Titanium Vs Aluminum Pots For Backpacking
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Titanium Vs Aluminum Pots For Backpacking
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I can’t imagine any one more boring than Ultra lighters.
I’ve always been scared to use a zip lock for my freeze dried meals. Are the freezer ones the only ones that can handle boiling water?
No, it is a DENSER material.
Stainless steel for me. Not any of this city kid hyped overpriced toys.
Not strictly correct. Use a lower flame and you’ll get superb results using titanium. Better still, use a puck style alcohol burner.
Considering i dont go camping very often, its not really a problem to be a bit limited on what i can make on such trips. Thin slices of chicken should work fine in a titanium pan, and instant rice and béarnaise sauce should work great for titanium pots.
By investing in a dehydrator and food processor, you can make your own backpacker meals with minimal effort. Most vegetables i have tried tasted very similar to fresh vegetables – and having various vegetables chopped up in advance also makes home cooking a lot faster; comparable to less tasty and nutritious freeze dried meals. Another benefit is that by making bigger batches at a time, you dont have to clean the food processor (or knife and cutting board) every time you make food 👍
_looks over at my cheap steel pot_ 👀
Some aluminum pots, such as the soto 750 ml, are as light as the same sized Toaks titanium pots.
Aluminum also toxic . Steel or titanium is food safe
I’m too poor to be ultra light.
If you don’t want early dementia and Alzheimer’s use stainless steel. Aluminum is the most leaching metal and it’s by product is poisonous fluoride. Good luck.
Wow. This was incredibly helpful.
"Thick" aluminum is a nicer, more forgiving cooking experience. Paper thin Ti boils water fine. But for frying onions or meat, I accidentally discovered that a very low heat allows frying to go OK, but with the meat cut small for easier cooking. In a Korean video I saw, they demo’d cooking rice in a Ti pot, with a cut out tin can lid under the pot to act like a heat diffuser.
The can lid trick works great for rice.
It’s not that much weight savings at all. Really.. maybe 1-3oz
Aluminum is more fuel efficient.
Stainless steel. " Aluminium! " 🙄
I wouldn’t use aluminum for any use of cooking food. If you can’t afford titanium, buy stainless steel. I have several camp mugs, stainless and titanium and to be honest I use my stainless steel mug, more often.
stainless steel is the answer.
My titanium pot takes longer to boil water than my aluminum pot. So the question is, do I save weight or save gas?
Yep, uncoated aluminum is toxic and will kill you, but it’s light and does well transferring heat. I’ve been using an uncoated/non-anodized aluminum pot for 50+ years and expect to die in fewer than 30 more years. My first 10 years of backpacking I used a coffee can, that poisoned me too.😉👍
Just get a pot and go out there and enjoy the outdoors.
Soupy is a good thing
Bro it’s a couple of grams
How much weight are you saving? 200 grams? Lol
Never mind aluminum and titanium. Go with stainless steel, you’re welcome.
Use stainless steel,the others release poisons when heated..Into your food or water…
I have a titanium pot and cup.
I go to one quart pot has always been heavy stainless steel. But as I have wanted a lighter pack, I have gone to a 1 quart titanium pot. I have not had a lot of problems with scorching I’m just very careful when I cook.
Very great video nice and informative 👍
Aluminum causes Alzheimer’s
What about aluminium being really bad for you
I would value not exposing myself to causes for Alzheimer’s and/ or dementia.. aluminum is awful for your body watch your deodorants and antiperspirants too.
Thoughts on cast iron utensils?
Stainless steel cooks the best and the weight isn’t even that much more.
You choose titanium for durability not for weight!
What about stainless steel lol
Aluminium is neurotoxin, it isn’t good for pots and pans.
You people are kind of weird.
As long as you are going out hiking you are winning.
What about stainless like the cook pot from Stanley?
Pours boiling water into plastic ziplock bags 😧
Also mate aluminium is one of the leading causes of Alzheimer’s and dementia especially if you cook acidic or sugary foods with it material leaches in to your food
I thought aluminum was supposed to be big bad. Idk if anyone remembers but aluminum pots and pans used to be popular, then everyone got rid of them because aluminum was supposed to be sooo bad and scary. Then everyone moved to like Teflon pans which are just aluminum pans covered in Teflon….. Now they are saying teflon is big bad so now everyone is going back to cast iron and stainless steel.
It never ends tbh.
From South Africa you forgot .ention Alliminum is a natural element and is never exuded,from your body and is a known contributer to parkenses desiese
…..just saying
aluminium
Did some research on this recently and was kind of shocked at how bad titanium is at heat conduction compared to iron. Then I found out stainless steel is similar to titanium. Did not expect that. I’m staying with aluminum bc I’m operating off of a motorcycle, so a little weight doesn’t hurt me and the advantages are worth it. The mild nonstick aspect of a hard anodization is a bonus. Thanks!
cold soak raw oats… every meal!
Great short, thank you. But isn’t pouring hot water in PLASTIC like really bad for you!!? Heated plastic off gassing chemicals into that food!?
Doesn’t aluminum cause Alzheimer’s
But, counting grams, do you burn enough more fuel with titanium pots to make up the difference in weight of the two? And aluminum is cheaper. But it will dent easier. Strength is titaniums best selling point for me. And no anodizing to come off with titanium.