REI Chefware Nonstick Cookset - Small

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A hiking cook set for $15 down from $60....incredible. This pot is non-stick, light weight, the clear lids help hold in heat, allow you to see the boil without releasing precious BTUs and serve as a plate.

The two pots are more useful than they look - larger one for pasta (can hold a pound of angel hair), smaller one for rehydrating and heating dried spaghetti sauce or what-have-you.

The Lexan lids look flimsy and silly, but they hold heat much better than the equivalent metal ones - food stays hot enough for second servings quite a while after it's removed from the stove. They're also quite light, and if you watch the steam condensing on the lids you can tell whether the water is boiling without losing heat by lifting a lid! The lids can also double as plates, although they do get quite hot so caution is advised. The grooved bottoms of the pots mean they are quite stable on my stove and can sit reasonably precariously on rocks.

The handle is a bit problematic; it tends to fall off fairly easily and I'm always a little nervous about the grip, but the design is nice and it stays relatively cool. The included towel isn't too useful unless you need to make a dry camp and can't wash the pots out (easy with sufficient water sources) and need to use it to wipe them. Keep the plastic baggies the lids and pots come wrapped in; they are nice for ensuring things don't bump and scratch each other as well as isolating dirty pots when necessary, plus they keep soot off your pack. Included mesh bag is nice and fits pots well, but I would have preferred a solid bag to reduce soot contamination. My MSR Whisperlite doesn't fit in the smaller pot, sadly, in case that's a matter of concern. (via rei.com)

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