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Every ounce counts when you're climbing a peak or logging some major miles on the trail. The Snow Peak Hybrid Trail cookset lightens your load while still giving you great cooking functionality.
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View all Snow Peak CooksetsBest Use | Backpacking |
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Dimensions | 5.5 x 2.5 inches |
Cookware Material | Titanium |
Material(s) | Titanium/food-grade silicone |
Nonstick Surface | No |
Includes | 0.65L pot; frypan; bowl; spork; storage sack |
Weight | 8 ounces |
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Stiving for a truly overall light weight pack, when fully packed, I decided to purchase the Snow Peak Hybrid Cookset, beings the total weight is mere ounces....Taking this easy to pack, rapid heating, and easy to clean set into the forest a few times this month, I found it to be perfect for my long hikes in the woods. I combined the cookset with the Vargo Decagon Stove and Mountainhouse meals, and found it to be just the ticket in the wet, cold and breezy Pacific N.W. interior. I found it to perform much better with an Esbit (tablet fuel) stove, and will use this combination in the future. As for durability, time will tell, for I still find it seemingly, very thin, yet strong enough for my uses. For the price, it is your choice, but all and all, I do like the set!
I used this cookset this last weekend on several occasions. I found it to be too small to really cook anything practically- although I did try to scramble some eggs which I scorched in less than 6 seconds. However, for boiling water it was EXCELLENT. The squishy bowl is also really practical. I wasn't sure initially that I would take the bowl and simply just eat out of the pot. However, the ease of cleaning the squishy bowl means I'll use the squishy bowl with the kit as designed. I did find it necessary to make two modifications to this kit that improved the useability. First, I used a permanent marker to make measuring lines on the squishy bowl. This let me quickly and accurately measure out 4, 8, 12 or 16 ounces of water at a time. The second change I found necessary was coating the handles of the cookware. Without the rubber coating, I found the handles became to hot to handle with bare hands. Since making these two modifications, I am very pleased. The only other thing I wish they would do is make one more nested squishy bowl that could be used as a cup- even if it weren't part of the kit but sold as a component designed to fit as nicely as the other components in this kit. Altogether, giving it 4 out of 5 stars.
The pot shape makes it smaller at the base, unlike the more cylindrical pots. As such I was a little wary of stability, especially with a good load of water in it. The metal handles are not coated as with other cooksets, so be VERY careful not to burn yourself as a result of flame licking up the side of the pot/pan. A fantastic benefit of this cookset however is the skillet. It's the perfect size for heating up certain corn tortillas, and has opened up possibilities for other backpack-cuisine ideas. This is a great complement to my other titanium cookset. If you're camping with multiple folks, taking this along to accommodate more capacity is well worth it.
Great dishes, no problems for the first three years of heavy use. Lately they have started to warp and turn pretty colors. And one of the handles got bent pretty bad -- but still works, just doesn't fit together so well anymore. No worries though cause I still love them and will use them till the end. I would totally buy them again. Since I live in NZ now and you stay in huts here, people always fell sympathetic for me cause of how small they are and the sad state they are in and offer me their pretty pots. I love mine too much to not use them. Get them, you will love them
I have been looking for quite sometime for a soloist cookset that combines the right elements for me: a saucepan, a frypan, a bowl, and cutlery. I think Snowpeak has finally done it with a modified version of their earlier 3 piece titanium set. Most soloist sets lack a suitable frypan because lid pans are too narrow to cook anything with. Most cook sets with a usable frypan are too heavy to backpack with. Soloist sets also omit dinnerware to save money, forcing you to either eat from a burning hot pot or fill your pack up with additional utensils. This set weighs only 7.9 oz, only .8 oz heavier than the original 3 piece set. Combine this set with the lite max stove and you have just about the lightest and most versatile cookset to prepare your favorite meals trailside.
I received this great kit for Christmas as a gift and I just used this for the first time out on a hike. I boiled 1 1/2 cups of water to make some dehydrated chili, then once it was prepared I ate out of the pot. Since the chili was hot I put the pot on top of the fry pan so I could hold it without the metal getting too hot. I also ate rice pudding out of the squish bowl, which was very stable and easy to use. I haven't yet cooked anything with the frying pan, but it works great as a lid for the pot. The whole set is the perfect size for one person or even two since you can eat both out of the bowl and out of the pot. You can fit a fuel canister in it easily along with the included spork, along with any other small items. In mine I have a small stove igniter. Overall, this is a great cookset which is perfect for backpacking, lightweight or otherwise.
This is a great cook set. Very light (2.6 oz pot, 2.2 oz frypan, 2.6 oz bowl, 0.5 oz spork, 0.3 oz mesh sack) and durable. Since there is no non-stick coating on this I bring a small 2" piece of scouring pad, no big deal. I love how this all collapses together to pack small.
An excellently made set and very light I love Snow peak products BUT It is small can only boil water The fry pan is not that useful as a lid and is too thin not to burn fried food The bowl does not work as a cup, to floppy to hold and too wide for super fast cooling of your hot drink It has all the draw backs of a cheap aluminum scouts mess tin set for Three times the price and no drinking cup Buy a cheap aluminum scouts mess tin set, ditch the outer cover keep the frying pan which is wider and the lidded pot and the cup It will weigh only an ounce more than the Snowpeak at a real savings
It's so light. I do not use the bowl because it is kinda flimsy and easily spills. Don't get me wrong it's alright, but one little bump and your dinner/tea/insert warm food here is all over you or the ground. you just can get a good hold on it. And the bowl also weighs just as much as the pot and pan put together. When cooking be sure to use oil/butter or have a stove that has simmer control otherwise your food will burn quick and you will have to spend some time scraping it clean. From time to time this will happen to you and when it does just take your time and not to use too much pressure otherwise you might get a scratch in the bowl that will get food residue in it easily. I love how the pan is the lid to the pot. and it could store quite a bit of stuff. I use it in the backcountry and can fit an alcohol stove, fuel for a few days, utensils, and handkerchiefs/cleaning cloths in it.
This kit was versatile. Great for cooking breakfast the first day (bacon and eggs). My morning clean routine: Boil water in the metal pot. Add a few drops of liquid soap and enough cold water to make it comfortable. Immerse a wash cloth and scrub. This kept me fresh all weekend.