Advent Calendar - Door Eight



Dear Santa,

you know, there's two materials ultralight backpackers fancy beyond any others: cuben and titanium. Titanium is a wonderfully light metal, and all my friends have a titanium cup and pot. Some even use their cups as pots, true multipurpose thinking there, and as a real UL backpacker usually eats out of freezer bags and needs the pot for boiling water only, I think it would be ace if you'd bring me a SnowPeak 600 Double Wall Titanium Cup from Bergfreunde. I could first use it to boil water, pour half of it in my freezer bag and use the rest for a fine, warm cup of coffee! It should keep my coffee nice warm even in minus temperatures, and cleaning it should be easy as pie. It also looks great, so I'd appreciate if you think of me when you make the purchase decisions for my presents.

Best,


- An aspiring UL-Backpacker




Leave a photo of your current cup. You might use it as a pot. But it should be a cup =)

UPDATE I

Thanks everyone. Yes, indeed, you shouldn't use a double walled cup above direct heat. So the winner shouldn't do that, OK? So no boiling water in it, no cheese fondue, no simmering, NADA. ¿Entiendes?

And the winner is... Toni Lund - Congratulations! Please contact me via Email, you got till tomorrow 15 o'clock to get in touch otherwise it goes to the second in line! Thanks everyone else, see you tomorrow at 6 AM!

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57 Questions, comments, observations:

  1. Love my Kupilka, but I can't cook with it.

    https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=139297209479904&set=pu.125753920834233&type=1
    (yes, that's my pic. I was a brand ambassador for Kupilka earlier this year.)

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  2. GSI minimalist  and a Campells soup cup for hot chocolate.  Would like something with handles.

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  3. It works, although the capacity has always been small and I've never been quite satisfied with this cup/pot. But it is Ti and it's light.

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  4. Franco Darioli8 December 2011 07:03

    You don't want to use a double wall cup as a pot...
    Franco

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  5. my old school mug from NOLS circa 1987... Time to upgrade

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  6. Sergiy Sosnytskiy8 December 2011 07:23

    I don't think double walled cups can be used to boil water.

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  7. This is a picture of my current cup, the Kupilka 21.  Which I am very happy with and not looking to replace, but as of right now my poor hubby has nothing to drink from!  If I get so lucky as to win, I would stick this in his stocking.

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  8. now the pic. plastic mug (NOLS 87)... still works but would like to try the 'new' stuff...

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  9. Here's mine. It is light, cheap and nice. But… *sigh* it's made of steel. So there is always room for a titanium upgrade.

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  10. Daniel Sandström8 December 2011 08:08

    http://www.hikinginfinland.com/2010/03/optimus-crux-lite-solo-cook-system.html
    http://www.hikinginfinland.com/2010/03/video-optimus-crux-lite-in-winter.html
    Well, that shold do it. *stretching after the hard work* Video and all. ;)

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  11. Its the only cup i have atm, and no i dont use it outside work :P I might find some cup from a thermo bottle but those are so small..

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  12. My lovely Kupilka 21s! But is a double wall cup can use as a pot?

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  13. This is my faithful 512 G.I. Canteen. It has endured many campfires and alcohol stoves. If I were to win the snow peak, I'll mount the 512 on my shelf and take this one on a snow trip to yosemite! 

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  14. Here it is. But imho also too heavyweight.

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  15. Peter Severin Jensen8 December 2011 08:57

    Good old folding cup, but not really fire friendly. The Snow Peak has been on my wish list for a long time, to go with my Pocket Rocket (still using canisters) and free me from the Trangia (I'm so traditional..). (and even if I can't use the double wall cup for boiling its gonna keep my coffee nicely warm, in a light package)

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  16. I actually don't have a special outdoor cup or pot. So a standard cup of some sort has to do the job...
    If I had the Snow Peak cup that would be one thing less to buy. And with 600ml capacity it could also replace my heavy Trangia pot.

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  17. Folding cup with a bottle.

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  18. Michael Hutchinson8 December 2011 09:55

    poor picture of my cheap cup

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  19. Well I really need a cup because I don't have a real cup yet. In that photo is my cooking setup with Optimus Terra Solo. Please Santa please! :)

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  20. Dear Hendrik,
    since I use a very old plastic cup from the 50's I'd be thrilled to win your titanium cup!

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  21. Swedish folding cup, from local supermarket. Working great for morning coffee.

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  22. Frank Spychalski8 December 2011 10:46

    A smaller snow peak cup, not big enough to be used as a pot...

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  23. Frank Spychalski8 December 2011 10:47

    img wasn't uploaded

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  24. A plastic bowl i'd love to get rid of...  :-)

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  25. Works nice, but not as multifunctional as I want it to be ...

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  26. Wooden cup, no cooking in that one...

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  27. GSI cup. Nice and light but nowhere near as sexy as the snowpeak double-walled beastie.

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  28. I'm still using a thermal plastic cup, a bit heavy really!

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  29. Stubby holder + little Ti-Cup - could be bigger...

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  30. I have a very sexy red plastic mug... I'm still not on board with this whole drinking from a metal container thing but I would be willing to give it a try if I win today's prize...

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  31. AnthonyManrique8 December 2011 11:34

    Morning Hendrik. Being a relatively new UL backpacker with an UL wallet, I've never actually owned a cup, or a pot! My good friend and I tend to share (meaning I use his). However, the cup I am using, at my desk, right now is this...

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  32. A "Berghaferl" in the Sahara...

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  33. An orange plastic swedish folding cup filled with beer, I would love a titanium cup for my beverage!

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  34. Jorge Legarre Peris8 December 2011 11:53

    Plastic one, not is possible cook in it

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  35. I use that most non-unique plastic cup that Jorge uses too....and sooo many others. A green plastic "Laplandnap", as it is somehow called in Holland. Dunno why. It hales from Laponia, perhaps?

    Here's me using it this september to drink wine from it in the Vercors. Wine and plastic are not the best taste partners. I wonder whether wine and titanium will hit it off?

    Eric

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  36. A cheap plastic cup. I can`t even remember from where i got it. But all liquids getting cold in this one in a minute.

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  37. I have one promo cup and one cup that came with my vacuum bottle.

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  38. I use an empty Pot Noodle for a cup in a cozy made from roll-mat to keep my coffee hot. The Snowpeak would be more elegant though!

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  39. As an aspiring UL-backpacker I'm a bit confused if this is possible: "- - Double Wall Titanium Cup - - first use it to boil water - -" To my udnerstanding a double wall cup would make a very lousy pot?

    But none the less, I wouldn't mind havind a decent size titanium cup as the one you're giving away fill almost all my criteria for a perfect cup: http://korpijaakko.wordpress.com/2011/05/20/the-search-for-a-perfect-mug/. And as you see from the pic, I've been searching one for a while allready.

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  40. Kuksa, 153g and 18 cl, used only for coffee (black, no sugar) and water. I do have a folding plastic one too but coffee doesn't taste nearly as good when using that.

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  41. I could actually use 3, for my 2 daughters and myself.  Now that I got them hooked on outdoors and camping, we are moving towards backpacking. Since most of my trips are done with them, I have to keep all at the lowest weight possible (As I will be carrying some of their gears) .  This could be are first gear out of TITANIUM.....
    Thanks

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  42. Heyho,
    i have not found the perfect cup for me jet. It's a hard thing i think. If you are alone it's awesome to cook and drink from the same cup/pot. If your are in a group you got a bigger pot and need your own cup. My first cup was a "Berghaferl" (picture) with 56g. It is ok ... but for example tea tastes not good from it and very fast gets cold.
    On my last hike i used one of these "5 Minuten Terrine" (instant food) cups. In my opinion thats a really cheap and decent solution. After the hike you throw it away (it was even rubbish before :).
    Two tips for using that cups: 1. don't cook that food in it 2. don't put food in it on hike (e.g. noodles with sauce) ... they are hard to clean.

    Regards
    Hendrik

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  43. This is my way to heavy steel cup (59g)! I could realy use a lighter titanium cup!

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  44. My cup is an ancient green plastic monstrocity

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  45. I don't have a real cup. I have a lightweight plastic box I bought at the supermarket. It was very cheap and it even came with free potato salad ;) I use this box for my diner, soup or tea. Unfortunately that also means I can have only one of those at the same time, so a nice titanium cup would be welcome.

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  46. I use many different cups to hold my liqueur .... or coffee / water. From a instant noodle cups to a kupilka. It depends on the task / journey. But I never had a titanium cup .... or any titanium product what so ever.  On the photo my everyday vacuum flask and weekend friend the kupilka cup 

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  47. Well I've been looking for a cup that would do for boiling water in swell as drinking from for some time, however the student loan hasn't quite stretched to titanium yet... So this small plastic cup will have to do in the meantime! I do have a packet of chocolate hobnobs though which are definitely the ultimate tea dipping biscuit!

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  48. For hiking the small 200ml plastic folding cup, and for a barbacue the stainless steel 500ml cup ...

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  49. I've a little aluminium mug from Decathlon for when I'm out in the wilds (nice and light, but too small really), but as I'm currently at my desk I'm using one of these lovely mugs from Spotted Bikini - http://www.spottedbikini.co.uk/

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  50. Ich liebe mein verschrammeltes altes Berghaferl, aber so ein Titan-Kaffe-Pott hat schon eine gewisse Sexiness...

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  52. the left one...just a 200ml plastic cup

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  53. Hey don't cook in that double wall mug. Bad idea. Santa knows that boiling is best done in a single wall. Double wall for keeping things hot. Have fun, but don't hurt yourselves out there.

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  54. Daniel Sandström8 December 2011 15:57

    The price weighs 5.1 oz, 144 grams. :)

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  55. Here's my cup, a DIY shaving cream container:

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  56. at least, that's what it was!

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  57. Hi friends! these are my two, both made of stainless steel, with lid and removable handle.

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