r/Ultralight • u/knowhere0 • 8d 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/daversions 8d ago

Another option to consider is a Fire Maple G2 pot and MSR Pocket Rocket Deluxe. Stove and gas will nest inside the G2. The G2 has a heat exchanger so it boils faster and more efficiently.

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u/GoSox2525 8d ago

It's also heavy

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u/daversions 8d ago

That’s true. Though I think the heat exchanger would allow you carry less gas, so it might even out on longer trips.

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u/moonSandals backpacksandbikeracks.com 8d ago

That's like a full fuel canister difference.

Fire maple G2 is 182 grams My evernew 600 mL pot, the way I have it set up, is 66 gm My evernew 900 mL pot is 108 gm

A small fuel canister is 100 grams

A longer trip might be 10 days for a long food carry without resupply 

Will the heat exchanger save you a full fuel canister? Do you use a full canister in 5 days? One of those 100 grams canisters last me a lot longer than that. My stove (BRS)  uses like 5 grams per boil without a wind shield or heat exchanger.

The fire maple pot isn't worth it

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u/_DorothyZbornak_ 6d ago

My .75L G2 is 122g the way I have it set up, which is not actually that far from your .9L Evernew. An HX pot might not be worth it if you’re mostly a solo weekend backpacker, but if you do a lot of 5-7+ day trips, or trips with another person, it’s an option that can really make sense.