1.5L Camping pot energy efficient

Great 1.5L pot with a locking lid! Works great with kovea spider after I cut out a few notches so it sits closer to the burner head. Boil times for kovea spider with coleman propane fuel via kovea adapter: -before cutting out the notches: 0.5l water 2 min 45 sec 11g of fuel used - after cutting out the notches 0.5l water 1min 50 sec 6g of fuel user

Before going camping I tested this out on the stove. Super-quick water heat-up. Well worth the purchase

Pros: For the size, its light weight. Conducts heat well/fast. Its large, not for 1 person. Good for 2-3 adults. Cons: the heat conductor bottom is too large for a my small backpacking stove. I had to buy a new stove with a larger base to make it work for me. The handle comes off pretty easy and is annoying to have to put it back together often. Still a great deal compared to high end prices.

1- heat exchanger pots are the real deal. They save about 30% fuel and time. I particularly like this design. It's similar to the much more expensive MSR Reactor, in that the vents are higher than the fins, so heat is forced partially up the side. Logically, more heat is captured. 2- this is a sturdy 1.5 L pot with a good handle and lid. I wish it had volume markings. That said, the top of the ring inside is 12 oz, which is exactly what I need for my aeropress. 3- this pot does not work with all stoves. Example: the Soto Amicus supports are just barely wider than the solid ring covering the fins on the base. Use the Amicus, and the pot will not be adequately supported (only about 1mm of the pot will be on each support, not good). It works perfectly for me with the Kovea Spider. 4- I've used it for heating water and making homemade chicken vegetable soup (my favorite camping dinner). The 1.5L size is adequate for at least 2 people. 5- I fit a 220gm canister, Kovea Spider, aluminum foil windscreen (made from a disposable aluminum pan), a Swedish dishcloth, and igniter inside the pot. 6- Overall: a well made, inexpensive heat exchanger pot that works well with the Kovea Spyder stove I have. The fins are protected and the design makes sense to me. I also didn't have a mid-size HE pot. I enjoy camp cooking. Sometimes my 1L is too small and my 2L is too bulky. This fills a gap nicely for me.

I timed a 1-litre-water boil with this 2.1l pot and a 2l Stainless pot (MSR Alpine that I've had for ages), and this pot was over 40% faster! 2:24 min versus 4:10 min. [around 60 degF starting temp, to rolling boil at 1400ft altitude.]. I was surprised. The stove was a Primus Classic Trail stove, 9,600BTU running on isobutane. The stove fit nicely inside the heat-exchanger ring, that is, the pot supports of the stove fit entirely within the ring. I think this made the heat exchanger even more efficient. Using an old Primus omnifuel-type stove with white gas took 3 minutes to boil, but I attribute that longer time to the fact that the pot supports were too big to fit inside the ring, so the ring had to rest on top of the supports, keeping the flame a bit further away from the stove bottom. The pot is solidly made and not a flimsy thickness. It is hard-anodized inside and out (so, I wouldn't call it a "non-stick" coating on the inside, thankfully, as that would normally mean a teflon or similar coating). Bonus: my two [very] old pots of the MSR Alpine set (1.5 and 2l) nest beautifully with this, the 2l on the outside, the 1.5l on the inside! Pot handle does require some fair pressure to disengage. There is no safety against accidental disengagement from squeezing too hard, but I think it is stiffness is at a good enough level to guard against this. Internally, the pot measures 6-7/8" by 3-3/4" deep. The outside diameter, measured at the outside of the lip, is 7-1/4". The inside diameter of the heat-exchanger ring is 5-1/4". This pot made me unusually happy, hence the detailed review.

This in conjunction with the recommended stove works great. As a solo camper my water for food / coffee boiled in less than a min as I didn’t need to boil a large amount. Incredibly efficient.

I have used this on multiple long range backpacking trips. it works well when combined with a BRS stove. I can pack my coffee mug and BRS stove inside of it, and the locking lid keeps everything together. the heat exchanger works well for rapid heating. the unit is high quality. on a recent Philmont 12 day backpacking trip, we used this unit for the adults to make coffee quickly every morning.

I have had this pot almost a year now. I generally use it for boiling water only (no cooking). I like the size and for a lightweight pot seems well constructed and does its job. I have had no issue with light use, that is until... I boiled 16oz of water and went to pour it out and ended up dumping it on the back of my hand. The handle has no lock, and any pressure will disengage it letting the pot fold over spilling the contents. I believe the beveled edges contribute to this. It should be noted, this is the only pot I have with a folding handle, all the others are either fixed or hinged like a GSI cup (wrap around the cup), so lesson learned. Not a showstopper for me but pay attention and "do not" squeeze the handle with you are using it.