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MSR Flex Skillet

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Saute up a gourmet meal that's sure to get the attention of your campground neighbors with the MSR Flex skillet.

DuraLite DX aluminum skillet features a nonstick finish that cleans up easily
Skillet nests within the MSR Flex 4 system and on the outside of the MSR Flex 3 system, both sold separately
Talon™ pot handle attaches to and removes from the skillet via the exterior bracket, ensuring you don't scratch the inner surface

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MSR Flex Skillet Customer Reviews

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MSR Flex Skillet

4.0

(based on 14 reviews)

79%

of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

Pros

Lightweight (14)
Easy to clean (12)
Compact (8)
Durable (7)
Stable (7)

Cons

Unstable (3)

Best Uses

Backpacking (14)
Car camping (9)
Hiking (7)
High altitude (5)

- Reviewer Profile:
- Avid adventurer (9), Casual/ recreational (5)
- What Is Your Gear Style:
- Comfort driven (8), Survivalist / minimalist (5)
- Was this a gift?:
- No (12)

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May

2013

4.0

Great light skillet

By Lumpy

from Nashville, TN

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Pros

Compact
Easy To Clean
Lightweight
Stable

Cons

Best Uses

Backpacking

Comments about MSR Flex Skillet:

I bought this pan to be a lightweight tool for backpacking. Although I'm not an ultralight backpacker, I try to keep my pack weight low yet keep some comforts. When I have the luxury of time to cook breakfasts, this pan works great. I use to cook a large variety of breakfasts (and sometimes dinners). It always produces great results. My only reservation -- and it is a small one -- is that I always remove the handle to pack so I may chose to leave the handle at home and use one pot gripper for this pan and my pot.

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Dec

2012

(1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

1.0

I am disappoint

By Whammy

from Southern California

About Me Casual/ Recreational

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Pros

Compact
Lightweight

Cons

Difficult to Clean
Not durable
Poor Heat Dissipation
Unstable

Best Uses

Backpacking

Comments about MSR Flex Skillet:

I was really excited to have found such a lightweight skillet to add to my Jetboil set-up...unfortunately, it failed to deliver day one.

The first of four pitfalls began as I watched my eggs flip into the dirt.

1) ...not because I'd set my stove on a rock - it was on a level table - the pan itself is just too light. The handle is also quite light, which queues one to the thinness of the pan.

2) ...which warped within minutes of use. Because the pan is so thin and the bottom is flat, physics demanded a curve somewhere. Unfortunately, that resulted in the middle of the pan rising up.

3) ...into a convex dome. All but the thinnest layer of eggs surrounded the hump. The thick egg pool around the mound didn't want to cook while the thin center burned in seconds.

4) ...marring the middle of the non-stick surface permanently. Beautiful black crust forever marking a failed attempt at breakfast.

I don't believe there is in existence a backpacking skillet per se. Instead, my solution is lighter kit and a heavier pan. REI's 8" non-stick frypan is its replacement and is almost flawless. 11.4oz vs 7oz is a massive difference, but one that I'll gladly make up elsewhere.

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Oct

2012

4.0

Good for the money

By High Tech Redneck

from Hillsboro, Oregon

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Pros

Compact
Durable
Easy To Clean
Lightweight
Stable

Cons

Design

Best Uses

Backpacking
Car Camping
Hiking

Comments about MSR Flex Skillet:

This is the best non-stick skillet to date. I bought a Jetboil skillet for my JB kit and hated it. I think they added glue to it stuff stuck so bad. Not so with the MSR. Out of the box, I fired up the pocket rocket and took it for a spin with bacon and eggs. Add a little water in the pan and low heat for your first strips. After a little of that yummy bacon grease gets to accumulating, you can turn the heat up a little more and go ahead and cook the first pound of bacon you brought with you. I tossed in a couple of eggs and fried them over easy(the only way to eat eggs). Nothing stuck at all. We have a winner. As with all non-stick cookware, I wouldn't go cooking over an open fire with it. They make cast iron for that. Not something the UL hikers will be doing anyway.

Now. Why didn't I give it 5 stars, you ask? Well. There's a hump in the middle of the pan. I don't like that. It may have something to do with heat dispersion and what not, but A frying pan shouldn't have a hump in the middle. If you watch the flame on a flat pan versus a concave pan, the flames tend to concentrate in the center of the concave pan and distribute more evenly on a flat pan. Anywho, that's my only complaint.

It's very light and cleans up easily. Oh, and don't forgrt to dump that bacon grease waaaay away from your camp site. You don't want any critters sneakin' up on you. Happy trails!

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May

2012

3.0

Warps quickly with heat

By Ben.Zef

from Big Bear City California

About Me Casual/ Recreational

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Pros

Compact
Easy To Clean
Lightweight
Stable

Cons

Not durable
Warps

Best Uses

Backpacking
Bicycle touring
Car Camping
Hiking

Comments about MSR Flex Skillet:

I purchased this a while back from MSR directly. I wish I had made the purchase at REI, since it would have gone back.The skillet is well thought out, but the emphasis is on weight and not durability. A short while after I began using it, the bottom warped and began to bounce back and forth, with slight pressure.This has the effect of making the bottom unstable when placed on a smaller stove, such as the rocket or the Soto OD unit.The handle is funky and balks at attachment and detachment. This unit will not work well with the MSR Dragon Fly. Since the temperature is high heat and concentrated. Even on simmer.Without a scorch plate, this fry pan is not going to last long. Had MSR thickened the bottom, there might have been a better level of durability than there currently is.Which defeats the purpose - of course. As always, weight is the greatest consideration manufacturersappend to design.This isn't neccessarily bad, but in the case of a cooking implement, durability and reliability is paramount.No calories? Soon enough does distress set in. And fatigue. This unit was relagated to the recycling bin.Carbon steel is heavier, but the heat distribution and the durability is there as it always has been.Paderno makes a lightweight carbon steel pan which you use with a pot gripper. It's a bomb!!And it can take heat very well.It comes in two sizes, and can be used for baking as well, using the lightweight outback oven configuration.To view "them" go to [@] and click on skillets. You'll see the setup and at least have an idea what a good pan looks like.

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Apr

2012

(2 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

4.0

hard anodized like REI Campware, lighter

By British Transplant

from Northern California

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Pros

Compact
Lightweight

Cons

Best Uses

Backpacking
Hiking

Comments about MSR Flex Skillet:

Looked at both this and the REI Campware 8" and 10" pans. The 8" slopes down giving a much smaller cooking area (only really suitable for one person), and is already heavier than this skillet. The 10" is much heavier and larger, while giving a similar base area to the MSR.

MSR packaging does show it to be hard anodized although it's not listed here. It certainly appears to be -- the REI ones seemed thicker and more robust though, so we'll see how the MSR holds up.

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Apr

2012

5.0

Great Backpacking Skillet!

By Aaron the Explorer

from Los Angeles, CA

About Me Casual/ Recreational

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Pros

Compact
Durable
Easy To Clean
Lightweight
Stable

Cons

Best Uses

Backpacking
Hiking

Comments about MSR Flex Skillet:

This is a good skillet to have. I took it home and made scrambled eggs and pancakes perfectly the first time I used it. I didn't need any oil and the cleanup only involved my small gsi sponge and a minuscule amount of water, it just wiped down in seconds. I used it with my soto micro regulator stove, the pot was stable (well as stable as you would expect for a micro stove and lightweight pot). The handle is a very nice feature, it perfect to keep the pot stable while using the spatula, yet not too heavy to make the pot fall over when it sits on the stoves very small pot supports. The soto stove does a very good job of dispersing heat and it is very adjustable, I just cooked over a low flame and everything came out perfect. If you see reviews saying the pan scorches food, it's probably the stove, not the pan. One tip is to not leave the pan on the burner while not cooking as most ultralight fry pans will warp, besides, it only takes seconds to heat up anyway.

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Feb

2012

(0 of 3 customers found this review helpful)

3.0

Nice skillet bad handle

By Ben.Zef

from Big Bear City California

About Me Casual/ Recreational

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Pros

Easy To Clean
Lightweight

Cons

Unstable

Best Uses

Backpacking
Car Camping

Comments about MSR Flex Skillet:

I have this skillet, but avoid using it because it's not too stable and the handle is difficult.

You may remove the handle for storage into your pack, but "it" does not inspire confidence when the skillet is loaded. It's sort of floppy.

Instead, I use a carbon steel skillet with a fixed handle. A little heavier, but a better all around utility, and more even heat. Paderno makes them, and they're less expensive than the flex skillet.

As with any aluminum skillet or pot, over time scratches begin to occur. Offering the user a challenge when cleaning. Not to neglect to mention the aluminum "seasoning" your food receives.

A better choice if you must have aluminum for weight savings, is any one of these types of cooking utensiles, which is hard anodised.

This "process" is a durable coating, which when introduced onto the cooking vessel, seals the pores of the aluminum and the surface; creating a "seal coating".

If the manufacturers would spend a little less on the fancy packaging, and a little more on utility / features for the user(s), we'd be better off in the long run.

Instead we get cute packages containing ugly products.

Equipment of any type is self preferential, but the learning curve is expensive.

Familiarity breeds contempt - so the saying goes. This skillet remains in full and utter contempt.

Some "lucky" person - when I run into the unsuspecting candidate, is in for a gift. My skillet needs a new home - far away from me.

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Apr

2011

4.0

Good value, good product

By The Matador

from Grand Canyon , AZ

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Pros

Durable
Easy To Clean
Good conductivity
Lightweight

Cons

Best Uses

Backpacking
Hiking

Comments about MSR Flex Skillet:

Curried turkey burgers. Daal Bhat stew. Backcountry pizza. Boiling water. This pan is great, heats quickly, and the nonstick works well. Lay a packtowel over the surface when in your pack so it doesnt scratch. Love this thing, and have used it on multi-night trips in Sequoia, Grand Canyon, on the AT....etc

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Mar

2011

(4 of 4 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

Great add-on

By HBomb

from Portland, OR

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Pros

Easy To Clean
Lightweight
Stable

Cons

Nonstick needs TLC

Best Uses

Backpacking
Car Camping
High Altitude

Comments about MSR Flex Skillet:

Great addition to the other MSR cook systems. Easy to clean. Rounded edges help with efficient transfer of heat -- works well with low heat setting. Enough room to get a spatula in and flip food. The talon handle is great and stays put.

When packing it, you need to make sure the nonstick surface isn't grinding against another pot -- camp towel helps.

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Nov

2010

(2 of 3 customers found this review helpful)

4.0

Invincible Skillet!!!

By RedRoverMike

from Charlotte NC

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Pros

Compact
Durable
Easy To Clean
Lightweight

Cons

Unstable

Best Uses

Backpacking
Car Camping

Comments about MSR Flex Skillet:

If your like me and you like to eat well on the trail then this little skillet is perfect. I use this pan with my Jetboil setup. This pan is much better then the one that comes with the Jetboil simply because nothing will stick to it. Most of the time a quick dip in the creek will clean it off for the most part. If I am not near a mass water source, I will just heat the skillet up a little bit and pure in a little bit a water from a bottle. The water will rapidly steam off deglazing the pan and a quick wipe will make it look new.
If I had to change one think about this skillet is I would make it just a little tiny bit heavier in the pan part. this is only because if you leave this pan on the burner with no food in it, it can get a little unstable. Other than that its amazing.