How to Choose Camping Cookware

Looking for a quick way to shed some weight from your pack for light and fast adventures? Replacing your clunky pot with the Snow Peak Trek 1400 titanium cookset is a good place to start.
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View the Snow Peak Titanium Product LineView all Snow Peak CooksetsBest Use | Backpacking |
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Dimensions | 5.75 x 5.9 inches |
Cookware Material | Titanium |
Material(s) | Titanium |
Nonstick Surface | No |
Includes | 1.4L pot with handle; frypan with handle; stuff sack |
Ultralight | Yes |
Weight | 7.4 ounces |
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This pan warps under simple simmers and is horrible for trying to do any simple cooking, eg, eggs. The pan/lid handle can't support any weight in the pot, the pan/lid doesn't fit securely onto the main pot. The pan/lid also warped after one use of simmering on a Primus Classic Trail, a stove known for being a good simmer stove. Also, there's quite a bit of discoloration even at low temperatures, which makes me wonder if this is actually decent titanium. One would expect a bit of discoloration, but not this much for such low heat. I'll be skipping out on any more Snow Peak products and will probably switch to GSI anodized aluminum. The photos are of the product after 3 modest uses.
I really wanted to love this product but after my freshly cooked food feel from the pan for the 3rd time I have had enough!! There are good things about this set like its weight and ability to hold a gas canister and stove. However its main function should be cooking and it's just not so great at that. The tolerance between the two parts is so big that the second any steam is generated it wobbles the pan/lid right off. And the worst part is the folding handle on the pan that likes to collapse as you are carrying your just made meal, spilling the contents onto the ground. Thankfully I am a member and plan to bring this back.
I have 3 sizes of Snow Peak cooking pots, and this bigboy comes on trips where I am boiling water for a few people. Its lightweight, can hold the other Snow Peak cooking pots that I have (450, 700) and wipes down clean with no residue. If you're boiling water for a backpacking group all at once, this is a great pot to use. I am not a huge fan of the frying pan/lid. I have never fried anything with it as I'm generally only boiling water, and it's not very secure as a lid. I've found a 3rd party manufacturer called Four Dog Stoves that makes normal style titanium lids that fit this pot much better. (see photo) Lastly, a good move is to buy some silicone straws, cut them to length, and slide them over the handles of this and the other Snow Peak pots. You'll never burn your fingers again as the handles do get hot without.
I will be returning this for something else. I used it to test it out this weekend and my food burnt.. I was trying a cakelike breakfast so I put it over a campfire instead of cook stove. It’s not just completely black but seems to be rusting. I think tree sap must have gotten on it because it’s no your normal black coating from fire. The outer section of my cake thing burnt to the pan. I cleaned it three times, boiled it also, and scrubbing it’s still black. If I were only car camping that might not have stopped me but in back country you can have a pot that you just can’t get clean. I’ll be returning. I didn’t the same thing to my husbands pot and it was fine under the same situation.
The 1400 is perhaps the best and most practical in the Snow Peak Trek series. I have the 700 and the 900 as well. The good thing is that they all stack inside of one another which improves versatility if you want to carry additional cookware. I also wanted to point out that the Trek bowl nests perfectly inside of this set, giving you a potential double boiler option. You also still have room to store a stove in the bottom and a small fuel canister in the top. The lid/pan is wider than on the 900, which makes frying food a little easier. The lid and pot do not lock together, but this most likely won't be a problem is you pack it tightly in your backpack. Overall, a great addtion to improve the cooking functionality in the Trek series.
Great Pot! Purchased it for a Boy Scout outing. Used it to boil water - which it did very quickly - and used the fry pan lid to simmer up some breakfast. The handle seemed very secure and not flimsy at all. The handle did get hot though when I was boiling water and I had to use either a glove or bandana to grip it - this may have been because I used a wind shield with the stove and it channelled the heat all around the pot. I had no problem using a plastic spatula, some warm water and a drop of soap to thoroughly clean the lid after I had burnt eggs and potatoes on it. I especially liked the size of the pot - I was able to boil alot of water for backpacking meals and hot drinks. Also, my stove and fuel nested easily in the pot, saving some space.
Overall I really like the product. It was even lighter than stated. It worked great for my girlfriend and I. I ate out of the pot and she ate out of the pan. The handles are nice and snug, so they were great to use. They can get a little hot. It was nice and stable on top of my pocket rocket 2. I would warn that it is easy burn food, but that is the nature of the material and I don't blame the pot. I mainly boil water. The stuff sack is quite a bit too big, so it doesn't hold together great. That and the pan could sit tighter on the pot. Pros • lightweight • durable • great size for two people • Cons • stuff sack •pan and pot fit
Titanium is awesome to cook in and bake in at home or on the trail , open fire , stove or burner all work great , the 1400 is just a joy light and strong but best is how it heats , titanium heats evenly , and also yet cools down fast where no heat is at like at the top , I bake in mine and make soups , and teas , and meals to eat , the lid is small but fry up spam or small things quick easy to clean up as well get a snow peak titanium bowl too with this it fits inside and lid but gives you a complete kit for one or two people
I was considering a GSI dualist set, but this is a fraction of the weight with no goofy mugs so I went with this instead. I am beginning to regret it. The strength gained with titanium over aluminum is not worth it. Aluminum conducts far better. The handle for the pot is also poorly designed and far too close to the pot itself. With my MSR pocket rocket, the handles get way too hot to touch after a few minutes. Other Snow Peak pots have a handle that is further out than this, and I think that is a far better design.
I absoblutely love it. I've used it to frying eggs, boiling water, and cooking soup. There is no after taste and it's safer than alumium cookware. You can place a larger 16oz fuel can inside, but the lid will not be flush against the pot and nothing else will fit inside. I bought the 1400, 900, and mini solo cook set, they all pack nicely into each other. Also makes a nice gift set. :D