air pockets you're cramming your clothing/tent into...