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Here's a good little innovation worth a look... I think I'll pick one up, just because.

The Olicamp XTS pot is a bargain price-wise and those I've corresponded with say it gives an approx 40% fuel savings over regular pots with conventional stoves (think Pocket Rocket, Snow Peak Giga, MSR, etc).

That's very close to what the Jetboil delivers, but lets one upgrade an existing stove without the expense of jumping up to a Sol or Sol Ti. Likely not as good in wind as the full-on Jetboil, but darn close.

Just a head's up:

http://www.wildernessexchangeunlimi...D=1&gclid=CNa7ssb327wCFQNqfgod7EcACw

http://www.opticsplanet.com/olicamp-xts-pot.html

Good find. May have to get one to try this fall with my Pocket Rocket. I'm all for a faster cup O' Joe.

At 6.7 ounces, plus what a stove weighs, you're damn near to a Jetboil.

Primus also makes a couple of pots with a heat exchanger little heavy though. http://www.primus.eu/templates/pages/product.aspx?ItemId=66905

A pocket rocket weighs a hair over 3 oz. which means a pretty lightweight package overall. But for me, weight isn't the issue here. Since I already have a pocket rocket, adding this is an economical alternative to buying a whole new setup with the Jetboil.

If it gets me better gas mileage from a canister it would be worth it on longer trips IMO.

Right now I can get about 4 days from an 8oz canister of Isobutane with the PR, which allows for some simmering and some continuous burn like when making pancakes one at a time. That's without wind to contend with.

Just heating water for Mountain House or coffee isn't a big deal, especially for overnighters. I'd stick to the PR and my Snowpeak titanium cup. But for multi day trips, it could mean the difference of a cold meal being out of gas, and a hot one! Or having to take an extra canister just in case.

$26.95 on Amazon with free shipping if you're an Amazon Prime member (which I am!)
It did add some tax strangely so I assume there is a NC affiliation of some type. Still under $29 total.

I have one on the way. I'll do a "test boil" with the Pocket Rocket with a regular titanium pot and this one and I'll post the results.
Thanks Brad.

Snubbie, looking forward to your results.

Cool schit.


Travis

But if you already have a standard stove, this allows you to experience more faster boil times without the expense of an entire Jetboil.


Travis

That's what I'm thinking.

That's a lot of money to save 30 sec boiling a cup of water. You're camping, right? What's the rush?

It's not about rushing. It's about consuming less fuel.

And I'd say 30 seconds is cutting the JB way short.



Travis

All of the above.

But what if you already have an MSR Titan Kettle, and a Soto Micro Regulator that goes 7.4 ounces, and you're smart enough to run it out of the wind?



I agree, the Jetboil is more efficient in the wind. I use one often in the summer because of the french press (I am a coffee snob)

I wonder if one could fit that pot on a Jetboil?

The point of this pot is that coupled with a light stove one may already have, it will give Jetboil-esque performance without breaking the bank.

Where it makes sense is coupled with something like a Snowpeak Litemax Ti:

http://www.campsaver.com/litemax-titanium-stove

$59 and 1.9 oz's plus $29 and 6.7 oz's for the Olicamp pot and you're at 8.6 oz's and $88... that's 0.1 oz's more than the Jetboil Sol Ti, but $61 less for very close to the same performance.

If I didn't already have the Sol Ti I'd do the above.

That setup is as fast as a Jetboil?


Travis

A Titan Kettle? Absolutely.

But it won't boil as fast as the Jetboil pot that has the accordion metal looking schit on the bottom.




Travis

I've got the standard Jetboil, and have NO complaints, but I'm still a sucker stoves and related shiny things, so thanks to Snubby and Amazon, I've got a pot en route for $27 shipped free.

MY plan is to test various alchy stoves under the pot. I'm thinking maybe a Trangia's flame pattern will make sweet music with the pot's heat exchanger ring and I'll yield a silent and simple (no moving parts) stove with reasonable efficiency. If not the Trangia, maybe a catfood stove, which is even lighter.

Regardless, I'll have fun screwing around with alcohol stoves.

I'd bet it is...after he builds a fort like windscreen with the axe he packs. Think a smaller version of this...