How to Choose Camping Cookware

Whip up gourmet meals in the backcountry! The Snow Peak Titanium Multi Compact cookset is perfect for the minimalist looking to shave weight without limiting the menu.
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Best Use | Backpacking |
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Dimensions | 6.2 x 4 inches |
Cookware Material | Titanium |
Material(s) | Titanium |
Nonstick Surface | No |
Includes | 34 fl. oz. pot; 26 fl. oz. pot; 12 fl. oz. saucepan; 17 fl. oz. fry pan; storage sack |
Ultralight | Yes |
Weight | 11.6 ounces |
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I bought the snow peak multi compact set for a month long backpacking trip in N Pakistan this summer. It was worth every penny. It was very light, the pots nested together perfectly and the lids served as plates. The food didn’t stick and the exterior didn’t turn sooty. The set had a nice mesh bag and I could fit my titanium cup in the set as well. This is superbly designed. I gifted it to my guide/friend Aslam (in photo) and am buying another myself. I now consider it an essential piece of backpacking equipment.
I have been camping, hiking, and backpacking off and on for the better part of my life in a very casual way. Having said that, I have recently taken to getting more advanced and lighter, as I am from the old aluminum or stainless steel era....Having brought that to light, this was my first Titanium product. As I first opened it my first thoughts were "this was a waste of money" as the initial feel is that the cookware was flimsy and wouldn't last two seconds. However, after closer inspection, I quickly changed my mind. My girlfriend and I hiked to about 1500 hundred feet above sea level and I then boiled about 24 oz. of water in 3:40 at 37 degrees with about 15 mile per hour winds. We then had coffee and boiled the same amount again and cooked up brown rice and chicken for a mid afternoon snack. Snow Peak has delivered a good product. I cooked and heated on a Coleman Max with no problems and cookware looked as if had still came out of the pack. Cleaned up easy but I'm easy on the cooking as it is....My girlfriend liked it as well and wants the smaller pot and lid to go in her pack!!! haha!
Good news everyone, the description is wrong! The small, inner pot will actually hold an 8oz (227g) fuel canister, which is plenty for even a relatively long journey. It will ALSO fit the windscreen for the GigaMax stove, which normally has no place good to go, and still nest as intended. Huzzah! Haven't taken these out yet as it's a little cold this January, but received them as a gift and they are very well made. The nesting could be a little less tight, as the fuel canister will not fit with its plastic protective cap and has a little room to move, but it doesn't seem to be scuffing up the small fry pan or the small pot so no harm done. Honestly the small fry pan and pot are pretty small, but what else are you going to fit in there anyway - so better to have them than not and it's not like they weigh a lot. Pretty comprehensive cookware set except that even the large fry pan will be pretty limiting. We'll see after some real trips.
I have owned this set for decade And taking numerous backpacking trips with it. This last one was the last one. While extremely light and packable (I love that the fuel canister fits inside), the pans heat very quickly and unevenly and it is very difficult to make a decent meal with them. I end up burning half of everything. That leaves them primarily as lids for the pots, and they make poor lids as they do not fit onto the top securely. They don’t balance well on the pot with the handle out and you can’t pick them up without the handle. The pots themselves are fine, but I am hoping to find something that will heat water more efficiently and conserve fuel.
I am a comfort-driven minimalist. Does that sound like a contradiction? Not with gear like this. I backpack with my wife and find this set to be beautiful. It holds the fuel canister inside, seals up, and fits nicely into the included mesh sack. The titanium is lightweight, easy to clean (so long as you don't cook junk in your pot and leave it there for a long time), durable, quick to cool, and easy/quick to pack up when setting out for the day. To save weight, take only one or the other of the pots and lids. If you take the smaller pot and lid, it will still hold a fuel canister inside. That will save you about 6 ounces or so off the listed weight of 11.6. Wait for a sale and snag this well-worth-it set.
I would normally never splurge on such indulgences, and am known to reuse the plastic plate from stouffer's microwave mac and cheese as my answer to ultralight backpacking cookware.. however i received a REI giftcard after standing in my best friend's wedding, so i decided to go for it. A couple days later, the set arrived at my door and i cant begin to explain how great it is! Ultra light, ultra nice quality, ultra usable, easy to clean, and tough. My favorite part about the package, is how great the pan proportions are. Not too big to add tons of unneeded pack bulk like some kits, but not too small to cater a carefully planned meal for a small group. Usually its just my wife and i, who love to carry techie gear and cook gourmet on the trail. One word of advice.. I burned noodles something wicked using a MSR pocket rocket. Getting the black noodle death off the bottom of the pan took quite the effort, and i ended up scratching the pan while attempting to use a stainless steel scrubbing pad. So try to avoid that method of cleaning, and use a stove with a wider burner head while trying to cook. I suggest the Optimus Crux-Lite. Such a handsome combo.. the snowpeak Ti set on the optimus.
I used this with my boyfriend on the PCT. We hiked the whole trail with it but we dreamt about getting a different cookset. We would fill the set with food but never had enough food to fill ourselves at dinner because the pots were both quite small. Its a great set but with the intense hiking we were doing we wanted a pot that was a real liter or bigger (the big pot is a little less then a liter). You'll be cooking twice in a night if your cooking for two and your out there doing high impact days (20 miles or more).
I have been in the market for some titanium cookware for a while now, and with the sale price it was finally time. I spend four to five weeks backpacking each year in all temps, all terrain, either with the family, or long solo trips. This system is perfect for everything I do! I am not one of those that only boils water on the trail, in fact I hardly ever use the freeze dried meals, way too much salt, leading to puffy feet and hands. I cook mostly from scratch, and prep before hitting the trail. I love dry baking in the backcountry, and this set is perfect as the smaller pan nests inside the larger. I've made birthday/summit cakes, baked fruit pies, brownies, pasta dishes the list goes on... with titanium I dont have to worry about warping from the heat. If you are looking for a gormet set without the weight, this is it.
Whether you are cooking food in the pot (hello, Ramen Bomb) or just boiling water to pour into an expensive Mountain House meal bag, a great cook pot is a must. Enter the SnowPeak titanium pot and lid. After reading countless reviews and deciding that I’d spend the extra money for lighter weight and higher quality, I bought the SnowPeak Titanium mulit-compact cookset. It has a large pot with a lid (holds about 1 liter) and a small pot with a lid (holds about 780 ml). The small pot and lid nest inside the large pot and lid, which is convenient. For backpacking solo, I only carry the large pot and lid; if I’m with a friend who doesn’t have their own cookset, I’ll bring the small one along. Even with the two pots and two lids, it’s just 11.6 oz. You can use the lid as a lid (duh), a sauce pan, a fry pan, a plate, and I’m sure lots of other things. The lid has a folding handle, which has its pros and cons. Pros – using the handle to place the lid on top of the pot to boil faster, using the handle to hold onto the lid when I use it as a plate, collapsing it to fit in my kitchen stuff sack. Con – squeezing a little too hard on the lid’s extended handle and having it collapse and dump hot grits down my leg and on the ground. No, I did not eat the grits on the ground. Yes, I did scrape up and eat the grits on my leg. :) The cookset comes with a mesh storage bag, but I re-purposed that for other storage and just keep the pots inside a stuff sack. The pot and lid are easy to wipe (or lick) clean, and through many, many uses, only have a slight discoloration from the heat; they are still just as strong and cook just as evenly as the day I bought them.
they are great, nice and light. large pot just barely was able to feed my friend and I on a backpack but it was large enough. We both are around 140lbs and female so definitely eat less than some other folks would. handles sometimes wear out a bit but just need to make sure to tighten them. Pots are nice and light though. MSR fuel canister does not fit into the small pot unfortunately. sorta hard to fry things in them especially eggs etc since the heat doesn't transfer super well across the metal and often burns where the flame hits the pot