GSI Outdoors  Halulite Minimalist II System Cookset

This small, light-weight pot made me very happy on a recent backpacking trip. I love the sippy-cup top and insulating sleeve so that the pot works as a cozy hand-warming mug. The weird little potholder actually works as long as you don't overfill the pot. Even the folding spork is fairly functional. A small gas canister fits inside. The diagram indicates that a small stove attachment would fit, too, but the one I already own was too big. A minor flaw is that the insulated sleeve is the exact same color as the pot. I suggest putting a bright sticker on the sleeve so you don't forget to take it off before you set the pot on the stove.

After several weeks of use I highly recommend this set versus a 750 ml titanium cup. The reversible lid and insulated sleeve make this a breeze drinking morning coffee while packing up after eating oatmeal. I sometimes cold soak oatmeal with a small piece of duck tape over the lid spout. Compare that to drinking hot coffee out of a titanium cup. No handle on the pot, but consider that uninsulated titanium cup handles are not worth a lot unless you get out your gloves. Quite a well thought out design. Always hand wash the pot, don't put in the dishwasher to protect the coating. Really glad that I saw this recommended elsewhere by a thru hiker.

I own the v1 of this product, and it's an essential part of my cook kit. However, I had 2 gripes with the original platform: 1. The included spork was flimsy, and pretty much broke immediately. 2. There was no gradation listings on the side of the pot, meaning I had to roughly the guess the amount of water to add or carry an additional pot to measure. This meant meals that were either still dry or soupy. They fixed these problems! It's rare you see a company stick with a design that works and actually add missing functionality. Can't recommend this cook system enough, just add stove & fuel.

I purchased this for my first backpacking trip upon recommendation of a helpful salesperson at REI (she said it's the one she uses, and she likes it). It works great and is very light! If I'm making a dehydrated meal I boil the water for that first and get that going. While my meal is hydrating I boil more water for my hot drink, i.e. usually coffee. A small fuel canister fits inside along with the silicon grabber and my Snow Peak LiteMax titanium stove. Then if there's room in my bear canister I put the whole kit in there. I don't use the short collapsible spork since I have a long handled titanium spoon (comes in handy to eat directly out of a bag, is super lightweight, and it cleans easily). I think the grooves of the spork would be annoying to clean.

I have used this cookset several times the past year and I absolutely love it. I always get compliments on the little rubber grabber. The only downside is the spork but you can easily replace it with something better.

This is a very compelling set, especially considering the price. The spork is perfectly serviceable for casual use, but it's not really up to the task of eating dehydrated meals (go with something like the Sea to Summit Alpha Light Spork instead). The insulating sleeve is nice but I usually leave it at home. The rubber orange finger grip is necessary to hold the pot after boiling anything in it, but it does not protect your fingers and hand from steam when you pour water out. An insulated handle would have been much preferable. If you can live with that drawback, then this is a great product. It's very lightweight, inexpensive, and a perfect size to boil water for one or two campers.

I took this out for the first time this weekend. I used it with a jetboil minimo stove. I like that the fuel and stove fit inside. I didn't bring the spoon because the handle is too short for freeze dried meals, but that's not a big deal. The best thing is the lid. It's like the lid for a fast food coffee cup but well made. So you don't need hot lips to drink from it. My only gripe is that it's tough to remove the sleeve. I'm considering cutting off the bottom so I can boil water without taking it off. Otherwise it's great.

Very misleading photos-- the fuel canister is greyed out, but the stove itself is still in color, implying that it's included. In fact, there are tons of photos with a stove for this item-- even on the box, it shows the canister on the stove, and then the stove folded up and tucked inside. Everything leads you to believe a stove is included, which is the reason I bought the thing. ...it does not, in fact, include a stove. Only a small cup, spoon, a s 2-finger-wide hot mitt.

I’ve been using this for over 10 years. I absolutely love it. I can put my fuel, burner, spoon and mini oven mitt in it and it takes up very little space. I’ve used it to heat water for my two young boys and I lately and it heats enough water each time for a pack of ramen with some leftover. It boils that in no time and makes everything easy.

I have the original of this and it's a great, durable set. Very simple and minimal, everything you need and nothing you don't. The lid has a hole for sipping a drink of choice directly from it. Like another reviewer said, the two issues with the original have been resolved with the update on this; foon and measuring. The original "foon", or spork, was a bit flimsy. Also, the angle of the head was parallel with the handle. Not helpful when reaching it into a hot freeze dried meal bag for the last little bit. The new foon has a metal, flip out handle with a good lock mechanism and the head is angled a bit to make reaching those last bites in the bag easier. Second issue fixed is the graduation marks on the inside. The old version had no marks. You had to find some other way to measure. I ended up measuring 8 oz. of water and scratch the wall, then 16 oz. and scratch the wall. So I could guess based on those two marks. The guess work is over now as this new version included those. I bought this for that reason alone. Overall, great product for solo adventurers or shared for boiling water for two or three as we've done.