Cooking Pot Advice & Pressure Cooker: worth the weight?
Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 10:54 am
I've been using the same old aluminium cooking pot for ages. While I think it's great because it's lightweight and cheap, it's unfortunately also quite small and will only cook about 750ml of water. Additionally, it's completely round and as I mostly eat dehydrated meals for which I have to add water, a pouring spout would be very helpfull in not spilling half the water. In short: I need a new pot.
As a lot of the climbing I do is in cold temperatures or on higher elevations, I was thinking that a pressure cooker might be a good idea. The one BIG disadvantage however seems to be it's weight. The lightest one I found is the GSI Outdoors Halulite Pressure Cooker, which weighs in at 2 lbs. 12 oz. (1.25 kilo) for a 2.8 Liter pot. Not sure that this kind of weight is worth it on shorter trips, but it might be for longer trips.
Which pot do you use and why?
As a lot of the climbing I do is in cold temperatures or on higher elevations, I was thinking that a pressure cooker might be a good idea. The one BIG disadvantage however seems to be it's weight. The lightest one I found is the GSI Outdoors Halulite Pressure Cooker, which weighs in at 2 lbs. 12 oz. (1.25 kilo) for a 2.8 Liter pot. Not sure that this kind of weight is worth it on shorter trips, but it might be for longer trips.
Which pot do you use and why?