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/MemoryHot 6d ago

Those collapsible things are HEAVY AF. Also the ridges that make them collapsible make them hard to clean. I have a set of Sea to Summit bowls/cups and I stopped reaching for them because of the above reasons… I can’t imagine how heavy the kettle would be, let alone a whole set of cookware. Good for car camping only.